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Burt Munro Challenge A Motorcycling Must-do
Monday, 5 February 2024, 3:41 pm | Bikesport NZ
The Burt Munro Challenge is an iconic must-see or must-do event, a week-long spectacle that transcends the various codes and branches of motorcycling and now celebrates its 17th year in 2024. <img src="https://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/2402/32eb9cf6d7743c2de789.jpeg" ... More >>
Rotorua Track Was Tough But So Were The Racers
Sunday, 4 February 2024, 3:10 pm | Bikesport NZ
The 2024 New Zealand Motocross Championships kicked off in the Bay of Plenty on Saturday with the racing almost as wild as the weather. Strong winds and rain lashed the hilly farmland circuit at Horohoro, near Rotorua, interspersed will warm, dry ... More >>
KTM’s Harwood Has A Smashing Time At Woodville
Tuesday, 30 January 2024, 8:47 pm | Bikesport NZ
JANUARY 30, 2023: West Auckland-based former Takaka rider Hamish Harwood had a smashing time at Woodville at the weekend … literally. The 61st annual New Zealand Motocross Grand Prix at Woodville at the weekend is the biggest and best motocross on the Kiwi ... More >>
MotoFest 24 Will Feature A Tribute To Fallen Kiwi Hero
Tuesday, 30 January 2024, 8:44 pm | Bikesport NZ
JANUARY 30, 2024: The upcoming Star Insure MotoFest will include a special tribute to fallen champion Damon Rees, the young rider from Whakatane who, sadly, passed away in the United Kingdom in June last year due to medical issues unrelated to motorcycling. ... More >>
Morrow Reaches For The Stars And Becomes One
Monday, 29 January 2024, 3:33 pm | Bikesport NZ
Former Southlander Seth Morrow says part of the reason he and his family moved from Invercargill to Auckland was to strengthen his position on the motocross scene. And that move looks like it may be starting to pay off. Now based in Silverdale, Morrow ... More >>
FIM Oceania Women’s Mx Cup Racing A Crowd Favourite
Monday, 29 January 2024, 3:32 pm | Bikesport NZ
The elite women of motocross were saluted and revered at the weekend’s 61st annual New Zealand Motocross Grand Prix at Woodville. The Honda-sponsored event this year incorporated the inaugural FIM Oceania Women’s MX Cup within its massive two-day ... More >>
61st Annual Woodville Motocross Delivers The Goods
Monday, 29 January 2024, 3:24 pm | Bikesport NZ
JANUARY 29, 2023: It was worth the wait … after a two-year hiatus being forced on organisers, due to elements beyond their control, the return to premier motocross racing at the 61st annual New Zealand Motocross Grand Prix at Woodville at the weekend ... More >>
Honda’s Rising Stars Are Racing Towards The Top
Monday, 29 January 2024, 3:22 pm | Bikesport NZ
JANUARY 29, 2023: The sport of motocross is in a healthy state in this country and this was in evidence at the weekend’s Honda New Zealand Motocross Grand Prix at Woodville. This iconic event was not able to be run over the past two seasons – ... More >>
Woodville The ‘Field Of Dreams’ For Motocross
Thursday, 25 January 2024, 6:28 pm | Bikesport NZ
JANUARY 24, 2023: Perhaps New Zealand has its own Field Of Dreams and from the Hollywood film of that name came the phrase: “Build it and they will come”. And that's just what Palmerston North's Tim Gibbes did more than 60 years ago when he organised ... More >>
Team New Zealand Remains Strong Despite Changes
Monday, 22 January 2024, 6:22 pm | Bikesport NZ
JANUARY 22, 2024: This coming weekend’s 61st annual New Zealand Motocross Grand Prix at Woodville will perhaps be more significant than ever before, with a separate international competition also sharing the programme. An announcement was made last ... More >>
Battle Between Two Nations An Extra Feature
Wednesday, 17 January 2024, 12:14 pm | Bikesport NZ
This year’s 61st annual Honda New Zealand Motocross Grand Prix at Woodville will be a very special one indeed. While this iconic event is always the most significant motocross on the Kiwi bike racing calendar, the upcoming 2024 edition, on the weekend ... More >>
Superbike Champs Lap Records Fall At Timaru
Monday, 15 January 2024, 5:30 pm | Bikesport NZ
Ups and downs are often all part of the excitement with motorcycle racing and there was plenty of that going on at the Levels International Motor Raceway, near Timaru, at the weekend. While a few of the leading riders in the New Zealand Superbike Championships ... More >>
NZ Superbike Champs Title Hopefuls Make Their Move
Monday, 8 January 2024, 7:42 pm | Bikesport NZ
The 2023-24 New Zealand Superbike Championships (NZSBK) reached the halfway stage in Canterbury at the weekend with various title hopefuls making their intentions perfectly clear. The first two rounds of six in the series were run in early December ... More >>
The 2024 Honda New Zealand Motocross Grand Prix At Woodville
Thursday, 4 January 2024, 8:55 am | Bikesport NZ
Woodville Motocross co-founder Tim Gibbes (centre), flanked by fellow ‘Woodville legends’ Ken Cleghorn (left), Gibbes’ brother-in-law and the winner of the first Woodville event in 1961, and Kevin Eagle at the 60th anniversary of the iconic event ... More >>
Suzuki International Series An Absolute Thriller
Wednesday, 27 December 2023, 7:16 pm | Bikesport NZ
Just like any good sports story, this season’s Suzuki International Series simply oozed drama, tension and fast-paced action from start to finish. But all the questions were answered when the three-round competition concluded, as it always does, with ... More >>
Kiwi Team Named For Oceania Women’s Cup Bid
Friday, 22 December 2023, 6:17 pm | Bikesport NZ
DECEMBER 22, 2023: It will be time to step up and be counted when the top women’s motocross stars from Downunder head into a tough competition at the 2024 Honda New Zealand Motocross Grand Prix at Woodville next month. The New Year is almost upon ... More >>
Cemetery Circuit Races A True ‘Boxing Day Special’
Thursday, 21 December 2023, 6:02 pm | Bikesport NZ
It will again be fierce and frantic on the streets of Whanganui on Boxing Day. This photo shows Whakatane’s Mitch Rees (bike No.1) leading Whanganui’s Richie Dibben (bike 91) through the first corner at the Cemetery Circuit on Boxing Day last year. ... More >>
Whanganui City Braced For A Massive Street Fight
Tuesday, 12 December 2023, 5:59 pm | Bikesport NZ
DECEMBER 12, 2023: It’s not hard to see why the annual Suzuki International Series each December has a huge following, both domestically and internationally too. However, while the first two rounds of the 2023 edition have now been staged, both events ... More >>
Whanganui Father And Daughter Shine In Suzuki Series
Monday, 11 December 2023, 8:00 pm | Bikesport NZ
DECEMBER 11, 2023: They say a family that plays together stays together and you couldn’t get much closer than Whanganui sidecar duo Peter and Lucy Dowman. The father and daughter pairing were among the many standouts at round two of the combined ... More >>
Honda Family Team Still 1-2, But Switched Around
Monday, 11 December 2023, 7:50 pm | Bikesport NZ
DECEMBER 11, 2023: The ups and downs of motorcycle racing can be frustrating sometimes and now we have a Bay of Plenty father and son racing team switching positions at the top of the superbike standings. The two-rider Motul Team Rees Honda outfit finished ... More >>
