So, no more cigarette sponsorship of race teams... BUT this is much better!

[greminn]

Playboy to Sponsor LCR Honda. Nice (sep for the half naked dude bit... Good for the Biker Angles i guess?).

Check out the rest of the gallery down the page a bit:

Playboy to Sponsor LCR Honda

EDIT: I like this comment in the story: "Finally LCR Honda has been able to find some who will take their shirt off besides Randy, and MotoGP fans are thankful for that."

[pritch]

But seriously... No tobacco advertising?

Who do you suppose sponsors the Ducati MotoGP team?

[greminn]

But seriously... No tobacco advertising?

Who do you suppose sponsors the Ducati MotoGP team?

OK.. sorry, it was a bit of a generalisation. Please forgive.

PS: I dont think it is a 1 April post? (Posted Tuesday, March 31st, 2009) and confirmed by playboy on the 27th (http://www.playboy.it/playboy-life/s...te-mai-correre)

[R6_kid:Me]

Does that mean that Playboy is gay? Or just very reliable?

[thehollowmen]

Hey, us Suzuki riders can appreciate the male body. And the Honda riders. Or so people keep saying.

Playboy to Sponsor LCR Honda. Nice (sep for the half naked dude bit... Good for the Biker Angles i guess?).

[greminn]

Does that mean that Playboy is gay? Or just very reliable?

Ha! Good one.

[Burtha]

I COMPLETELY understand the male shirt off promotion, works for me !

[Naki Rat]

I COMPLETELY understand the male shirt off promotion, works for me !

And it would seem to cater for all Honda riders irrespective of their sex

[Number One]

Well his name IS Randy!

I COMPLETELY understand the male shirt off promotion, works for me !

I'm with Burtha on this one mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

[MisterD]

Certainly less embarrassing for the rider than those old Durex-sponsored superbikes...

[HenryDorsetCase]

But seriously... No tobacco advertising?

Who do you suppose sponsors the Ducati MotoGP team?

its great big bunches of money, too. Less blatant than it was but still there.

As for playboy: hopefully the grid chicks will look like the chick in these photos and not the awful dyed-blonde-plastic tits-dumb as a box of hammers usual offering.

that model is a complete stunner.... yes, the girl, not the bike or Randy.

Who, having seen Trailer Park Boys, could take someone called "Randy" seriously?

[Harvd]

ATGATT!!!!!!!!!!!

But seriusly thts a good idea, i mean the sponsorship would be pretty effective no?

[greminn]

ATGATT!!!!!!!!!!!

But seriusly thts a good idea, i mean the sponsorship would be pretty effective no?

Works for me!

[discotex]

This is just Honda reviving old ad slogans - "You meet the nicest people on a Honda"

[merv]

"You meet the nicest people on a Honda"

Well ya do don't ya