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Capill Leads A Yamaha 1-2 At Tokoroa
Wednesday, 26 February 2014, 3:30 pm | Bikesport NZ
Bay of Plenty’s Darren Capill has a bit of catching up to do and he’s not wasting any time doing it. More >>
Birch Carries On Winning Streak
Tuesday, 25 February 2014, 1:25 pm | Bikesport NZ
Auckland’s Chris Birch is still the man to beat on the New Zealand enduro scene. More >>
Birch Picks Up Where He Left Off; Draper Stuns
Tuesday, 25 February 2014, 1:12 pm | Bikesport NZ
Auckland’s Chris Birch is the national No.1 on the enduro scene for a very good reason ... because he’s an extremely accomplished off-road motorcycle racer with an international reputation for winning. More >>
Lamont and his Husqvarna “The Real Deal”
Monday, 24 February 2014, 4:29 pm | Bikesport NZ
February 24, 2014: At the rate Mangakino’s Kayne Lamont is going, it won’t be long before he could look back over his shoulder and see nobody behind him. His pursuers are almost at the point where they’ll have to give up trying to catch the Husqvarna ... More >>
Altherm JCR Yamaha Men Hang Tough
Monday, 24 February 2014, 2:53 pm | Bikesport NZ
If it is true that what doesn't kill you makes you stronger, then the Altherm JCR Yamaha Racing Team must be very strong indeed. More >>
Tough Day At The Office For Title Hopefuls
Monday, 24 February 2014, 1:37 pm | Bikesport NZ
It was a tough day at the office for national title hopefuls at the second round of four in the New Zealand Motocross Championships in Tokoroa on Sunday. More >>
Power Sets Sights On Enduro Crown
Thursday, 20 February 2014, 3:49 pm | Bikesport NZ
The 32-year-old from the North Shore, a multi-time former class champion, wants to go one step better and win the New Zealand Enduro Championships outright and he believes he has the bike and the ability to do just that. More >>
The 2014 Backflips Clothing NZ Motocross Championships
Wednesday, 19 February 2014, 4:41 pm | Bikesport NZ
Championships set to get even hotter February 19, 2014: The competition could not be much hotter, but the temperature is expected to rise still more at round two of the New Zealand Motocross Championships in Tokoroa on Sunday. Round one of the Backflips ... More >>
Birch Wins Te Puke Endurocross
Tuesday, 11 February 2014, 10:35 am | Bikesport NZ
National enduro champion Chris Birch had more than just the cream of New Zealand’s off-road to contest with but he also had to deal with terrible weather and a brutal course in Te Puke on Saturday. More >>
Where There’s a Will There’s a Way
Monday, 10 February 2014, 11:49 am | Bikesport NZ
Te Puke’s Logan Blackburn demonstrated that motocross is as much a battle of the mind as it is a test of human strength, stamina and skill at the weekend. Although he’s got one of the best motorcycles in the business, and his Altherm JCR Yamaha ... More >>
Smith Takes Nothing For Granted At Bel-Ray
Tuesday, 4 February 2014, 12:35 pm | Bikesport NZ
Mokau’s Adrian Smith is taking nothing for granted because, despite the national cross-country champion’s dominance, the pressure is still on. The Yamaha ace may have been unbeaten in the Bel-Ray Cross-country Championships so far this season, ... More >>
Picking a winner no easy task
Monday, 3 February 2014, 5:37 pm | Bikesport NZ
February 3, 2014: All Bets Are Off For The Four-Round New Zealand Motocross Championships, All Set To Kick Off At Pleasant Point, Near Timaru, On Saturday (February 8). The defending champions are the favourites to reclaim their respective trophies, but ... More >>
Altherm JCR Yamaha Clean Sweeps Event
Monday, 3 February 2014, 12:04 pm | Bikesport NZ
There was room for nobody else but Altherm JCR Yamaha riders on the top step of the podium at the big annual Gold Nuggets Motocross on the west coast of New Zealand’s South Island at the weekend. More >>
Yamaha Rider Leads the Chase
Friday, 31 January 2014, 4:04 pm | Bikesport NZ
Taupo motocross ace Cohen Chase is getting faster and faster each time he goes out to ride and it’s probably just a matter of time before he’s a national champion again. More >>
Lamont Fired Up With Husqvarna and Red Bull
Wednesday, 29 January 2014, 1:28 pm | Bikesport NZ
Watch out New Zealand, here comes a revitalised Kayne Lamont. The 20-year-old multi-time former national junior motocross champion from Mangakino has had his career reinvigorated as he steps aboard the new Husqvarna TC250 two-stroke machine for the coming senior ... More >>
Debut Husqvarna Ride a Sensation
Monday, 27 January 2014, 2:36 pm | Bikesport NZ
Mangakino’s Kayne Lamont came out of nowhere to shock the MX2 (250cc) field at the weekend’s 53rd annual New Zealand Motocross Grand Prix at Woodville. On the comeback from injury, still recovering from surgery and on an untested new motorcycle, ... More >>
Scott Makes Rivals Green with Envy
Monday, 27 January 2014, 11:41 am | Bikesport NZ
Oparau's James Scott likes to squeeze every last drop out of his motorcycle. The 12-year-old races his bike almost every weekend and if it's not at a motocross, then he's firing up his Kiwi Rider-sponsored Kawasaki KX85 to tackle cross-country or ... More >>
Cooper Claims Woodville Glory with Motocross Grand Prix
Monday, 27 January 2014, 11:15 am | Bikesport NZ
Mount Maunganui's Cody Cooper has again won the New Zealand Motocross Grand Prix title, although he certainly had to work hard to repeat the feat this time around. Cooper rode a Honda to collect his first big win at the annual New Zealand Motocross ... More >>
Whibley kicks off season as he means to go on
Thursday, 23 January 2014, 5:10 pm | Bikesport NZ
January 23, 2014 : Pahiatua’s Paul Whibley Is Refreshed, Relaxed And Enjoying Himself ... Oh, And He’s Still Winning Off-Road Dirt Bike Races. The 35-year-old former Manawatu forestry worker, a two-time former United States Grand National Cross-country ... More >>
Battle of the Titans at Woodville
Tuesday, 21 January 2014, 12:14 pm | Bikesport NZ
Rotorua’s Michael Phillips would like nothing better than to satisfy his sponsors, thrill his many fans and realise a life-long dream and he can do all three things next weekend if he wins the Honda New Zealand Motocross Grand Prix at Woodville. ... More >>