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nduroCross whiz Colton Haaker
has a pretty amazing skillset
on a bike. Backflips, 360s, nose
wheelies and whips, the 2016 FIM
SuperEnduro World Champion lays
it all down in this new feature video
from Plaeco. Enjoy! CN
COLE SEELY TO RACE JAPAN NATIONAL
T
eam Honda HRC's Cole
Seely is slated to compete in
the final round of the All Japan
MX National Championship
series, to be held at Sportsland
Sugo in Mlyagi, Japan on Octo-
ber 22-23. Seely will race in the
AI1 class (450cc), in which his
competition will include series
regular Akira Narita, a factory
HRC rider and 11-time Japanese
National Champion, as well as
MXGP veteran Kei Yamamoto.
While in Japan, Seely and the
team also plan to visit Honda
Racing Corporation, Honda
Motorcycle R&D in Asaka, the
Honda Proving Ground in Tochigi
and the Honda Collection Hall at
Motegi Circuit.
"I'm really excited for the op-
portunity to race in Japan," Seely
said. "I've never been anywhere
overseas, so I'm just as excited
to see another part of the world
as I am to race and have my
team there with me. It will also
be a great chance to meet every-
one at Honda and HRC; being
a part of the Honda family has
been a dream come true, so I'm
looking forward to showing them
my appreciation."
Seely will be competing
aboard the new 2017 Honda
CRF450R—an experience he is
eagerly anticipating.
"Helping develop the new
2017 CRF450R has been going
really well," Seely continued.
"It's crazy how good it is already
in the early stages, and it will
just continue to get better—I
can't wait to race it! I'm looking
forward to working with the crew
in Japan, and I want to thank ev-
eryone at the Kumamoto factory
for working so hard to get this
bike out despite dealing with the
damage from the April earth-
quake." CN
Cole Seely is eager to take his
first trip overseas and race the
new 2017 CRF450R.
PHOTOGRAPHY
BY
HRC
