LOOKING BACK
The Motocross of Nations is the biggest and best motocross of the year. In just over a week’s time it is the 66th edition of the great race, set this time for the deep sand of Lommel, in Belgium.
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MOTORCYCLES IN THE NEWS
This web site is about so much more than just cutting and pasting work done by other people.
Continue reading →LOOKING AT AN ICON
Today we take a look at the history of JT Racing … an iconic apparel brand from the 1970s and 1980s, a brand synonymous with such famous racers as David Bailey and Broc Glover.
Continue reading →HISTORY IS MADE
The Kawasaki SRC team has written history, winning the prestigious 24 hours race in Le Mans for the third consecutive time.
Continue reading →WHO IS THAT?
The BikesportNZ.com photo archive is a treasure trove of classic old snaps. We have decided that each week we are going to run an archive photo or two – a bit of a guessing game for you. See if you … Continue reading →
ANOTHER CROWN TO WHITAKER
New Zealand’s Jake Whitaker is once again the Australian moto trials champion.
Continue reading →HE’S STILL GOT IT
Motueka’s Josh Coppins may have been away from the Motocross World Championship scene for almost two seasons, but it seems he’s forgotten nothing and his fitness and speed was still at world class level when he made a wildcard appearance … Continue reading →
LEWIS AT THE RING
Rangiora road-race ace Jake Lewis is living the dream, racing at the ultimate level of the sport in Europe. The 2012 New Zealand 600cc superstock champion reports in from the Nurburgring GP circuit in Germany.
Continue reading →VILLOPOTO SIGNS ON AGAIN
American supercross champion Ryan Villopoto has re-signed with Kawasaki, the 2012 AMA Supercross Champion set to team with Jake Weimer again after signing a multi-year deal with the team.
Continue reading →WHIBLEY WARMS UP
Pahiatua’s Paul Whibley is building up a head of steam as he prepares for the resumption of the Grand National Cross Country Championships series in the United States.
Continue reading →DUNGEY AND BAGGETT
KTM’s Ryan Dungey finished off the 2012 United States Motocross Championships in style, claiming his 10th overall win of the year at the final round at Lake Elsinore Motorsports Park in Lake Elsinore, California, at the weekend.
Continue reading →TITLES DECIDED
Both the MX1 and MX2 crowns were assigned for 2012 at the Italian GP at Faenza at the weekend. Italy’s defending world MX1 champion Antonio Cairoli could already celebrate his sixth world title after winning race one, while Dutch fellow … Continue reading →
BIAGGI ON TOP
Italy’s Max Biaggi returned to the top of the World Superbike standings at the weekend with his first win in more than two months, even if a race two crash prevented him from stretching away.
Continue reading →DEAR OH DEER
Watch as this KTM rider on a West Virginia rally ride hits a deer on the road
Continue reading →PUBLIC PERCEPTION
This web site is about so much more than just cutting and pasting work done by other people. Once again this week, BikesportNZ.com has given you plenty of exclusive, fresh and original content on-line, as well as saturating the mainstream … Continue reading →
CAVALRY TO THE RESCUE
Just like the cavalry in the old Wild West movies, enduro legend Sean Clarke has come galloping to rescue in the nick of time.
Continue reading →BOXING ABOVE THEIR WEIGHT
New Zealand has a long and proud association with what is arguably the world’s most important motocross event – the Motocross of Nations – and it started almost by accident.
Continue reading →THE ARM PUMP CONUNDRUM
An initiation to MotoGP or motocross can often mean nasty scars on the arms. Those ugly marks are from arm pump surgery, a common procedure to alleviate pressure caused by what is called compartmental syndrome, what we all refer to … Continue reading →
TALENT HEADS OVERSEAS
Mokau’s Adrian Smith has nothing left to prove in New Zealand. With two national motorcycle titles in the bag for 2012, the 26-year-old Taranaki sheep and beef farmer is now looking further afield and eyeing up fresh conquests on the … Continue reading →
A CLASSIC CLASH
Want to see what happened at the 2006 Motocross of Nations when a soon-to-retire Stefan Everts whipped the rest of the world, including the American superstars, at his farewell appearance.
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