BikesportNZ.com has again this week given you plenty of exclusive, fresh and original content.
We don’t just half-wittedly cut and paste other people’s words and pictures from PR items that are sent out to every address in some PR company’s address book.
The BikesportNZ.com photo archive is a treasure trove old classic old snaps.
We dug into the archive recently to find photos of a top Kiwi motocross rider from the 1980s, Rotorua’s Bryan Patterson, and a visitor to New Zealand during that same era, British motocross ace Perry Leask.
The Australian Motocross Championships arrive at Murray Bridge for the fifth round of 10 in the series this Sunday.
More than 20 world class international riders have competed throughout all three national championship classes – MX1, MX2 and MXD – so far in the 2012 season, making for a truly international series on Australian soil.
It’s full throttle time as the popular Dirt Guide Cross-country Series jolts the Central North Island again this weekend.
It is the second round of three in the series, set for a venue called Pylons, near Atiamuri on Saturday, with a casual trail ride to follow at the same venue the next day.
Auckland’s Tony Cooksley will be hoping it is third time lucky when he again manages the New Zealand squad heading to Europe for the annual Motocross of Nations this September.
The 2012 United States Motocross Championships season kicks off at Hangtown, California, this weekend with the title favourites anyone’s guess.
With 2011 champion Ryan Villopoto sidelined with injury, along with 2004 MX2 world champion and 2012 MX1 New Zealand champion Ben Townley, the race to win the open class crown is wide open.
New Zealand has long been a breeding ground for motocross talent and just as much for aspiring young women as it has been for the men.
Many will recall the glory years of Katherine Prumm, the New Zealand girl who hit Europe like a hurricane and blew away so many of the established stars in the women’s motocross scene between about 2005 and 2008, when the Aucklander was eventually struck down with a career-ending injury.
Day five at the Scottish Six Day Trial near Fort William featured a bit of everything for Lower Hutt competitor Carl Robson.
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.
JetpilotAustralia visited New Zealand’s Ben Townley in Hospital days after his crash at round two of the Australian Motocross Championships at Coonabarabran, which left his United States ride with TwoTwo Motorsports in tatters.
The camera goes behind the scenes to see the real emotion and get the lowdown on how long he will be sidelined for.