MUSQUIN SIDELINED
You wouldn’t have known it to watch Marvin Musquin race at the US GP at Glen Helen last month or race for his country at the Motocross of Nations in France, but the KTM star was well below his best.
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IN THE TRENCHES
We don’t bring you endless reprints of factory fantasies – here you can find out what really happened at an event or is likely to happen at the next one!
Continue reading →A LOOK BACK AT THE MXoN
Today we thought we’d give you a small look back at the 2015 Motocross of Nations at Ernee in France.
Continue reading →SUZUKI MEN PREPARED
In an exciting new development this season, international and home-grown talent combines to boost the Suzuki strike force on all motorcycling fronts, off the road and on it.
Continue reading →GREENSLADE WINS FINAL ROUND
Auckland Kawasaki rider Sam Greenslade finally achieved what he had been threatening to do all season when he won the fourth and final round of the Dirt Guide Cross-country Series near Tokoroa on Sunday.
Continue reading →A TRIBUTE TO RV
This was the year that American motocross and supercross legend Ryan Villopoto hung up his helmet and boots.
Continue reading →THE ARM PUMP PROBLEM
An initiation to MotoGP or motocross racing 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 might … Continue reading →
RETIRED RACER DOES NZ PROUD
Motocross is a difficult sport in so many ways, difficult to excel in when racing against so many talented young athletes who have a similar desire and difficult to walk away from when the body cries “enough is enough”.
Continue reading →THE ART OF THE SCRUB
The Bubba scrub … of course it was named after James ‘Bubba’ Stewart.
Continue reading →DEAR OH DEER
Watch as this KTM rider on a West Virginia rally ride hits a deer on the road …
Continue reading →EIGHTH IN THE WORLD
New Zealand is back where it belongs, among the world’s motocross elite.
Continue reading →READY TO RACE
The Kiwi team is all warmed up for race action this afternoon. The crowd is building …. where are they going to fit them all? Hillsides packed at 8.30am and a steady flow still coming through the gates.
Continue reading →FROM STRENGTH TO STRENGTH
It seems the Altherm JCR Yamaha Racing Team is going from strength to strength.
Continue reading →NZ QUALIFIES FIFTH
NZ qualified fifth at day one of the Motocross of Nations in Ernee, in France, today.
Continue reading →PRESSURE TO PERFORM
American Motocross of Nations team riders Justin Barcia, Cooper Webb and Jeremy Martin have a huge weight of responsibility resting on their collective shoulders.
Continue reading →IT WAS AN EPIC SHOWDOWN
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?
Continue reading →THE FRENCH CONNECTION
The tickets are booked, the bags are packed, the plane is warming up on the runway and the BikeSportNZ.com crew is heading off to France for the motocross experience of the year.
Continue reading →THE MXoN ON SCREEN
The Monster Energy Motocross of Nations will be shown live on www.MXGP-TV.com this weekend. All qualification races and Sunday’s finals all screened with English commentary. © Photo by Andy McGechan, www.BikesportNZ.com Find BikesportNZ.com on FACEBOOK here
Continue reading →MXoN HAS A PROUD HISTORY
The Motocross of Nations has come a long way since the sport’s humble beginnings back in the 1920s.
Continue reading →SUPERSTARS IN ACTION
A few of the sport’s superstars in action at the weekend.
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