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Only The Bravest, The Toughest And The Best Need Apply
Tuesday, 18 April 2023, 5:57 am | Bikesport NZ
APRIL 18, 2023 : So you reckon you’re pretty handy on a dirt bike do you? But are you good enough to keep it up for eight hours … or more? If you’ve entered this weekend’s inaugural Maxima Racing Oils-sponsored Forestland Eight-hour Cross-country ... More >>
Raetihi Girl A Standout At NZ Junior Motocross Champs
Monday, 17 April 2023, 1:20 pm | Bikesport NZ
APRIL 17, 2023: It really does not get any better than this … five wins from five starts saw Raetihi’s Karaitiana Horne totally dominate proceedings and easily win her class at the 2023 New Zealand Junior Motocross Championships in Southland at ... More >>
The 2023 New Zealand Junior Motocross Championships: New Zealand Junior Motocross Champions Revealed
Sunday, 16 April 2023, 6:30 pm | Bikesport NZ
The racing was intense from the first race until the last when Southland hosted the 2023 New Zealand Junior Motocross Championships at the weekend. The MotoSouth, KTM and Kawasaki-sponsored annual school holiday event was run over three days, from ... More >>
NZ Junior Motocross Champs Set For Southland
Tuesday, 11 April 2023, 6:02 pm | Bikesport NZ
APRIL 11, 2023: Motel rooms will be at a premium this coming weekend as Southland braces to host hundreds of riders, their families and support crews arriving in the region for the 2023 New Zealand Junior Motocross Championships. The MotoSouth, KTM ... More >>
Intrepid Kiwi Women To Tackle International Event
Monday, 10 April 2023, 7:29 pm | Bikesport NZ
Sidecar team-mates Tracey Bryan (left) and Jo Franzen (nee Mickleson) are poised and ready to tackle the sidecar racing elite in the United States in July. Photo by Andy McGechan, BikesportNZ.com Riding the crest of a wave, Kiwi sidecar pair Tracey ... More >>
NZ Motocross Juniors Ready To Head To Southland
Wednesday, 5 April 2023, 8:50 pm | Bikesport NZ
Expect fast and furious action such as this when the gates drop for the 2023 New Zealand Junior Motocross Championships in Southland later this month. Photo by Andy McGechan, BikesportNZ.com The future of Kiwi motocross will be on show in Southland ... More >>
Kiwi Teenager Sets Australian Racetrack Alight
Tuesday, 28 March 2023, 7:25 pm | Bikesport NZ
MARCH 28, 2023: Could young Auckland motorcycle road-racer Haydn Fordyce be New Zealand’s next Graeme Crosby, Hugh Anderson, Ginger Molloy, Robert Holden, Shaun Harris, Aaron Slight, Simon Crafar or Andrew Stroud, a rider to truly shake up the ... More >>
Motorcycling NZ Thrilled To Support Kayo GP
Wednesday, 22 March 2023, 6:28 pm | Bikesport NZ
Christchurch 12-year-old and rising star in the sport, Hunter Charlett, seen here in action recently on his Kayo MR150 bike. Photo courtesy Mel Smyth Images. The latest project to promote, support and encourage youngsters into motorcycle road-racing ... More >>
NZ Motocross Championships Wrap Up This Weekend
Wednesday, 22 March 2023, 6:00 am | Bikesport NZ
MARCH 22, 2023: All roads again lead to Taupo this weekend, surely making this popular tourist town the Kiwi Mecca for top-level motorcycle racing in this country. Just two weeks after the holiday hotspot hosted the sixth and final round of the 2022-23 ... More >>
Hunter Charlett Follows Close In Dad’s Wheel Tracks
Wednesday, 15 March 2023, 5:58 pm | Bikesport NZ
Christchurch’s just-crowned national Supersport 150 champion Hunter Charlett (left), with his former champion father Dennis at the Taupo International Motorsport Park at the weekend. Photo by Andy McGechan, BikesportNZ.com It’s always a real family ... More >>
