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TEAM KIWI RARING TO GO
Queenstown’s Scott Columb can’t wait to lead his team-mates into battle at this year’s Motocross of Nations in Latvia.
Continue reading →IRWIN IS BACK
The penultimate round of the British MX Nationals at Preston Docks in Lancashire meant the return of Heads & All Threads Suzuki’s MX1 rider Graeme Irwin, who promptly rocketed to second overall on the weekend.
Continue reading →FIERCE IN THE FOREST
If there is one piece of silverware that is coveted most by the Kiwi dirt bike fraternity, it is probably the trophy for winning outright at the big annual Suzuki Six-Hour Dirt Bike Challenge.
Continue reading →KIWIS BACK IN GNCC ACTION
Pahiatua off-road motorcycle ace Paul Whibley has thrown himself back into the thick of the action as the Grand National Cross-country Championships in the United States resumed following the traditional mid-summer break.
Continue reading →ADVICE FROM THE CHAMP
Now an eight-times Motocross World Champion after being freshly crowned the 2014 MXGP king in Brazil on Sunday evening, Tony Cairoli knows a thing or two about what it takes to become a legend in the sport.
Continue reading →ENCOUNTER CAMPS SPRING FEST
Mark your calendars for the Encounter Camps Spring Fest from September 28 until October 4.
Continue reading →WORLD TITLE No.8
Italy’s Tony Cairoli is fast closing in on the world motocross championship record of his legendary boss at KTM, Stefan Everts.
Continue reading →DOUBLE FOR MELANDRI
Italian hero Marco Melandri demonstrated there were no team orders in the Aprilia garage when he raced to his second World Superbike double of 2014 at the 10th round of 12 at Jerez, in Spain, at the weekend.
Continue reading →SIX HOURS AND THREE HOURS
STYKE JOINS KTM TEAM
KTM Australia has announced that the 2013 Australian MX2 Champion for motocross and supercross, Luke Styke, will join MX1 No.2 Kirk Gibbs on the KTM Motocross Racing Team in 2015, with a stint in New Zealand part of their race … Continue reading →
LEARN FROM THE MASTER
Auckland’s Chris Birch, seven-times former and current New Zealand enduro champion and top international extreme enduro rider (Red Bull Romaniacs and Roof of Africa winner), has been busy this year expanding his off-road coaching business with exciting new packages being … Continue reading →
READ ALL ABOUT IT
BikesportNZ.com gets around the place. Almost every weekend, the BikesportNZ.com crew will pop up at some major event or another, on the spot to give you accurate, first-hand accounts of just what is happening in the motorcycling world.
Continue reading →AN UPDATE FROM RORY
Wellington cross-country and enduro ace Rory Mead seriously injured himself when he crashed at round three of the Grand National Cross-country Championships in March this year and he remains in the United States where he is undergoing continued rehabilitation.
Continue reading →NUT BUSTER
NORTH ISLAND JUNIORS
READY TO RACE AGAIN
Rotorua Kawasaki ace Scotty Canham is back. “I am now back riding after having five months off with my collar bone surgery,” said the BikesportNZ.com rider this week.
Continue reading →JUST AS GOOD AS TWO
It could possibly be said that Palmerston North’s Adam Reeves is as good as two of any other off-road motorcycle racers. Though on his own against the might of two-man teams of elite riders from all around New Zealand, the … Continue reading →
NOT A WEEKEND OFF
It seems there’s no such thing as a weekend off for Kiwi international Chris Birch. With no overseas motorcycling events on his calendar, the 33-year-old national enduro champion decided he’d team up with Morrinsville’s Simon Lansdaal to tackle round two … Continue reading →