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Honda CBR 1000RRW Endurance

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This is the Honda CBR 1000RRW, that Honda will compete with in the 2018 Suzuka 8 Hours. Team HRC is officially back in the running after a 10-year absence, with Tohru Ukawa, a five-time winner of the 2018 Suzuka 8 Hours, as team manager.  Honda is officially returning to the Suzuka 8-Hour race, firmly determined to take back control of the race after three back-to-back wins by the Yamaha Factory.

We’re aiming for the win, obviously’, says Tohru Ukawa, ‘but the key thing is to recreate an official HRC team to give young Honda riders a renewed dream, fresh ambition and a new future.’

Honda is officially returning to the Suzuka 8 Hour race, firmly determined to take back control of the race after three back-to-back wins by the Yamaha Factory.

Since the days of its founding, Honda has been engaged in various motorsports activities in pursuit of being the best in the world.  In 2018, under the corporate slogan of “The Power of Dreams,” Honda will take on continuous challenges while always being determined to win. 

Except for some interesting changes, the Honda CBR 1000RRW is not all that different from the World SBK-spec model, the electronic Cosworth boxes, are replaced with a Magneti Marelli package.  Also quick-change wheel pieces and functional lights are some of the mechanical changes for endurance racing.  Honda CBR1000RRW will come with Nissan brakes, Showa Öhlins suspension, and Bridgestone tires.  The FIM EWC is the only major series where there is still competition between tire manufacturers. 

The 2017 JSB 1000 champion Takumi Takahashi will be racing the CBR 1000RRW in the 2018 All Japan Superbike Championship, before racing at 2018 Suzuka 8 Hours.