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Tapanui Woman Ready To Take On The World
Monday, 3 June 2024, 2:46 pm | Bikesport NZ
Dorr, a 34-year-old mother of two boys, is the leading rider in the women’s grade in the 2024 New Zealand Enduro Championships, well on track to defending the title she remarkably won on her first attempt in this competition last year. More >>
Fierce Battle For NZ Enduro Honours To Resume
Wednesday, 29 May 2024, 2:06 pm | Bikesport NZ
This season’s five-round Yamaha New Zealand Enduro Championships will nudge past the halfway stage with round three this King’s Birthday Weekend. More >>
Bike Riders Braced For Another Exciting Series
Tuesday, 21 May 2024, 7:41 pm | Bikesport NZ
The contest opens with racing at Tar Hill, on forestry land about 12 kilometres south of Tokoroa, and the three round-series will also incorporate more-relaxed and social trail rides at the same venues the following day. More >>
Revs Rising Ahead Of 2024 Suzuki International Series
Thursday, 2 May 2024, 4:38 pm | Bikesport NZ
The revs are starting to build with massive support arriving and overseas interest being shown ahead of the 2024 Suzuki International Series. The popular annual three-round Suzuki International Series, including the world-renowned Cemetery Circuit street ... More >>
Massive Wrestle Between Two Champion Riders
Monday, 29 April 2024, 4:50 pm | Bikesport NZ
After two of five rounds, it’s Taupo’s Brad Groombridge and Oparau’s James Scott locked in a tight battle for the lead, both men no strangers to winning New Zealand titles and, quite naturally, neither of them has been inclined to give an ... More >>
Former Champion Groombridge Leads The Way
Tuesday, 23 April 2024, 1:47 pm | Bikesport NZ
Hosted by the Christchurch Off-Road Motorcycle Club, the weekend’s racing included a sprint format event on Saturday, followed by a traditional timecard enduro race on Sunday and, on both days, it was Groombridge who led the way in the premier AA ... More >>
Seth Morrow Untouchable At Junior MX Champs
Monday, 22 April 2024, 4:34 pm | Bikesport NZ
Former Southland rider Seth Morrow was always going to be a frontrunner in the 15-16 years’ 125cc class at this year’s New Zealand Motocross Championships at Himatangi. Morrow exhibited nothing but supremacy in the 2024 edition of this annual event at ... More >>
Levin Honda Star Breaks Through For NZ Title Win
Monday, 22 April 2024, 3:44 pm | Bikesport NZ
The gloves came off at the 2024 New Zealand Junior Motocross Championships in the Manawatu/Horowhenua region at the weekend, with Honda star Phoenix Van Dusschoten landing most of the big punches. More >>
Raetihi’s Horne Wins Two Titles In Two Weeks
Monday, 22 April 2024, 3:42 pm | Bikesport NZ
Raetihi teenager Karaitiana Horne is on top of the New Zealand motocross world. She was virtually unstoppable at the 2024 AFC Motorcycles-sponsored New Zealand Motocross Championships at Himatangi, about halfway between Foxton and Sanson, at the weekend. More >>
Delayed Final Showdown Was Worth Waiting For
Monday, 15 April 2024, 4:18 pm | Bikesport NZ
The hilly track on the outskirts of New Plymouth suffered a deluge of rain over the days leading up to the final round of the Yamaha NZ Motocross Championships. But on race day as clear, warm skies came out, the racers responded by producing some ... More >>
Taranaki Venue Will Reveal Championship Winners
Wednesday, 10 April 2024, 10:51 am | Bikesport NZ
April 09, 2024 For so many riders, this weekend’s final round of the 2024 Yamaha New Zealand Motocross Championships in Taranaki will be the most important race meeting of the season. The four-round series has featured plenty of ups and downs already ... More >>
When The Going Got Tough, Whitaker Got Going
Monday, 8 April 2024, 9:18 am | Bikesport NZ
APRIL 7, 2024: Only 34 of the 148 riders to start the 2024 edition of the No Way In Hell Extreme Enduro on Saturday made it to the final hurdle. So tough was this year’s edition of the Husqvarna-sponsored No Way In Hell (NWIH) event that many ... More >>
It’s Tough And Don’t Say We Didn’t Warn You
Thursday, 4 April 2024, 5:15 am | Bikesport NZ
APRIL 3, 2024: Ever been told to “go to Hell”? This is probably the place they meant ... the No Way In Hell extreme enduro, and it’s happening this weekend. It is the country’s premier extreme enduro event, run by the man who should know, ... More >>
Dudson Warms Up New Bike And Wins NZ Title
Wednesday, 3 April 2024, 8:14 am | Bikesport NZ
APRIL 2, 2024: Bay of Plenty’s Callum Dudson has been crowned the New Zealand cross-country motorcycling champion for 2024 after a busy weekend of racing in the south-east of the North Island. The 23-year-old builder from Rotorua took his straight-out-of-the-packing-crate ... More >>
Cross-country Series Was Thrill-a-minute Racing
Wednesday, 3 April 2024, 8:10 am | Bikesport NZ
APRIL 2, 2024: The 2024 Yamaha New Zealand Cross-country Championships wrapped up with back-to-back races at different venues in the south-east of the North Island over the Easter Weekend. Round three of four in this series was held at Flemington, ... More >>
Cross-country Champs Will Go Down To The Wire
Thursday, 28 March 2024, 6:19 am | Bikesport NZ
MARCH 27, 2024: The 2024 New Zealand Cross-country Championships will wrap up this coming Easter Weekend with back-to-back rounds three and four taking place in the east of the North Island. Two three-hour senior races and two 90-minute junior races ... More >>
Elite Racers Rise To The Challenges At Pukekohe
Sunday, 24 March 2024, 7:58 pm | Bikesport NZ
The nation’s elite rose to the many challenges presented to them at round three of the 2024 Yamaha New Zealand Motocross Championship near Pukekohe on Saturday. With rain setting in early in the day, MR Motorcycles Raceway at Harrisville, just ... More >>
Orange Brigade Leads The Way In Two Key Classes
Sunday, 24 March 2024, 7:55 pm | Bikesport NZ
MARCH 24, 2024: With a firm grip now in two of the three men’s categories they are tackling, the 2024 New Zealand Motocross Championships seem to be going very well indeed for the “Orange Army” from north of the Bombay hills. The Auckland-based ... More >>
Time Now For Title Hopefuls To Make It Count
Tuesday, 19 March 2024, 6:51 pm | Bikesport NZ
The second half of the 2024 New Zealand Motocross Championship season hits the dirt this weekend and so now is the time to really make it count. Round three of four in the Yamaha-sponsored New Zealand Motocross Championship is certain to shake the ... More >>
Rees Wins Battle But West Wins The Superbike War
Monday, 4 March 2024, 4:03 pm | Bikesport NZ
Bay of Plenty’s Mitch Rees won the battle, but Australian Ant West won the war in this season’s New Zealand Superbike Championships. Weather played a large part in the PTS Logistics-sponsored 2023-24 NZSBK series, with rain affecting almost all ... More >>