Honda does the splits

Honda made the big difference between the n ° 60 Moto Revue, at the head of the Superstocks, and the n ° 55 National Motos stuck in the 47th place. SERT and Kawasaki France still pull the plug in the lead, followed by the Yamaha n ° 7, while the GMT rose to 6th.

It’s time for major works on the side of National Motos: the Honda CBR 1000 n ° 55, victim of an electrical charge problem, will not restart until 8.45 p.m. after the replacement of the main electrical components (alternator, regulator, drums…).

The 45 minutes necessary for the intervention relegated it to 47th place, 40 laps behind the leader.

But at the same time another Honda, the CBR 1000 n ° 60 of the Team Motorcycle Review continues his superb rise in the rankings: 14th at 11:00 pm, 9th at 11:30 pm, Sebastien Charpentier and Jean-Michel Bayle "kings of skiing" are having a blast in the rain now installed on the Nivernais circuit !

But the important thing in this team engaged in Superstock is to know who wants the gears backwards and who wants them upright….

Indeed, the Honda n ° 60 is equipped with a rapid mechanism for reversing the gearshift system developed by Ten Kate: "first down" for Jean-Michel Bayle, multiple world motocross champion, and "first at the top ", classic on track bikes, for the double Supersport world champion Sebastien Charpentier !

For Jean-Luc Mars, for whom this is the first Bol d’Or at the head of Honda, the n ° 55 is here "especially to develop, because Honda wants to return to Endurance"(see our video interview opposite).

After its fall in Adelaide, the Suzuki GSX-R 1000 n ° 92 of Performance 92 SPM is damaged, but courageously brought back to the stand "with the stroller" by its pilot Jerôme Danton. It will leave "reconditioned" at 8:55 pm.

At 9:00 p.m., the Suzuki GSX-R n ° 100 of Team Endurance Moto 45 crashed.

11:09 p.m.: The 99 Acropolis then in 4th position, 5 laps behind the leaders, fall at the start of the pit straight with Julien Millet at his handlebars.

11:13 pm: fall of the Yamaha R1 n ° 57 practically in the same place. The pilot, unharmed, does not manage to leave

11:20 pm: fall of the 72 at the hands of Kenny Foray, change of leader therefore in the Superstock category, it’s the turn of the Honda h21 fall of the Suzuki n ° 134.

11:30 p.m .: fall of the Yamaha R1 n ° 32

11:30 p.m .: Kawasaki n ° 11 fell while maintaining its second position behind SERT Suzuki n ° 1.

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