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Coppins Caps Off Glorious Career
Monday, 27 August 2012, 11:38 am | Bikesport NZ
Coppins Caps Off Glorious Career CAPTION: Motueka’s Josh Coppins (Yamaha), now able to look back on a glittering international motocross career. Photo by Andy McGechan, BikesportNZ.com AUGUST 27, 2012: What better way is there to celebrate the final ... More >>
KTM’S Lamont Heralds His Ascendancy
Monday, 27 August 2012, 11:33 am | Bikesport NZ
KTM’S Lamont Heralds His Ascendancy CAPTION: Mangakino’s Kayne Lamont (KTM SX250), on a rapid rise to the top. Photo by Andy McGechan, BikesportNZ.com AUGUST 27, 2012: Kayne Lamont has plenty of titles to his name but the latest one is perhaps his greatest ... More >>
Series to Wrap Up In Hawke’s Bay
Tuesday, 21 August 2012, 11:03 am | Bikesport NZ
This year’s North Island Moto Trials Championships may go down to the wire as it wraps up with the final two rounds in Hawke’s Bay this weekend. The eight-round series kicked off with rounds one and two in Taranaki in February, followed by rounds ... More >>
Monster Energy Motocross of Nations: NZ Team Announced
Wednesday, 15 August 2012, 4:32 pm | Bikesport NZ
Motorcycling New Zealand’s Motocross Commissioner Bryan Davidson today announced the New Zealand Team to contest the 2012 Monster Energy Motocross of Nations in Lommel, Belguim on 30 September 2012, the "Olympics of Motorcycling". More >>
Sowry Chases the Dream on 125cc Yamaha
Tuesday, 14 August 2012, 10:18 am | Bikesport NZ
Inspired by the exploits of fellow Pahiatua man Paul Whibley, young rising star Scott Sowry is about to launch his own bid to become a motorcycle cross-country champion in the United States. More >>
The Suzuki Six-Hour Lives On
Friday, 10 August 2012, 11:09 am | Bikesport NZ
The king is dead; long live the king. Yes, it had looked like the nominal king of New Zealand’s big annual six-hour dirt bike marathons, traditionally held each year in Hawke’s Bay, was again not going to happen this year because of damage ... More >>
Martens to Take on the Aussies
Wednesday, 8 August 2012, 10:21 am | Bikesport NZ
AUGUST 8, 2012: Multi-time New Zealand motocross champion Ethan Martens has his sights set on Australia. The 20-year-old Yamaha ace will shortly cross the Tasman to tackle the remaining two rounds of the Australian Motocross Championships, starting ... More >>
Whibley Pockets Another Big Win
Tuesday, 7 August 2012, 11:49 am | Bikesport NZ
New Zealand’s Paul Whibley is proving himself unstoppable in the high-profile Off-Road Motorcycle and ATV (OMA) series in the United States this season. The Yamaha ace from Pahiatua is edging closer towards a record fifth consecutive title win in the ... More >>
Searle Keeps MX Hopes Alive; Baz Stuns Superbike Rivals
Monday, 6 August 2012, 3:17 pm | Bikesport NZ
Britain’s Tommy Searle has further strengthened his hold on the No.2 spot in the MX2 Motocross World Championships after another solid performance, this time in the Czech Republic at the weekend. More >>
Coppins’ Influence Will Continue
Thursday, 2 August 2012, 10:04 am | Bikesport NZ
Kiwi international Josh Coppins may have decided to hang up his helmet at the end of this season, but his influence on the sport will be felt for years to come. The man from Motueka, twice runner-up and twice third in the world motocross championships ... More >>
Whibley Keeps Pace Hot
Wednesday, 1 August 2012, 11:39 am | Bikesport NZ
New Zealand’s Paul Whibley is in command of this year’s Grand National Cross-country Championships in the United States. And, with a mid-season break in force during the brutally hot summer months in the US, Kiwi hero Whibley could be excused for ... More >>
King Tackles Europe Again
Tuesday, 31 July 2012, 1:14 pm | Bikesport NZ
Multi-time New Zealand motocross champion Darryll King is winding back the clock. Not only did the 43-year-old Waikato man successfully defend his national MX2 championship crown this season, making it sensational back-to-back title wins at the top domestic ... More >>
May Hits the Big Time
Friday, 27 July 2012, 11:51 am | Bikesport NZ
JULY 27, 2012: Auckland’s Callan May is in perhaps the most sparkling form of his career. It is appropriate that his recent performances have been both crackling and powerful, the 20-year-old from Titirangi races a 125cc two-stroke motocross bike ... More >>
Whibley Marches On In America
Thursday, 26 July 2012, 11:42 am | Bikesport NZ
New Zealand’s Paul Whibley is edging closer towards a record fifth consecutive title win in the high-profile Off-Road Motorcycle and ATV (OMA) series in the United States. More >>
Smith Does the Double
Monday, 23 July 2012, 12:44 pm | Bikesport NZ
Mokau's Adrian Smith achieved a rare double at the weekend, becoming national champion in two separate motorcycling codes in the same season. Smith completed the job he started back in Oparau in February when he raced his way to a runner-up finish at ... More >>
Power Takes Final Round Glory for Honda
Monday, 23 July 2012, 10:31 am | Bikesport NZ
Andy McGechan, BikesportNZ.com JULY 23, 2012: It was a scintillating performance from Honda ace Karl Power at the weekend as he won the fifth and final round of the New Zealand Enduro Championships near Taupo. The only trouble for the 28-year-old ... More >>
It’s Another Triumph for Hokianga’s Nield
Monday, 23 July 2012, 10:30 am | Bikesport NZ
JULY 23, 2012: Northland’s Mitchell Nield has done it again. The 24-year-old, who co-owns and operates his own building firm with his younger brother during the week, but races for Triumph New Zealand at the weekends, stormed to victory in the ... More >>
KTM Stamps Authority on Nationals
Monday, 23 July 2012, 10:25 am | Bikesport NZ
JULY 23, 2012: With six titles in the bag, KTM is celebrating today after the New Zealand Enduro Championships wrapped up on a treacherous forestry course near Taupo on Saturday. The popular bike company with its roots in Austria claimed half of the ... More >>
Smith Braced for Defining Moment
Tuesday, 17 July 2012, 10:00 am | Bikesport NZ
JULY 17, 2012: It could be a career-defining moment for Adrian Smith this Saturday afternoon. That’s when the Yamaha ace from Mokau hopes to “do the double” and become a national champion in two separate codes, a feat only achieved on very rare ... More >>
Blackburn On Two Podiums
Tuesday, 17 July 2012, 9:30 am | Bikesport NZ
JULY 17, 2012: Te Puke’s Logan Blackburn was one of very few riders to tackle two classes at this year’s New Zealand Motorcycle TT Championships, but he quickly proved he had plenty of strength, stamina, speed and the winning machinery to accept ... More >>
