rich delaney Posted January 30, 2009 Report Share Posted January 30, 2009 Here is the Honda 2009 Motorcycle Racing Plan for Trials, no mention of Laia being the team; http://world.honda.com/news/2009/c090127Mo...e-Racing-Plans/ ♦ FIM World Trials Championship Series For the FIM World Trials Championship Series (WCT), Honda will run two Montesa COTA 4RTs equipped with highly competitive 4-stroke engines. With riders Toni Bou, champion for the last two years, and Takahisa Fujinami, the only Japanese rider competing in the WCT, Honda aims to capture the rider Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ishy Posted January 30, 2009 Report Share Posted January 30, 2009 Takahisa Fujinami, the only Japanese rider competing in the WCT, Japan had a few good riders in the mix not long back, jobs getting worse not better. I think top placed domestic national champions qualifying for a three day world championship week would make for a more sensible situation. Trials is an amateur sport with a few professional players retained by a large company the others can't compete with, what point is there banking yourself trying to keep up. In thirty three years of world trials championship's it hasn't been able to win Joe public over enough to make a go of it, in fact it's receding, wouldn't it make more sense to cater for the true follower of the sport rather than ego. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jagman Posted January 30, 2009 Report Share Posted January 30, 2009 OK About Laia! She Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nigel dabster Posted January 30, 2009 Report Share Posted January 30, 2009 OKAbout Laia! She Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cota kid Posted January 31, 2009 Report Share Posted January 31, 2009 (edited) I think they changed the rules again so laia can ride junior again. That's a sensible enough decision. She isn't capable at riding the WTC and the women's is to easy and not much of a challenge to her. I would be extremely surprised if she had parted company with Montesa HRC, I read somewhere she attracts more publicity than male Spanish trials riders. Edited January 31, 2009 by Cota Kid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fellonmelug Posted January 31, 2009 Report Share Posted January 31, 2009 That's a sensible enough decision. She isn't capable at riding the WTC and the women's is to easy and not much of a challenge to her. I would be extremely surprised if she had parted company with Montesa HRC, I read somewhere she attracts more publicity than male Spanish trials riders. I wonder why that is Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martin belair Posted January 31, 2009 Report Share Posted January 31, 2009 (edited) Here is the Honda 2009 Motorcycle Racing Plan for Trials, no mention of Laia being the team;http://world.honda.com/news/2009/c090127Mo...e-Racing-Plans/ ♦ FIM World Trials Championship Series For the FIM World Trials Championship Series (WCT), Honda will run two Montesa COTA 4RTs equipped with highly competitive 4-stroke engines. With riders Toni Bou, champion for the last two years, and Takahisa Fujinami, the only Japanese rider competing in the WCT, Honda aims to capture the rider Edited January 31, 2009 by Martin Belair Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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