Honda Racing’s Lee Johnston secured a solid sixth place finish in June 2nd’s opening RST Superbike race at the Isle of Man TT, aboard the Honda CBR1000RR Fireblade SP2, while teammate Ian Hutchinson retired from the six-lap race. With the Superbike race getting underway at a slightly later time than planned, due to fog and […]
Crossover CRF450L to arrive in September
The long awaited Honda CRF450L will arrive to Ireland this September. Honda had a desire to produce a dual-purpose bike that draws strongly on the fundamental performance of a race machine CRF450R, yet with much more ‘normal’ service intervals and high-quality road ancillaries, has taken its CRF450R moto-crosser as the base to start from, and created the new CRF450L. It is unmistakably a race-bred CRF – and looks it – but with the additions and modifications needed to make it both road…
Product Spotlight - HF2417 Ride on Lawnmower
Our product spotlight for this week is the HF2417HME ride-on lawnmower. This super reliable ride-on is our most popular model in the lawn tractor range, and it's no wonder! This bad boy is equipped with variable hydro static drive, and our unique Honda Versamow selective mulching. This allows you have super smooth control and with the use of a single lever, either create a natural fertiliser for your lawn or collect your cuttings neatly. The grass bag has plenty of room for the cuttings too,…
Courageous Camier clinches top-ten finish in Race 1 at Donington
Leon Camier battled through the pain barrier to score a sensational top-ten finish in WorldSBK Race 1 at Donington Park for the Red Bull Honda World Superbike Team, while Jake Gagne finished just outside the points in his Superbike debut at the demanding British circuit. Starting from P13 on the grid for Race 1, Camier got a good start to make up a couple of positions and set a strong pace on his Fireblade. As the race went on, Camier settled into twelfth place while maintaining a good rhythm…
CB1000R is now available for those Irish road trips
The 2018 CB1000R stands out from the crowd by moving away from the standard super sports-derived big naked formula to create a motorcycle that melds exhilarating function to a form that offers a radically fresh, visually stunning two-wheeled aesthetic. It’s a motorcycle that looks, feels and performs very differently from what’s gone before. And now it's available for those road trips around Ireland. The CB1000R has landed in Ireland this week and is now available from your local Honda…
Red Bull Honda World Superbike Team aiming to bounce back at Donington
The Red Bull Honda World Superbike Team are aiming to get their season back on track this weekend as Leon Camier and Jake Gagne prepare to take on the fast and furious Donington Park circuit for round 6 of the FIM World Superbike Championship. A rigorous recovery regime following his accident in round 3 wasn’t enough to allow Camier to race at the previous round at Imola, however following another two weeks of treatment, the British star is in better physical condition heading into this…
Marquez dominates at Le Mans for superb victory hat-trick
Marc Marquez (Repsol Honda Team RC213V) roared to his third consecutive MotoGP victory yesterday at sun-soaked Le Mans to boost his quest for a fifth MotoGP World Championship crown in his sixth season in the premier-class. This latest success for the 25-year-old Spaniard is his 38th MotoGP victory, which moves him to fifth equal in the all-time winners list, alongside Honda’s 2011 MotoGP World Champion Casey Stoner, with only Jorge Lorenzo, Mick Doohan, Giacomo Agostini and Valentino Rossi…
Newest kids on the water - the Honda 4, 5, 6
Honda Marine is renowned for it's quality and reliability when out on the open water. We've got Honda outboards as large as 250hp, but today we are all talk about the small but mighty outboards available at the lower end of the spectrum. The Honda BF4, BF5 and BF6 are the newest kids on the block. Released in 2017 they are all compact, portable and easy to use. They joined the BF2.3hp to kick off the Honda Marine range with plenty of power. The range are all 4-stroke, 1 cylinder and come in 2…
Honda CB300R hits Irish shores
The much anticipated Honda CB300R is now available from Authorised Irish Honda Motorcycle Dealers. Honda has unveiled the stylishly stripped-back new ‘sport naked’ for new riders looking to take the next step in their motorcycling career in style. The lightweight ‘Neo Sports Café’-styled CB300R features a responsive 286cc liquid-cooled engine, six speed gearbox plus brand new chassis comprised of tubular/pressed steel frame, 41mm USD forks, radial-mount 4-piston front caliper and…
Roads campaign for Honda Racing gets underway at the North West 200
Honda Racing, along with riders Ian Hutchinson and Lee Johnston, are getting ready to head to The International North West 200 next week (15-19 May), as they kick off their road racing campaign aboard the Honda CBR1000RR Fireblade SP2. With some uncertainty over Hutchinson and if he would be able to race, following an accident at last year’s Isle of Man TT where he broke his left leg, the ‘Bingley Bullet’ was back on two wheels with the Honda team last Friday (4 May), after having his…