Honda's Electric Trials Bike RTL Is Now Being Recognized as a Genuine Competition Machine

The RTL starting to get taken seriously as a real competition machine is great news — makes the case for going electric more convincing.

Love the phrase 'progress that means more than a podium' — curious what the concrete results actually were.

Established trials players like GasGas and Sherco can't afford to ignore what's happening with the RTL either.

Honda's electric trials bike — trials is all about low-speed control, so it's a discipline that suits electric well.

Nice framing that the excuses for criticism are running out, but I'd like the article to spell out exactly which criticisms have faded.

Being judged on the same footing as genuine competition machines — proof that electric trials bikes have become the real deal.