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The 2016 Honda New Zealand Motocross Grand Prix at Woodville
Tuesday, 26 January 2016, 9:59 am | Bikesport NZ
CAPTION: Sanson's Max Hefferen, seen here in action at the King of the Mountain motocross in Taranaki on Sunday, hoping to be among the leading riders in the junior 15-16 years' 125cc class on Saturday and then on debut in the senior 125cc class on Sunday. ... More >>
Cooper is the 2016 King of the Mountain
Tuesday, 26 January 2016, 9:52 am | Bikesport NZ
The wins just keep coming for Bay of Plenty motocross ace Cody Cooper. The 32-year-old New Zealand MX1 champion was simply too powerful for his rivals at the weekend's annual King of the Mountain (KoM) motocross in Taranaki, the man from Mount Maunganui ... More >>
Hudson Tracking in the Right Direction
Thursday, 21 January 2016, 11:48 am | Bikesport NZ
JANUARY 21, 2016: Canterbury's Cameron Hudson is showing no signs of the pressure he's under. More >>
Cooper Wants to Be the Man Firing the Bullets
Wednesday, 20 January 2016, 11:05 am | Bikesport NZ
JANUARY 20, 2016: It's tough when you have a big No.1 plastered over the front and sides of your motorcycle – everyone has you in their gun sights and wants to take that title away from you. More >>
Frost Hoping to Ice His Rivals This Weekend
Wednesday, 20 January 2016, 10:27 am | Bikesport NZ
Frost Hoping to Ice His Rivals This Weekend JANUARY 20, 2016: Wellington superbike ace Sloan Frost does not much like kidding around and he's certainly not keen on playing the see-saw battle he's at the centre of right now. With the New Zealand ... More >>
Whitaker's Romaniacs Build-up a Winner
Monday, 18 January 2016, 11:24 am | Bikesport NZ
Wellington's Jake Whitaker (Husqvarna TE250), top dog at the WaimiHard Enduro on Sunday. Photo by Andy McGechan, BikesportNZ.com JANUARY 18, 2016: When the going gets tough, the tough get going and that was the cue for Wellington's Jake Whitaker ... More >>
2016 NZ Superbike Championships
Monday, 18 January 2016, 9:38 am | Bikesport NZ
2016 NZ Superbike Championships Superbike Series Gets a Shake-up CAPTION: Taupo's Scotty Moir (Suzuki GSX-R1000), top man in the superbike class at Teretonga at the weekend. Photo by Andy McGechan, BikesportNZ.com JANUARY 17, 2016: The 2016 New Zealand ... More >>
Sarah is Back on the Pace Again
Friday, 15 January 2016, 3:56 pm | Bikesport NZ
JANUARY 15, 2016: Taihape's Sarah Elwin is almost always smiling whenever she can ride her Yamaha YZ250F, but those smiles have certainly become wider in recent months as her form reaches new highs. More >>
Harris Quick to Find Pace Again
Wednesday, 13 January 2016, 11:03 am | Bikesport NZ
Harris Quick to Find Pace Again JANUARY 13, 2016: It didn't take Taranaki's Shaun Harris long to get his mojo back. A near-death experience just over eight years ago, when Harris crashed spectacularly at the infamous Isle of Man public road races in ... More >>
Kiwi Girl to Tackle the World's Elite
Tuesday, 12 January 2016, 12:26 pm | Bikesport NZ
JANUARY 12, 2016: It is a long way from New Zealand to the motocross hotbed of central Europe, but that's the journey on which South Island teenager Courtney Duncan hope she is about to begin. More >>
Perfect Start for Hudson in 600cc Title Bid
Monday, 11 January 2016, 1:57 pm | Bikesport NZ
JANUARY 11, 2016: Canterbury's Cameron Hudson has described his start to the 2016 New Zealand Superbike Championships at the weekend as "pretty close to perfection". More >>
Frost Stays Cool As Superbike Series Fires Up
Monday, 11 January 2016, 10:36 am | Bikesport NZ
JANUARY 10, 2016: It was the perfect start to the 2016 New Zealand Superbike Championships season for Wellington's Sloan Frost at the weekend. Fresh from winning the Formula One class in the three-round pre-national Suzuki Series, which wrapped up on the ... More >>
Coppins Signs Off with Two Podium Results
Tuesday, 29 December 2015, 2:14 pm | Bikesport NZ
DECEMBER 29, 2015: An infrequent racer these days, former motocross Grand Prix star Josh Coppins was thrilled to discover he was still capable of winning a podium spot. More >>
European Build-up Continues with Kiwi Race Wins
Tuesday, 29 December 2015, 12:13 pm | Bikesport NZ
European Build-up Continues with Kiwi Race Wins DECEMBER 29, 2015: Waikato teenager Josiah Natzke was all smiles after another solid, winning work-out, this time at the big annual Whakatane Summercross on Monday. Hamilton's Natzke took his KTM 250 ... More >>
Cooper Reclaims Honda Summercross Crown
Tuesday, 29 December 2015, 8:32 am | Bikesport NZ
Cooper Reclaims Honda Summercross Crown DECEMBER 29, 2015: Summer has only just started to warm up, but already Bay of Plenty's Cody Cooper is very hot indeed. The 32-year-old New Zealand MX1 class motocross champion from Mount Maunganui took his ... More >>
Whibley Ticks Off Another Box
Wednesday, 16 December 2015, 11:43 am | Bikesport NZ
DECEMBER 16, 2015: Taikorea's Paul Whibley celebrated another win at the weekend and this time it was one that he had been planning to achieve. More >>
Whibley Wins His Own Trophy by Accident
Tuesday, 8 December 2015, 11:36 am | Bikesport NZ
Manawatu's Paul Whibley is one of those people – despite bending over backwards to ensure that he did not win the cross-country motorcycle series that he created at the start of the year, he was forced to accept the main trophy on Saturday. More >>
Brutal Track Delivers Brutal Results
Tuesday, 8 December 2015, 9:17 am | Bikesport NZ
For all three members of the high-profile Altherm JCR Yamaha Racing Team who were in action at the weekend's annual Auckland Motocross Championships, it was probably a case of "what doesn't kill us makes us stronger". More >>
Harwood Impressive in Two Classes
Monday, 7 December 2015, 1:24 pm | Bikesport NZ
Harwood Impressive in Two Classes DECEMBER 7, 2015: One of New Zealand's rising stars in the sport of motocross appears to be growing brighter by the minute. Takaka 20-year-old apprentice builder Hamish Harwood, now based in Waitakere, was the talk ... More >>
Series Leader Whibley in an Awkward Position
Tuesday, 1 December 2015, 4:41 pm | Bikesport NZ
DECEMBER 2, 2015: This weekend's fifth and final round of the inaugural NZXC cross-country motorcycle series near Pahiatua is shaping up to be a real cliff-hanger ... and not for the reasons you'd think. More >>