It pays to carefully study the sponsor graphics when a team releases specs on their new bike, eh? When you don’t you tend to miss big pieces of news – such as Mission Motors supplying drive train parts to Team Mugen. And it turns out that the 2013 Mugen Shinden…
Mugen earlier announced they would field two bikes in the 2014 TT ZERO, that they’re calling the SHINDEN SAN. Today Mugen has released details, pictures, specs, so let’s take a look. It looks like a sure bet to beat the 110 miles/hr lap speed threshold. As last year they’ve repeated…
John McGuiness during practice on Friday The 110 miles/hr lap speed goal did not quite fall at the 2013 TT ZERO, and in its place we had a tense close race between MotoCzysz and Mugen Shinden. In a surprise finish, MotoCzysz’ Mike Rutter came in 1st with an unofficial 109.675…
The results in the TT ZERO are just getting better with every practice round. In Monday’s practice round, John McGuiness’s bike was being registered by the transponders so we can report that he achieved a 109.038 miles/hr lap speed, beating Michael Rutter’s 107.602 miles/hr lap speed, and Mark Miller’s 105.806…
John McGuiness (Mugen) during Friday’s practiceCourtesy IOMTT.COM Both MotoCzysz and Mugen are smashing the TT ZERO record lap speed they’d set during the 2012 session. During practice/qualifying on Friday and Saturday, both teams gave lap speeds significantly faster than the 2012 record. And what’s even more interesting is that Mugen’s…
Isle of Man TT Week is underway, and the TT Zero crew has had their first practice round on Friday. Despite the MotoCzysz goal of hitting a 110 miles/hr lap, practice results fell a little short, and Mugen even came in a little ahead. Of course the team can use…
As expected, Team Mugen Shinden is returning to the Isle of Man TT ZERO for 2013. The announcement is scant on details, but promises a significant performance increase over the 2012 bike. Considering that for their initial outing the team took second place to MotoCzysz, I’d say it’s clear that…
The Isle of Man TT website reports today that Mugen is sending an electric race motorcycle to this years TT Zero race. Mugen is more-or-less a factory team for Honda, in that Mugen was formed by members of the Honda family, Mugen’s role is to soup up Honda vehicles, but…
