Saturday, February 22, 2025 — a little past 2:00 PM.
For everyone in Japan, it’s nighttime now.
I had already been working since morning European time.
Then my friend Jack sent me a video from Germany, so I thought I would share a little about it.
He is exhibiting at a show in Munich.
A few years ago, he started a business in France modifying Renault vans for outdoor lifestyles.
It became extremely popular, and it seems he has now expanded into the German market as well.
He is the same age as me, and our birthdays are close too.
He comes to Japan every year, so many people have probably seen him together with me.
In Europe, on the other hand, it is me who steps into Jack’s world.
We first met at Le Mans.
If I had never been involved in racing, I probably would never have met Jack.

The video is from the Munich show.
As I mentioned before, TSR also debuted and sold an original motorcycle at the Munich show.
The reaction was far beyond what we expected, and a German dealer even told us, “We want 60 units!”
We were thrilled, but the more we sold, the more money we lost, so we ultimately had to give up on production and sales.
We did sell a few units in Japan as well.
I wonder if those customers are still doing well.