UK Motorcycle News & Stories — Honda
On This Day 2002 - Alex Barros Won on His Honda RC211V Debut
Mike Bowden Honda MotoGP motorcycle racing On This Day
Barros won the Pacific Grand Prix at Motegi on 6 October, finishing 1.641 seconds ahead of Rossi and recording the fastest lap on the final tour. It was his first race on Honda’s V5 MotoGP machine after spending the opening 12 rounds aboard the increasingly outclassed NSR500 two-stroke.
On This Day – 1948 – Honda Was Founded, and Almost Nobody Noticed
Mike Bowden Honda motorcycle history motorcycle industry On This Day
Honda Motor Co. began with 34 employees, no celebration and no new sign. They were too busy building A-Type bicycle engines to recognise a historic day.
On This Day 1961 - Mike Hailwood Gave Honda Its First World Title
Mike Bowden Britiish Motorcyle Racing Honda Mike Hailwood On This Day
Mike Hailwood’s victory in the 250cc Swedish Grand Prix secured his first motorcycle World Championship. It also delivered the first world title ever won by Honda—a company that had arrived in international Grand Prix racing only two years earlier with ambition considerably greater than its experience.