ANOTHER SERIES IN THE BAG
Husqvarna has cleaned up its second series in as many weeks.
Continue reading →Monthly Archives: June 2010
FLAT OUT AT KURATAU
A combination of icy grass, deep ruts and high speed should make for some very close and exciting dirt bike racing near Turangi this weekend.
Continue reading →BIRCH ON FIRE IN ROMANIA
New Zealand’s Chris Birch rewarded himself for the longest journey to the world’s hardest Extreme-Enduro-Rallye, the Romaniacs in Romania, with a well-deserved victory in the legendary inner-city prologue.
Continue reading →DOUBLE FOR BIAGGI
Italy’s Max Biaggi has kept up his winning form in the World Superbike Championships with another outright result, this time at the eighth round of 13 in the series at Misano at the weekend.
Continue reading →DESALLE WINS; COPPINS SLIPS BACK
Belgian rising star Clement Desalle and Dutch teen sensation Jeffrey Herlings dominated the day at the Latvian round of the MX1 and MX2 motocross world championships at Kegums at the weekend.
Continue reading →COOPER WINS THE DAY
New Zealand’s Cody Cooper topped the points at round six of the 2010 Rockstar Energy Drink Australian Motocross Championships at Wodonga on Sunday.
Continue reading →TOWNLEY ON THE PODIUM
New Zealand’s Ben Townley has bounced back from the disappointment of the previous round – where he suffered fuel pump problems — to climb onto the podium at the fifth round of 12 in this season’s United States Motocross Championships … Continue reading →
LORENZO WINS DUTCH GP
Spain’s Jorge Lorenzo put in another textbook performance at the weekend, leaving his rivals trailing as he led from the front at this round seven event to win the 80th Dutch TT at Assen and take his fourth victory of … Continue reading →
LAMONT’S LUCK MUST CHANGE
Mangakino’s Kayne Lamont is having the time of his life in Europe.
Continue reading →DOING THE HARD YARDS
The new superbike season will be upon us once again before you know it.
Continue reading →TOUGH TO BEAT
Wainuiomata’s Jake Whitaker was untouchable at rounds five and six of the North Island Moto Trials Championships in the Waikato at the weekend.
Continue reading →IT’S THAT NUMBER 27 AGAIN
American “Flying” Fred Merkel raced his No.27 Honda to clinch the inaugural Superbike World Championships title when the series wrapped up at Manfeild in October 1988.
Continue reading →LAMONT ON THE VERGE
It was a weekend of highs and lows for 2010 double New Zealand junior motocross champion Kayne Lamont in Germany.
Continue reading →BREAKTHROUGH FOR SPIES
American world superbike champion Ben Spies will always remember the 2010 British MotoGP, round six of this year’s world series and the first to take place at Silverstone since 1986, after claiming his first ever grand prix podium on the … Continue reading →
GLORY FOR BIG KEN
Taking his first win of 2010 and also first on a Yamaha machine, Belgian Ken De Dycker dominated the German Grand Prix with two moto wins at the weekend.
Continue reading →KAWASAKI 1-2-3 IN THE USA
It’s probably enough to make the Americans green with envy.
Continue reading →UPS AND DOWNS AT BUDD’S CREEK
It was another big weekend for Suzuki star Ryan Dungey as he scored 3-1 at round four of the United States Motocross Championships, although defending champ Chad Reed has zoomed back to second in the series standings.
Continue reading →FUNERAL NOTICE
The funeral of New Zealand’s Paul Dobbs, who died racing at the TT on Thursday 10 June, will be held at the grandstand in Douglas, in the Isle of Man, at 2pm Monday 21 June.
Continue reading →WIN TO WHIBLEY
New Zealand’s Paul Whibley has maintained his push to the top of the off-road bike scene in the United States after winning the latest round of the Off-Road Motorcycle and ATV (OMA) Championships in Kentucky at the weekend.
Continue reading →ROUND 8 THIS WEEKEND
An expectant crowd will gather at the fast and ‘old-school’ motocross circuit of Teutschenthal this weekend for the Grand Prix of Germany where Teka Suzuki Europe World MX2 will be hoping for a repeat of their sensational 2009 victory on … Continue reading →