Honda To Host Its First-Ever World Motorbike Technician Contest

Motorbike technicians from world wide will head to Japan on October 8, 2023, to compete in Honda’s first-ever World Motorbike Technician Contest. 

The rationale why Honda is holding an occasion like that is to advertise wholesome competitors towards the betterment of Honda’s service staffs’ abilities. Technical personnel within the Honda roster function an necessary pillar within the buyer’s journey with their Honda bikes. The service employees within the technical departments of the model assist the protection and safety of consumers world wide every day and the model has about 89,000 professionals world wide to reply the decision. 

From that pool of 89,000 technicians worldwide, solely 23 will go to the Honda Technical Faculty Kanto within the Saitama Prefecture with the intention to compete. The expert few that can compete will signify their very own international locations. Qualifying for the honour to check their abilities on the worldwide stage wasn’t a cakewalk, as every one of many 23 proved to be the perfect Honda Motorbike Technician of their respective international locations, with native chapters holding native competitions with the intention to decide who would make it to the worldwide stage of the competition. 

The competition will include three classes: 

Information Competitors – Mechanisms and upkeep information

Off-Car Competitors – Disassembly/meeting, measurement, and adjustment. 

On-Car Competitors – Prognosis, restore, and completion inspection 

That is the primary time that Huge H will likely be holding a contest like this for its service employees, and Honda plans to have this occasion each 4 years. 

“Honda bikes have reached a cumulative world manufacturing milestone of 400 million models, offering new worth in mobility and way of life to roughly 20 million prospects yearly. Service actions reminiscent of inspections and repairs at dealerships are indispensable to make sure that bikes might be ridden safely, securely, and comfortably. Presently, Honda dealerships world wide obtain greater than 140 million service visits per yr, and bettering the technical abilities of the service employees that assist these visits is extra necessary than ever. By this contest, we’ll proceed to work for additional enchancment of buyer satisfaction world wide by sharing our service philosophy of constructing our prospects comfortable,” mentioned Noriaki Abe, the Managing Govt Officer and Chief Officer of Motorbike and Energy Merchandise Operations. 

The bikes that the Honda technicians will likely be engaged on embody fashions just like the Tremendous Cub 110 and the Honda CB650R, and people two fashions will signify the 2 completely different divisions which might be plotted out for the competitors.