{"id":2083,"date":"2026-01-16T14:29:15","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T05:29:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/webstylix.xsrv.jp\/tsr\/?post_type=races&#038;p=2083"},"modified":"2026-05-30T10:19:22","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T01:19:22","slug":"tot-lam","status":"publish","type":"races","link":"https:\/\/tsrjp.com\/en\/races\/2083\/2026\/01\/16\/","title":{"rendered":"It was great!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/tsrjp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/img_4790-scaled-1.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2084\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tsrjp.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/img_4790-scaled-1.webp 1920w, https:\/\/tsrjp.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/img_4790-scaled-1-225x300.webp 225w, https:\/\/tsrjp.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/img_4790-scaled-1-768x1024.webp 768w, https:\/\/tsrjp.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/img_4790-scaled-1-1152x1536.webp 1152w, https:\/\/tsrjp.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/img_4790-scaled-1-1536x2048.webp 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Just after I posted on the blog that we had started assembling the engine for Le Mans, the staff reported that a problem had been found.<br>Can you see it in the photo?<br>It\u2019s a scratch you can feel with your fingertip.<br>This crankshaft cannot be used!<br>We immediately checked stock and placed an order.<br>Arrival is scheduled for Tuesday.<br>But we can\u2019t wait that long!<br>So we decided to tear down another brand-new engine and remove its crankshaft instead.<br>We also found damage on the bearing metal, so it was probably already there when Honda assembled the engine.<br>Be careful not to misunderstand what I\u2019m saying!!<br>I\u2019m not claiming there\u2019s a problem with production motorcycles.<br>We are dealing with this because we are doing absolutely everything possible for a machine that must survive 5,000 km in the Le Mans 24 Hours race.<br>So in that sense, we were lucky!<br>I\u2019m sure dinner will taste good tonight.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2084,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"swell_btn_cv_data":""},"race_info":[],"race_section":[],"class_list":["post-2083","races","type-races","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tsrjp.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/races\/2083","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tsrjp.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/races"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tsrjp.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/races"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tsrjp.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tsrjp.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2084"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tsrjp.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2083"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"race_info","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tsrjp.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/race_info?post=2083"},{"taxonomy":"race_section","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tsrjp.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/race_section?post=2083"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}