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Winning Ways Continue For Honda’s Mitch Rees
Saturday, 15 February 2025, 7:34 pm | Bikesport NZ
The Honda man from Whakatane has now won five out of six races in the premier class. More >>
Father And Son Finish 2-1 At Superbikes Opener
Sunday, 9 February 2025, 9:34 pm | Bikesport NZ
A two-time former New Zealand champion in the premier 1000cc Superbike class, the 32-year-old Mitch Rees took his Honda CBR1000 to qualify fastest and then found himself battling with his 57-year-old father Tony at the front of the field over both days ... More >>
Rangitikei Opens Series With Two Scorchers
Monday, 3 February 2025, 8:32 pm | Bikesport NZ
FEBRUARY 3, 2025: And there we have it – after one extremely hectic weekend, New Zealand’s motorcycling community is already halfway towards discovering who will be crowned the nation’s top cross-country racers for 2025. The four-round Yamaha ... More >>
An Almost Perfect Start To Dudson’s Title Defence
Monday, 3 February 2025, 6:23 pm | Bikesport NZ
The Honda ace from Rotorua kicked off round one the 2025 cross-country nationals on Friday by winning the day comfortably ahead of Taupo’s three-time former national champion Brad Groombridge. More >>
Green Riders Impress At First Big Hit-Out For 2025
Friday, 31 January 2025, 5:18 pm | Bikesport NZ
Horne was in sparkling form in 2024, taking her Kawasaki KX250F to win national titles on both sides of the Tasman Sea – crowned junior champion in New Zealand and Australia in the same season – so her performances at the weekend probably came as a surprise ... More >>
Rangitikei To Host Opening Round Of Series On Friday
Tuesday, 28 January 2025, 1:47 pm | Bikesport NZ
The four-round Yamaha New Zealand Cross-country Nationals series will launch on farmland at Waituna West, near Rewa, on Friday, with the second round of the popular off-road motorcycling series set to be staged just two days later, on similar terrain, also ... More >>
62nd Annual Woodville Mxgp An Event Of Extremes
Monday, 27 January 2025, 4:08 pm | Bikesport NZ
With 30-degree heat beating down on the racers, along with billowing dust, on Saturday, and then rain and mud testing the riders in a vastly different way on Sunday, the more than 600 riders entered certainly had to bring their ‘A game’ to cope with ... More >>
Winning Start To 2025 For Honda Star Bourke
Monday, 27 January 2025, 3:26 pm | Bikesport NZ
The racing conditions were extreme and contrasting for riders at the 62nd annual Honda New Zealand Motocross Grand Prix at Woodville at the weekend, the first major event for the 2025 season. More >>
It’s About As Tough As Any Dirt Bike Event Can Be
Sunday, 26 January 2025, 4:06 pm | Bikesport NZ
Set for Saturday, February 1, it is the country’s premier extreme enduro event, run by the man who should know, Tokoroa enduro wizard Sean Clarke. More >>
Wealth Of Racing Talent Flocks To Woodville GP
Tuesday, 21 January 2025, 2:29 pm | Bikesport NZ
Racing over the two days will attract thousands of spectators to the Tararua region, filling motel rooms and camping grounds to the point of overflowing, the Honda-sponsored event at Woodville proving to be a must-see spectacle for many motorsports enthusiasts. More >>
2025 Honda New Zealand Motocross Grand Prix At Woodville: Greatest Show On Turf A Memorial Event
Monday, 13 January 2025, 3:59 pm | Bikesport NZ
The popular event celebrated its 60th in birthday in January 2021, but then the pandemic reared its ugly head and forced almost every major sporting competition nationwide, actually worldwide too, to be shut down the following year. More >>
Versatile Suzuki Racers Lead The Way In Series
Friday, 27 December 2024, 5:00 pm | Bikesport NZ
The racing was incredibly tight, with Dibben winning round one in Taupo by four points over Frost, then Frost responding to better Dibben by three points at Manfeild’s round two and they were virtually equal at the final round of the series. More >>
Father-and-son Honda Team Finish First And Second
Friday, 27 December 2024, 12:20 pm | Bikesport NZ
The dynamic duo from Whakatane then headed to the third and final round on the world-famous Cemetery Circuit in Whanganui on Boxing Day running first and second in the standings for the premier Formula One/Superbikes class. More >>
Suzuki International Series Wraps Up In Style
Friday, 27 December 2024, 8:59 am | Bikesport NZ
The first two rounds were staged on purpose-built race tracks, in Taupo and Manfeild respectively, in the two weekends preceding Boxing Day and there riders had set themselves up for a thrilling final showdown at Whanganui. More >>
Whanganui City Braced For A Massive Street Fight
Monday, 23 December 2024, 8:18 am | Bikesport NZ
The Cemetery Circuit street motorcycle racing event is the much-anticipated finale of the three-round annual Suzuki International Series and it’s set to blast off on Whanganui’s world-renowned Cemetery Circuit on Boxing Day, Thursday this week. More >>
Father-and-Son Honda Team Now 1-2 In Rankings
Monday, 16 December 2024, 9:34 pm | Bikesport NZ
The dynamic duo from Whakatane are now first and second in the 2024 Suzuki International Series rankings for the premier formula one/superbikes class after the second of three rounds at Manfeild, on the outskirts of Feilding, at the weekend. More >>
Edge-of-the-seat Racing At Suzuki Series Round Two
Monday, 16 December 2024, 9:51 am | Bikesport NZ
It is incredibly tight at the top of the premier class after the second round of three in the 2024 Suzuki International Series in the Manawatu at the weekend. And now the competition is headed for a much-anticipated finale on the public streets ... More >>
Expect More Thrills At Suzuki Series Round Two
Sunday, 15 December 2024, 10:12 pm | Bikesport NZ
DECEMBER 12, 2024: The 2024 Suzuki International Series heads to the “home of superbike racing in New Zealand”, the hallowed grounds of Manfeild, for round two this weekend. And, if it is at all possible after last weekend’s spectacular opening ... More >>
Haydn Fordyce Definitely A Young Man In A Hurry
Sunday, 15 December 2024, 10:09 pm | Bikesport NZ
Fordyce obviously has high hopes and even greater expectations and his confidence in not misplaced either, with the young man recently turning heads on a regular basis both in New Zealand and overseas as well. More >>
Suzuki Series Round One At Taupo A Thriller
Saturday, 14 December 2024, 10:22 pm | Bikesport NZ
With international riders again adding to the prestige of the series, it meant the Kiwi hopefuls really had to step up to be counted and, in so many cases, that’s exactly what they did. More >>