On the eve of the Dutch GP, the seventh round of the 2013 MotoGP World Championship, Repsol Honda’s official riders Dani Pedrosa and Marc Marquez have received new Repsol Honda replica scooters for use in the paddock at the remaining European rounds of the season.
It is the sporty NSC50R, a new 50 cc scooter with an extremely efficient four-stroke engine and the same paint scheme as the Repsol Honda Team machines that Honda had showcased last fall at the Intermot Motor Show in Cologne, Germany, and at the EICMA exhibition in Milan, Italy.
The Honda NSC50R can cover 50 kilometres on just one litre of fuel in normal use and – given that it comes with a 5.
5-litre fuel tank – this means it can cover up to 273 km (169 miles) once filled up.
A tri-metal catalyser is used in the exhaust system in order to reduce harmful gas emissions to levels comfortably below the Euro-3 requirements.
An extra layer of safety is added by Honda’s CBS (Combined Braking System), linking the front hydraulic disc brake to the drum rear.
Here is the pleased the comment of the current MotoGP championship leader Dani Padrosa:“It’s fun for me and the team to have the scooter replica of our MotoGP bikes to get around the paddock.
They are essential to move from the motorhome, to the garage, to hospitality, especially at the homes races in Spain! My team also use it to move around the service road during sessions over the weekend to watch me at different parts of the track and give me feedback”And here is what wonder boy Marc Marquez had to say about the ‘guft’:“Having two such different bikes in the paddock is something quite strange! We jump from the 50cc scooter onto a 1000cc MotoGP machine – you can’t get much more different! We also use the scooter to do our track inspection on Thursdays before each GP”