Honda has endowed the CRF 450 Rally with their Programmed Fuel Injection (PGM-FI) system, aiming for fuel efficiency without power loss, and are confident they'll win the next Dakar.

Honda ran a factory-backed motorcycle team in the legendary Paris-Dakar Rally from 1981 thorough 1989. In this nine-year period, Honda won the event five times on three different motorcycles (the ...

The press release states that the team’s goal was to rack up as high mileage in the desert as possible for this event, prepping the racers for the difficulties of the Dakar Rally. Stay tuned for ...

Then Honda stepped away from the Dakar until entering again last year. I had no hesitation to answer the call to get involved because I have been developing offroad bikes with Honda for 30 years now.

Honda HRC has announced its rally team for the 2024 Dakar Rally, consisting of six members — Pablo Quintanilla, Ricky Brabec, Skyler Howes, Nacho Cornejo, Adrien Van Beveren and Tosha Schareina.

Honda to compete in 2013 Dakar Rally.wBW Weekly News Round-Up: August 10-15 Tetsuo Suzuki, President, Honda Racing Corporation, commented that “The Dakar requires competitors to cover several hundred ...

Honda and Motul, who already have various agreements with other teams and disciplines, are to strengthen their partnership with Monster Energy Honda Team for next year's Dakar race.

FIVE-MAN TEAM The race-wining Honda's of the 1980's were purpose-built machines; with the CRF450 Rally they're aiming for a first Dakar win on a production-based bike.