Good things come to those who are prepared to wait, or so the saying goes, and Whakatane’s Mitch Rees and Upper Hutt’s Rogan Chandler would probably be the first to agree.
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It started in early December and wrapped up with the sixth and final round at Taupo last weekend and, at every twist and turn, the 2022-23 New Zealand Superbike Championships delivered.
Continue reading →Phew, what a season of road-racing we have just experienced in New Zealand this summer – highs and lows, celebrations and commiserations, sweet champagne and bitter coffee.
Continue reading →It’s always a real family affair on the New Zealand motorcycle racing scene, with husbands and wives racing together, fathers and sons swapping positions, brothers and sisters sharing the tarmac and even parents competing alongside their offspring.
Continue reading →A family that plays together stays together … just ask Bay of Plenty father and son bike racers Tony and Mitch Rees, team-mates in the Motul Honda Racing Team.
Continue reading →This season’s New Zealand Superbike Championships came to a thrilling conclusion at the Taupo International Motorsport Park and Events Centre at the weekend with some riders saving their best for last.
Continue reading →Taupo will be motorcycling’s centre of excellence this coming weekend as the nation’s elite road-racers converge on the Taupo International Motorsport Park and Events Centre for the final showdown in this season’s New Zealand Superbike Championships.
Continue reading →The Star Insure MotoFest at Hampton Downs at the weekend delivered thrills, spills and title-winning performances of a calibre that could only be described as world-class.
Continue reading →That’s a wrap … Bay of Plenty’s Mitch Rees has won the New Zealand Superbikes Championships with a round to spare.
Continue reading →Two national titles were wrapped up at the fifth round of six in this season’s New Zealand Superbike Championships at Hampton Downs, near Meremere, at the weekend.
Continue reading →Imagine there are only two laps to go, the chasing pack is hot on your tail as you’re heading onto the fast back straight and the chequered flag is not so far away … that’s the position the riders may … Continue reading →
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Continue reading →The 2023 Burt Munro Challenge covered all the bases … road bikes, dirt bikes, ATVs and speedway machines, including sidecars … it was a massive celebration of all things motorised on two wheels.
Continue reading →The 2023 Burt Munro Challenge drew huge numbers of spectators and racers to its many and varied motorcycling activities during early February and we figured it was worth a small pictorial recap.
Continue reading →The 2023 Burt Munro Challenge ran throughout last week and featured seven separate motorcycle events, not to mention the festival of rally-goers who camped out and soaked up the music and camaraderie.
Continue reading →The Burt Munro Challenge is over for another year, but the truly remarkable Classic Motorcycle Museum in Invercargill lives on all year round.
Continue reading →The Burt Munro Challenge attracts mad-keen motorcycling enthusiasts the length and breadth of the country and the popular week-long festival also attracts the cream of New Zealand’s bike racing fraternity.
Continue reading →The Burt Munro Challenge is an iconic event, a week of bike-related activity that was marked off in big red letters on the calendars of many New Zealanders and not just by the motorcycling community.
Continue reading →The Burt Munro Challenge is an iconic must-see or must-do event, a week-long spectacle that transcends the various codes and branches of motorcycling and now celebrates its 16th year in 2023.
Continue reading →It’s the homecoming of a Kiwi hero that is sure to excite the motorbike community when the Star Insure MotoFest again stages its remarkable celebration of motorcycling at Hampton Downs in March.
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