It looks like Honda has jumped into the electric bike development arena with both feet! Honda’s Electric MX bike, dubbed the CR-E, was in action this week in Japan. The All-Japan Nationals are held each year in April and often provide a first look of the models for the upcoming year. This bike was on display earlier in the month at a show and is more of a concept bike than a prototype, proving that Honda has the technology to pull the trigger on an electric motocross bike any time the company brass feels the time is right. The CR-E wasn’t actually raced, but it was on display and it was ridden in practice. Yuichi Furukawa was there and shot a few photos for Dirt Bike.
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The motor was developed by Mugen who built an electric motocross bike back in 2017 and raced the Mugen Shinden electric Superbike to success at the Isle of Man TT.
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The chassis looks resemble the new CRF450R.
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