Can anybody beat Spain’s Marc Marquez at the Sachsenring circuit in Germany? We will have to wait at least another year before we have the answer to that question
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NEW LOOK TO WEBSITE
BikesportNZ.com is getting ready to roll out some major improvements. We will shortly go “live” with a refreshed and upgraded website. These changes have been made to suit the needs of our fast-moving bike fans and to make it easier … Continue reading →
BIKE NEWS IS ON-LINE
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 … Check out some of the features … Continue reading →
SOWING SEEDS OF SUCCESS
Expect to see a few fresh names gracing the pages of your favourite motorcycling web site, newspaper sports pages or motorbike magazines when the 2018-19 road-race season rolls around later this year. The sport is growing and it’s perhaps all … Continue reading →
UK TEAM LOOKS TO METTAM
New Zealand’s Daniel Mettam has signed up to pilot Wilson Craig Racing’s proven Supersport, Superbike Honda machines for the remainder of the 2018 Irish road-racing season. The Auckland Motorcycling fraternity – led by Ken Dobson at Spectrum Motorcycles in Auckland, … Continue reading →
THE CLOSEST RACING EVER
The 70th Dutch TT at Assen will probably long be recalled by bike fans around the world as one of the best MotoGP races in the series’ history; the eight protagonists for a podium finish in the 26-lap battle will … Continue reading →
READ ALL ABOUT IT
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NOT YET TIME FOR MOTOGP
Kawasaki Racing Team crew chief Pere Riba says the triple World Superbike champion Jonathan Rea could win in MotoGP with the “right team and right people”, although that time is not quite yet, with the Northern Irish rider re-signing to … Continue reading →
LORENZO STILL TITLE CONTENDER?
Spain’s Jorge Lorenzo could possibly not now be written off as a shock MotoGP title winner this year. Lorenzo says the Ducati is now the ‘most complete’ package it has ever been after the Spaniard sealed back-to-back MotoGP victories with … Continue reading →
WATCH THIS SPACE
Expect to see a few fresh names gracing the pages of your favourite web site, newspaper or bike magazine when the 2018-19 motorcycle road-race season kicks off later this year. This season’s inaugural GIXXER Cup competition certainly ticked all the … Continue reading →
ON COMPUTER OR PHONE
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REA CONSIDERS MOTOGP OFFER
Triple World Superbike champion and 2018 series leader Jonathan Rea has confirmed he is “evaluating” offers to move to MotoGP next season with a factory team. The Northern Irishman has been racing in WSBK full-time since 2009, and has won … Continue reading →
LORENZO WIN TOO LITTLE, TOO LATE?
Jorge Lorenzo has rolled back the years to dominate with a go-to-whoa maiden victory for Ducati at the Italian MotoGP at Mugello at the weekend, as defending champion and 20-18 championship leader Marc Marquez crashed out, but was this too … Continue reading →
READ ALL ABOUT IT
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 … Check out some of the features … Continue reading →
REES WORTHY HALL OF FAMER
The honours just keep piling up for Bay of Plenty man Tony Rees. On Saturday night the 50-year-old Whakatane man was inducted into Motorcycling New Zealand’s Hall of Fame, the latest honour in an impressive list of awards and achievements … Continue reading →
MOTOFEST WORTH ANOTHER LOOK
We know you’ll enjoy this extended highlights package from Hampton Downs in March, that weekend’s inaugural MotoFest event doubling as the third round of four of the 2018 New Zealand Superbike Championships. The two-day festival of motorcycling promised a huge … Continue reading →
THE LATEST NEWS ON-LINE
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 … Check out some of the features … Continue reading →
ANDRELL SPRINGS A SURPRISE
It was something of a dream outing for Auckland’s Joseph Andrell, the 29-year-old competing at the 2018 edition of the New Zealand Mini TT Championships near Taupiri at the weekend. The Landscape gardener from Orewa shifts dirt for a living, … Continue reading →
SMITH WAS UNTOUCHABLE
It was more than just a training exercise, but the pace of former national motocross champion Hayden Smith at the weekend’s New Zealand Miniature TT Championships showed he certainly was ready for his upcoming World Junior Motocross Championships bid in … Continue reading →
TOWNLEY FIGHTS BACK
Former world motocross champion Ben Townley is back on the KTM bike brand he rode to win that world title and he’s obviously loving it. Though now retired from racing fulltime, the Bay of Plenty father-of-three used some of that … Continue reading →