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Cooper Wants to Be the Man Firing the Bullets

Tuesday, 22 January 2019, 12:40 pm | Bikesport NZ

JANUARY 22, 2018: It's tough when you're at the top of your game – everyone has you in their gun sights, wants to shoot you down and take the No.1 spot for themselves. More >>

Rountree Bags Another Major Motocross Victory

Tuesday, 22 January 2019, 9:26 am | Bikesport NZ

JANUARY 22, 2019: It seems these days that every time James Rountree leaves the race track he is taking another trophy away with him. More >>

Cooper Wants to Win the Greatest Show on Turf

Monday, 14 January 2019, 3:55 pm | Bikesport NZ

JANUARY 14, 2019: The annual New Zealand Motocross Grand Prix at Woodville is regarded by the Kiwi motorbike community as the "greatest show on turf" and Bay of Plenty's Cody Cooper wants to reclaim it for himself. More >>

Huge Changes at the Top of Superbike Standings

Monday, 14 January 2019, 11:36 am | Bikesport NZ

JANUARY 13, 2019: The volatile, unpredictable and exciting nature of motorcycle racing was perhaps never more in evidence than at round two of the 2019 New Zealand Superbike Championships, near Timaru, at the weekend. More >>

Fireworks Expected as Superbikes Hit Timaru

Tuesday, 8 January 2019, 1:30 pm | Bikesport NZ

JANUARY 8, 2019: The superbike road-show rolls into South Canterbury this weekend and brings with it all the hype and hoopla that comes with high-adrenaline motorcycle racing. More >>

Rising young star Rees puts his Honda out front

Sunday, 6 January 2019, 8:45 pm | Bikesport NZ

It was Damon Rees' superbike debut at Ruapuna at the weekend, but his results certainly gave no indication of that. The Honda star from Whakatane was untouchable in this premier class at the first round of five in the 2019 New Zealand Superbike Championships ... More >>

Coppins fills vacant seat and earns Podium Finish

Monday, 31 December 2018, 11:17 am | Bikesport NZ

Motueka’s Josh Coppins may be a hard task master, but he must surely be satisfied with what was achieved from the assignment that he gave to himself at the weekend. More >>

Yamaha's Chandler in Confident Mood Ahead of the Nationals

Wednesday, 19 December 2018, 10:38 am | Bikesport NZ

DECEMBER 19, 2018: Wellington's Rogan Chandler will head into the 2019 New Zealand Superbike Championships in a confident mood as his build-up for that series continues to gather momentum. More >>

2018 Supercross Nationals wrap up in Winton

Tuesday, 18 December 2018, 11:48 am | Bikesport NZ

The New Zealand Supercross Championships wrapped up in the deep south on Saturday with new champions crowned in every class. Taupo's Cohen Chase showed that consistency counted most when he wrapped up the premier senior SX1 title, his 2-3-2 score-line ... More >>

Chase Secures Supercross Title at First Attempt

Monday, 17 December 2018, 11:17 am | Bikesport NZ

Bay of Plenty man Cohen Chase has his rivals green with envy. The Kawasaki man from Taupo tackled his first ever supercross nationals this season and yet that didn't prevent him from securing the premier SX1 title. Riding for the high-profile Eni ... More >>

Suzuki Series continues to delight

Monday, 17 December 2018, 9:07 am | Bikesport NZ

The second of three rounds in this year's Suzuki Series at Manfeild Circuit Chris Amon, in Feilding, on Sunday picked up when it had left off at round one in Taupo a week earlier, again bursting with edge-of-the-seat racing. More >>

World's Southern-Most Supercross is This Saturday

Wednesday, 12 December 2018, 3:49 pm | Bikesport NZ

DECEMBER 12, 2018: There's no denying the supercross talent of riders such as Ben Townley, Josiah Natzke, Carlin Hedley and Korban Paget. More >>

Overseas stars sure to gain Suzuki Series momentum

Wednesday, 12 December 2018, 11:27 am | Bikesport NZ

The popular annual Suzuki Series kicked off near Taupo on Sunday with all the usual fizz, fanfare and frenetic race action and, despite the star power of the international entries, it was the Kiwi locals who emerged as the early frontrunners. More >>

Superbike racers set for Summer Scorcher

Wednesday, 12 December 2018, 10:57 am | Bikesport NZ

It is bound to be another scorcher on the tarmac this summer with the New Zealand Superbike Championships now expanded to five rounds, two events in the South Island and three north of the Cook Strait ferry terminal. Last season's four-round series ... More >>

Yamaha's May finishes the job he started

Tuesday, 11 December 2018, 1:18 pm | Bikesport NZ

It's never easy racing dirt bikes at speed across unknown terrain, but Auckland's Callan May was in the enviable position of being able to take it easy in the King Country on Saturday. More >>

Suzuki series dishes up Smorgasbord of Treats

Tuesday, 11 December 2018, 10:50 am | Bikesport NZ

The first of three rounds of this year's Suzuki Series at Taupo's Bruce McLaren Motorsport Park on Sunday had it all – suspense, thrill-a-minute motorcycle racing and certainly drama all the way. More >>

Buxton takes KTM to secure GNCC crown

Monday, 10 December 2018, 10:14 am | Bikesport NZ

Auckland’s Tom Buxton made it look far easier than it should have been as he dominated the third and final round of the popular New Zealand Grand National Cross-country Championships in the King Country at the weekend. The 20-year-old from Helensville ... More >>

Kawasaki's Richardson takes F1 Glory at series opener

Monday, 10 December 2018, 10:02 am | Bikesport NZ

It may have been his first competitive outing on a 1000cc superbike, but Wainuiomata’s Shane Richardson showed at the weekend that he was more than ready for a little extra horsepower. The 23-year-old took a borrowed Kawasaki ZX10R bike to win the first ... More >>

Hat-Trick Heroes Emerge at Tokoroa Supercross

Monday, 3 December 2018, 9:58 am | Bikesport NZ

DECEMBER 2, 2018: A handful of unbeaten performances lit up the night sky at a damp round one of the New Zealand Supercross Championships at Tokoroa on Saturday. More >>

When winning matters, Craig Dack is your man

Wednesday, 28 November 2018, 1:00 pm | Bikesport NZ

The name Craig Dack is synonymous with winning, the just-turned 54-year-old Australian having done more than his fair of this over the years. More >>

   

 
 
 
 
 

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