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Seely out for the season

Honda HRC’s Cole Seely will miss the rest of the 2019 US Nationals after badly injuring his shoulder while testing in Florida. He flew home to California on Wednesday and is scheduled for an operation on Tuesday. His team say he'll be out for three months. “I’m extremely sad to

Roczen signs three year HRC deal

During the pre-race press conference for the AMA Supercross season finale at Las Vegas’s Sam Boyd Stadium, American Honda announced that Ken Roczen has renewed his contract with Team Honda HRC. The deal will have the popular German campaigning a CRF450R in AMA Supercross and AMA Pro Motocross for the

Baggett’s first SX win as Roczen leads the series

It's sometimes said that the Monster Energy AMA Supercross, an FIM World Championship series doesn't really get started until round two. With all the nerves and anticipation of the opening round building up for months, the results are sometimes not indicative of what to expect for the rest of the

Suspension swop again as HRC reveals Roczen’s ride

Ken Roczen's factory 450 HRC Honda has been revealed and it clearly shows he's made the switch back to Showa suspension from the KYB he ran in the outdoors last year. The official data says they are Showa spring forks. In the past, Roczen has had technical issues with air

Injury updates: Edmonds and Craig

Apico Husqvarna's Irish star Stuart Edmonds and Honda AMA pro Christian Craig will be be out of action for the foreseeable future after they both sustained injuries at the weekend. Edmonds has broken his upper arm in five places and may face surgery in Ireland. He was checked out today and

Eric Geboers killed in drowning tragedy

Five times world champion Eric Geboers drowned after jumping in a lake to save his dog at around 10pm last night. The 55-year-old was on a boat and jumped in to save his dog, say witnesses, but did not resurface. It was at the Miramar lake near Mol in Belgium. The

Waters gets HRC call-up

Todd Waters is the rider chosen by Team HRC to step in for the injured Brian Bogers, starting from the MXGP of Latvia on the weekend of May 12-13. The 27-year-old Australian rider will compete aboard the Honda CRF450RW alongside full-time HRC rider Tim Gajser until Bogers’ return to action

Gajser will race at Valkenswaard

Former MXGP world champion Tim Gajser has confirmed he'll make his 2018 GP debut at Valkenswaard this weekend. He missed the opening round after a crash in a pre-season race at Mantova where he broke his jaw. "Thanks to everyone who stood by my side in last couple of weeks. I

Rider crisis at HRC as Seely is out after Tampa spill

The mighty HRC Honda team has NO 450 riders in either its MXGP or USA team's as the one remaining rider Cole Seely crashed hard in a Tampa Supercross heat race and has fractured his pelvis and tail bone. A Honda statement said: "After being evaluated at the local hospital, it

Gajser to miss opening MXGP

The HRC Honda team will start the season with no MXGP riders following the news that former world champ Tim Gajser is set to miss the opening round in Argentina in 11 days following his crash at Mantova in Italy last week. Although his bikes have been shipped to the