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There probably is no doubt, Chad Reed is currently the greatest Australian motocross/supercross rider of all time, as he holds two AMA supercross titles in the premier class and a 450 AMA motocross title too.
Injured Slovenian multi-time motocross world champion Tim Gajser has started riding again after more than three months off due to the broken femur he sustained at the Italian International at Pietramurata in February.
The MX2 class, despite the riders being very young and inexperienced, has amazing talent and that talent makes for a very exciting 2023 MX2 World Championships.
It’s now or never for New Zealand Enduro Championships title hopefuls to stand up and be noticed, with the third round of four set for Sunday and Monday of this coming King’s Birthday Weekend.
A spectacular fifth round of the 2023 Australian ProMX Championships at Gillman, in South Australia, at the weekend was won by Kyle Webster in MX1 and Wilson Todd in MX2 respectively.
The Burt Munro Challenge always attracts bike enthusiasts from all around the country and the 2024 edition of the week-long festival will now also feature the New Zealand Superbike Championships.
The AMA Pro Motocross Championship series kicks off in Pala, California, this weekend, with KTM’s Cooper Webb returning from injury and likely to headline racing in the 450cc class.
Young Italian Mattia Guadagnini broke his arm at the weekend and will now be side-lined for an indefinite time, just as his pace was beginning to pick up.
Germany’s Manuel Lettenbichler got his FIM Hard Enduro World Championship title defence off to the perfect start with victory at round one – the Xross Hard Enduro Rally in Serbia – at the weekend.
The seventh round of the 2023 FIM Motocross World Championships at Villars sous Ecot, in France, featured a redesigned circuit that would increase overtaking and deliver a fantastic show in general.
New Zealand’s Courtney Duncan has extended her series lead in the FIM Women’s World Motocross Championships with another double race win, this time at round four of the series in France at the weekend.
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Heading into the MXGP of France, set for the undulating circuit of Villars-sous-Écot this weekend (May 20-21), it’s time to look back at some of the winning French riders from the past.
Like father, like son – winning national motorcycling titles became a family affair at the 2023 edition of the New Zealand Motocross TT Nationals at Taupiri at the weekend.
Pecco Bagnaia has held on to his MotoGP World Championship lead but is now just a solitary point clear of fellow Italian Marco Bezzecchi after a drama-filled round five in France at the weekend.
With a main-event win Saturday evening in Salt Lake City’s Rice-Eccles Stadium, Chase Sexton wrapped up the 2023 United States 450SX Championship title at the AMA Supercross series finale.
Two consecutive weekends of racing saw the first half of this season’s New Zealand Enduro Championships wrap up in forestry land near Nelson at the weekend and the battle remains incredibly tight for title honours.
It was a breakthrough moment for young New Zealander Cormac Buchanan at round three of the Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup at Le Mans, in France, at the weekend.