Tourist Trophy: McGuiness will not ride in CBR500R

At 40, John McGuiness had found a new challenge: in addition to his usual participation in Superbike and Supersport, the holder of 19 victories in the Tourist Trophy had planned to line up in the "Lightweight" category with the new Honda CBR500R (read MNC of March 15, 2013).

At 40, John McGuiness had found a new challenge: in addition to his usual participation in Superbike and Supersport, the holder of 19 victories in the Tourist Trophy had planned to line up in the "Lightweight" category with the news (read).

Alas, this attractive and daring project (the Honda develops 47.6 hp of origin, against 72 hp for the ER-6n which dominate the Lightweight!) Finally falls apart: lack of enough time to take possession of the bike and get it ready, his team has let it be known that the CBR500R will not be race ready on June 7th…

In any case not ready to play for the win, as predicted by John McGuiness: for him as for his partners, impossible to commit just to make up! Disappointed, the "Morecambe Missile" – which has just seen a turn of the TT renamed to its name – nevertheless praised all the efforts made by Phil Morris Racing and RLR Motorsport to try to prepare a competitive motorcycle for it..

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