We here at BikesportNZ.com take literally thousands of photos at the dozens of events we travel to, but, the shame is, most never see the light of day.

So we have decided to trawl through our archives and dig out some of those shots that either have never been seen before or simply that rate among our favourites and deserve a second viewing … we are calling it our “weekend wind-back” and we may make it a regular feature.

Our aim is not to embarrass  anyone and we won’t always feature crash shots, although they often are the most spectacular.

Among the riders featured here are superbike stars Andrew Stroud, Robbie Bugden and Nick Cole; Jon Peters with the New Zealand Motocross of Nations team of 1988; multi-time former national motocross champion Mike Cotter battles with a young Brad Groombridge in 2008; Hamilton’s former GP motocross star Darryll King making life difficult for himself (we think he won this race anyway) and Takaka’s Hamish Harwood winning one of his national junior crowns.

See if you can identify the individuals pictured and visit us on Facebook to lodge your comments.

© Photos by Andy McGechan, www.BikesportNZ.com

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