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Bikesportnz Posted on February 16, 2019 by EditorFebruary 15, 2019

Want to know what’s happening on the motorcycling scene in New Zealand and abroad too? Well check out the latest issue of Kiwi Rider … it is waiting to be read right here …

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Bikesportnz Posted on February 15, 2019 by EditorFebruary 15, 2019

Kiwi former motocross world champion Ben Townley has signed on to become brand ambassador for Yamaha in New Zealand.

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Bikesportnz Posted on February 15, 2019 by EditorFebruary 14, 2019

If you want to be the best, it pays to be coached by the best and that’s just what is being offered in the lead-up to the Mike Pero MotoFest at Hampton Downs in just two weeks’ time.

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Bikesportnz Posted on February 14, 2019 by EditorFebruary 13, 2019

It didn’t quite go according to plan for defending champion Brad Groombridge, but it was perhaps good enough.

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Bikesportnz Posted on February 13, 2019 by EditorFebruary 12, 2019

West Auckland’s Hamish Harwood is fighting a war on two fronts again this season and, so far at least, he’s winning them both.

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Bikesportnz Posted on February 12, 2019 by EditorFebruary 11, 2019

There are a couple of new gunslingers in town and they mean business.

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Bikesportnz Posted on February 11, 2019 by EditorFebruary 11, 2019

Half a dozen riders took their turn at the front at the opening round of the New Zealand Cross-country Championships near Norsewood on Sunday, but it was Raglan’s Jason Dickey who was in front when it mattered, at the end of the three-hour senior race.

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Bikesportnz Posted on February 11, 2019 by EditorFebruary 8, 2019

We all know that photographers love to get close to the race action, but when is it too close for comfort?

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Bikesportnz Posted on February 10, 2019 by EditorFebruary 15, 2019

Want to know what’s happening on the motorcycling scene in New Zealand and abroad too? Well check out the latest issue of Kiwi Rider … it is waiting to be read right here …

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Bikesportnz Posted on February 9, 2019 by EditorFebruary 8, 2019

Marc Marquez and the Repsol Honda Team RC213V have been back on track and the current MotoGP world champion has immediately impressed observers.

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Bikesportnz Posted on February 8, 2019 by EditorFebruary 8, 2019

Young Australian Hunter Lawrence had been expected to make his AMA supercross championship debut in Minneapolis this weekend, riding for Geico Honda at round one of the East Coast series.

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Bikesportnz Posted on February 7, 2019 by EditorFebruary 11, 2019

Bike throttles will be twisted to the stops in the Central Hawke’s Bay region this weekend as the four-round 2019 New Zealand Cross Country Championships blast off.

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Bikesportnz Posted on February 6, 2019 by EditorFebruary 8, 2019

Three riders and three podium results, it could almost be described as a perfect weekend for the Altherm JCR Yamaha Racing Team in Taranaki.

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Bikesportnz Posted on February 5, 2019 by EditorFebruary 8, 2019

With plenty of talented riders, all armed with 450cc beasts, the MX1 class racing at the weekend was always going to be a thriller … and it certainly was that.

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Bikesportnz Posted on February 5, 2019 by EditorFebruary 8, 2019

The fighting was especially intense in the MX2 class at round one of the 2019 Fox New Zealand Motocross Champs in Taranaki at the weekend.

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Bikesportnz Posted on February 5, 2019 by EditorFebruary 8, 2019

The first of four rounds in this year’s Fox New Zealand Motocross Championships is now in the record books, but here’s a chance to look back and enjoy a few memories while they’re still fresh.

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Bikesportnz Posted on February 5, 2019 by EditorFebruary 8, 2019

It could well be that a fourth senior New Zealand Motocross Championships title heads the way of West Auckland’s Hamish Harwood before the season is out … maybe even two more titles.

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Bikesportnz Posted on February 4, 2019 by EditorFebruary 8, 2019

“You’re going to need a bigger trophy cabinet” — This could well be a comment echoed by supporters of Bay of Plenty motocross ace Cody Cooper after his latest victory at the weekend.

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Bikesportnz Posted on February 3, 2019 by EditorFebruary 8, 2019

The 2019 pre-season has been different to any other before it for reigning MotoGP World Champion Marc Marquez after a substantial shoulder operation in early December.