Pressure Goes On For Superbike Champs Title Hopefuls
Wednesday, 1 March 2023, 8:56 pm | Bikesport NZ
Expect the racing to be just as close as this at the fifth round of six in this season's New Zealand Superbike Championships at Hampton Downs this coming weekend. Photo by Andy McGechan, BikesportNZ.com Imagine there are only two laps to go, the ... More >>
New Zealand's Elite Women Will Battle In The Bay
Thursday, 23 February 2023, 6:21 am | Bikesport NZ
FEBRUARY 22, 2023: The 2023 senior New Zealand Motocross Championships action set for the Bay of Plenty this weekend offers double the delight for race fans. Sunday's racing, scheduled for the popular Phillips family farmland track just outside Rotorua, ... More >>
Woodville Motocross Grand Prix Cancelled Again
Sunday, 29 January 2023, 6:51 pm | Bikesport NZ
Mother Nature was too powerful by far for the assembled masses of New Zealand’s motocross elite, with heavy rain forcing organisers to cancel the 2023 edition of the New Zealand Motocross Grand Prix at Woodville at the weekend. Photo by Andy McGechan, ... More >>
Turf Wars Set To Erupt In Woodville This Weekend
Tuesday, 24 January 2023, 6:37 pm | Bikesport NZ
It's a traffic jam of the motocross variety as Westgate's Hamish Harwood (bike No.1), Te Puke's Tyler Steiner (5) and Papamoa's Cody Cooper (121) battle for an advantage at the front. Fierce action like this is in store for race fans at the eastern end ... More >>
Racers Head To The Deep South For Round Four
Wednesday, 11 January 2023, 2:15 pm | Bikesport NZ
We might now be halfway through the 2022-23 New Zealand Superbike Championships, but there's still plenty left for the riders to fight for. Indeed, three of the scheduled six rounds of this AON Insurance and Pirelli-sponsored series have been completed ... More >>
Countdown Begins For The Start Of 2023 Motocross Season
Friday, 6 January 2023, 7:05 pm | Bikesport NZ
Foxton rider Locky McLean (Honda), seen here tackling the famous River Race at the previous New Zealand Motocross Grand Prix at Woodville in January 2021. Photo by Andy McGechan, BikesportNZ.com The countdown has started for the start of the 2023 ... More >>
Superbike Nationals Set To Resume In Christchurch
Tuesday, 3 January 2023, 8:01 pm | Bikesport NZ
Rangiora's former national 600cc champion Avalon Biddle (Kawasaki ZX6R), a rider to watch for in the Formula Two/Supersport 600 class at Ruapuna, in Christchurch, this coming weekend. She is currently a close fifth in the class standings after ... More >>
Suzuki Series Finale Will Offer Thrills At Every Corner
Friday, 23 December 2022, 5:41 pm | Bikesport NZ
Whanganui is the place to be on Boxing Day with the famously-spectacular Cemetery Circuit races back on the calendar after a year's lull due to the pandemic. It's always the most eagerly-awaited road-race spectacle of the year and it's just a few ... More >>
Cooper And Kawasaki On Top In Two Premier Classes
Monday, 5 December 2022, 5:33 pm | Bikesport NZ
Papamoa's Cody Cooper (Bridgestone Kawasaki Racing Team KX450F) on his way to yet another race win, this time at round two of the Waikato Motocross Championships near Te Kuiti on Sunday. Photo by Andy McGechan, BikesportNZ.com Like a fine wine, Bay ... More >>
Start To NZ’s Showcase Road-race Contest Called Off
Sunday, 4 December 2022, 5:15 am | Bikesport NZ
DECEMBER 4, 2022: Motorcycling New Zealand, the sport’s governing body here, believes rider safety always comes first and this policy was clearly in evidence when the opening round of the 2022-23 was abandoned at approximately 1pm on day one at Taupo ... More >>
