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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 >>
KTM Kiwi Kayne the King
Monday, 16 July 2012, 12:29 pm | Bikesport NZ
Kiwi hero Kayne Lamont is going from strength to strength across the Tasman this season. The multi-time former New Zealand junior motocross champion is fast on his way to clinching a national title in Australia after his impressive performance at ... More >>
Wilkie Mounts Title Defence
Tuesday, 10 July 2012, 9:58 am | Bikesport NZ
JULY 10, 2012: Winning a national motorcycling title is one thing, but successfully defending it has often been described as the tougher of the two tasks. But this is something that Masterton builder Mason Wilkie is determined to achieve when he again ... More >>
Whibley Turns up the Heat
Tuesday, 10 July 2012, 9:56 am | Bikesport NZ
JULY 10, 2012: A heat-wave may well be sweeping the east coast of the United States, but none are sizzling more than New Zealand’s Paul Whibley. The Yamaha ace has now opened up a small gap at the top of the rankings after he won the ninth round ... More >>
King Takes a Knife to a Gun Fight
Monday, 9 July 2012, 10:44 am | Bikesport NZ
King Takes a Knife to a Gun Fight Andy McGechan JULY 9, 2012: Waikato's Darryll King is one man who is more than happy to 'take a knife to a gun fight'. The 43-year-old national MX2 (250cc) motocross champion knows his weapon of choice, the Yamaha YZ250 ... More >>
Mum Makes It 13 in a Row
Monday, 9 July 2012, 10:41 am | Bikesport NZ
Not only does she continue her quest to win at the gruelling Tarawera 100 cross-country motorcycle endurance race but she has just clicked up finish No.13 at a time in her life when many riders, not just women, would have given it up. More >>
Amateur Rider Takes on the Professionals
Sunday, 8 July 2012, 6:50 pm | Bikesport NZ
Amateur Rider Takes on the Professionals JULY 8, 2012: While Whakatane's Mitchell Rees may have finished just off the podium in fourth place overall at the weekend's 35th annual Tarawera 100 dirt bike marathon, that clinical result only tells half ... More >>
Paraparaumu to Host Rounds Five and Six
Tuesday, 3 July 2012, 9:46 am | Bikesport NZ
Title hopefuls will need to step it up this weekend if they are to have any hope of stealing away with glory in this year’s North Island Moto Trials Championships. The eight-round series kicked off with rounds one and two in Taranaki in February, ... More >>
Kiwi KTM Man Takes Over the Lead
Monday, 2 July 2012, 9:39 am | Bikesport NZ
JULY 2, 2012: New Zealand’s Kayne Lamont is now the No.1 rider across the Tasman after the latest round of racing in the Australian Motocross Championships at the weekend. More >>
Waimea Yamaha Boys Win the Day
Saturday, 30 June 2012, 6:42 pm | Bikesport NZ
Waimea Yamaha Boys Win the Day JUNE 30, 2012: The three-rider Waimea College Rockstar Yamaha squad dominated the inaugural Tasman Secondary Schools Motocross Championships near Nelson last weekend. Riders Bradley Biggs, Liam Hutton and Isaac Millson took ... More >>
Kiwis to the Fore in the USA
Wednesday, 27 June 2012, 11:33 am | Bikesport NZ
Yamaha’s Paul Whibley continues to lead the way in the United States, although the Kiwi hero will have to keep a very close eye on the two men giving chase as the battle heats up behind him. More >>
Dirt Guide Series Reaches Climax
Wednesday, 27 June 2012, 10:26 am | Bikesport NZ
JUNE 27, 2012: Auckland’s Mike Skinner probably feels as if he has a target on his back. More >>
Coppins Fizzing for the Re-Start
Monday, 25 June 2012, 9:55 am | Bikesport NZ
Andy McGechan JUNE 25, 2012: It is just a few days’ time the Australian Motocross Championships resume after a mid-season interval and Kiwi Josh Coppins is one rider who can’t wait to get back into gear. The former motocross Grand Prix star – ... More >>
Old Motorcycles Never Die
Tuesday, 19 June 2012, 12:39 pm | Bikesport NZ
Just like old soldiers, it seems it’s also old Yamaha motorcycles that never die. More than 38 years after it first rolled off the production line, Stan Jones’ old Yamaha MX360 two-stroke still starts up first kick and pumps out a prodigious amount ... More >>
Lewis Carves Out a Bright Future
Friday, 8 June 2012, 4:12 pm | Bikesport NZ
JUNE 8, 2012: Possibly one of the best motorcycling exports to come out of New Zealand this season, Rangiora’s national champion Jake Lewis is now opening eyes and turning heads in the United Kingdom and beyond. The 17-year-old Yamaha ace has spent time ... More >>
Whibley Stretches His Lead in America
Wednesday, 23 May 2012, 3:11 pm | Bikesport NZ
New Zealand’s Paul Whibley is rocketing towards a record fifth consecutive title win in the high-profile Off-Road Motorcycle and ATV (OMA) series in the United States. More >>
When the going gets tough; the tough get going
Tuesday, 15 May 2012, 9:46 am | Bikesport NZ
When the going gets tough; the tough get going. But New Zealand’s Rory Mead hadn’t counted on having to go so far or for it to be so tough for him to race his way up the Grand National Cross-country Championships ladder in the United States. With ... More >>
Smith Wins One Title and Targets Another
Monday, 14 May 2012, 9:44 am | Bikesport NZ
It is one down and one to go for Mokau’s Adrian Smith. The Yamaha ace cruised to victory at the fourth and final round of the New Zealand Cross-country Championships at Cheviot, north of Christchurch, on Saturday, easily wrapping up the outright win ... More >>
Smith Steps up to Claim Top Spot
Monday, 7 May 2012, 11:23 am | Bikesport NZ
Smith Steps up to Claim Top Spot MAY 7, 2012: Consistency, versatility and reliability – not to mention a huge helping of rider talent – could see Yamaha make it back-to-back national enduro titles this season. Wellington’s Rory Mead (Yamaha YZ450F) won ... More >>
