TRS Motorcycles at Sheffield Saturday 9th January, 2016 ….
Adam Raga on his ‘TRS one’ has done the seemingly impossible and won the Sheffield indoor Trial, round one of the 2016 FIM X-Trial Championship, to become the 2016 King of Sheffield.
Photo: Trials Media
Adam led the event all night with the best performance on the qualification lap and then returned after the break to perform brilliantly once again in the final, where he lost just two penalty marks and one on time, to keep reigning World Champion Toni Bou at bay.
Adam Raga (TRS) at Sheffield 2016 – Photo: Trials Media
After a scare when he punctured his rear tyre on section two on the qualification lap, requiring a quick change of wheel before returning into the arena, the rest of the night all went to plan.
Raga and TRS – Photo: Trials Media
It was an evening of firsts, the first world indoor for 2016, the first World indoor for the new to the market TRS one and also the first opportunity for the British public to see the bike in the flesh .. and of course, first place on the podium for Adam Raga.
Multiple World Trials Champion, Adam Raga has signed for TRS, the trials machine developed by former World Champion, Jordi Tarres. Photo: TRS Motorcycles
TRS Motorcycles UK have released the following information 14th September 2015 –
“TRS Motorcycles UK are delighted with the news from the TRS Factory and Jordi Tarres that Adam Raga has signed a contract to join the team as their number 1 rider.
Adam needs no introduction as former multiple World Champion, and recently confirmed 2015 World number two, he is a brilliant rider and ambassador for trials and the brands he represents.
Adam’s first UK appearance on the TRS One is likely to be at Sheffield indoor on January 9th.
All of us at TRS Motorcycles UK wish the team a successful 2016 season”.
Trials Guru: This is exciting news as Adam Raga was the protege of Jordi Tarres back in the late 1990’s. The 33 year old six times World Champion from Ulldecona, Catalonia, Spain will be a force to reckon with given his performances in the 2015 world series on a private Gas Gas machine, finishing runner up to Montesa/Honda rider Toni Bou. The UK importer for TRS is 11 times British Trials Champion, Steve Saunders.
TRS ONE – Launched by former World Trials Champion, Jordi Tarres. The official UK importer is 10 times consecutive British Champion, Steve Saunders.
TRS launches to hit the market strongly with the new TRSONE.
The new trial Brand announced its creation end 2013 and is now ready to
start the definitive arrival with the new trial model TRSONEin three
displacements, 300, 280 and 250 cc.
During these two years previous to the presentation of the bike, the TRS
engineers and technical crew, have used the support from all kind of
professionals contributing to assure the right and proper evolution, reliability
and quality of the model itself.
TRS will soon start its production at the industrial facilities that the brand has
in Sant Fruitós del Bages (Barcelona), where the company has the R & D
department and from where bikes and other related products will de supplied
to the domestic market and the rest of the world (North and South America,
Europe as a whole, Japan and Australia).
TRS has arrived precisely on a tumultuous situation concerning the world of
trial in general terms and some of its factories more concretely, with a full
business plan for both, the product and the sporting activity.
SOME WORDS FROM JORDI TARRES: “TRS was born thanks to our passion for
Trial and experience accumulated over more than 30 years.
Due to the size of the project, we decided to work with lot of care since its
conception, design and industrialization using always the best and most
advanced technologies.
We have achieved our goal, a compact and light motorcycle in terms of weight,
with the necessary reliability and robustness to fight against any kind of
obstacle.
We have managed to supply a new and different feeling when riding it, due to
its geometry and suspension, becoming a real attractive and easy adaptation
for al kind of riders regardless of their level.
65 kg. offers a real feeling of lightness without damaging stability and giving the
real possibility to climb up to the top.
The engine has been developed and designed specifically for the practice of
trial, taking into consideration each and every single part of it to ensure the
best performance and maximum power, and placing inside numerous technical
improvements that make it unique in the market.
We have brought the bike at the highest level of “stress” during the time of
development and testing, to ensure the best success when reaching the
market”.
Prices are yet to be released, the official UK importer is Steve Saunders who is confident that supplies of this new machine will be available in the UK by October, 2015.
During the ninteen-seventies, Honda Motor Company decided to create a purely ‘Racing’ division, separate from their normal motorcycle production activities and core businesses. This saw the advent of Racing Service Center Corporation or ‘RSC‘ for short. Later, in September 1982, they developed from RSC, Honda Racing Corporation or HRC for short, which exists to this day and controls the racing activites of Honda. HRC produce and sell racing/competition motorcycles and spare parts. The parts, although well made and of high specification, are by their nature, not warranted for street use as they are for ‘racing applications only’. HRC European headquarters are based in Aalst in Belgium. The world HQ is at Asaka, Saitama, Japan. Below we can see some of RSC & HRC’s creations over the years.
The RTL250SW was for factory Honda riders only, not available for general sale and had the single down tube frame with offset exhaust port.
1986 – SSDT Steve Saunders (Rothmans Honda RTL270SW) on Ben Nevis – Photo Copyright: Iain Lawrie, Kinlochleven
1986 – RTL270SW (270cc) Honda Racing Corporation/Rothmans Racing – with single down-tube frame and oil cooler. Strictly factory only.
Tommy Sandham’s Book – ‘Four Stroke Finale?-The Honda Trials Story’ Click… Honda/Four Stroke Finale?
John Moffat (Trials Guru) was fortunate to be permitted to take the ex-Eddy Lejeune 1982 RTL360 for a brief excursion at the Highland Classic 2 Day Trial at Alvie Estate in June 2015. This machine is now in the ownership of Jean Caillou.
The 1982 Honda/HRC RTL360 shown above was once the factory machine of World Champion, Belgian, Eddy Lejeune.
Jean Caillou, a French trials enthusiast who has a passion for the Honda brand was fortunate enough to meet with Lejeune at his home in Belgium. It was during this meeting that Eddy revealed that he still had the 1982 ex-factory machine in his possession. The RTL360 was disassembled, but all the parts were there at Eddy’s house.
Jean Caillou: “I met with Eddy Lejuene at his home and he explained that he had just bought his daughter a horse. So he presented me with the invoice for the horse and said that if I paid him the same figure that he had just recently paid for the horse, then I could have the Honda. I did not hesitate further and the deal was agreed. I had effectively paid for Eddy’s daughter’s horse, but I now owned the Eddy Lejeune 360!”
EDDY LEJEUNE:
Eddy Lejeune from Verviers, Belgium was three times FIM World Trials Champion (1982-1984) and seven times Belgian National Champion (1980-1986). He rode Honda for the majority of his trials career, switching to the Spanish Merlin in 1988 and then to the Honda owned Montesa for 1989/90 when he retired from top flight trials.
TRIALS GURU 