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Bikesportnz Posted on October 6, 2026 by EditorOctober 6, 2026

Riders aged between 4-11 years bashed handlebars in the series of high-intensity races at the 2026 New Zealand Mini Motocross Nationals in Tokoroa at the weekend.Riders aged between 4-11 years bashed handlebars in the series of high-intensity races at the 2026 New Zealand Mini Motocross Nationals in Tokoroa at the weekend.

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Bikesportnz Posted on October 5, 2026 by EditorOctober 5, 2026

Team Belgium celebrates MXoN success in 2026. Photo courtesy Infront Moto Racing.A typical hillside full of eager fans at Ernee, in France, and some of the most passionate racing ever seen, produced another memorable weekend as the 79th edition of the FIM Motocross of Nations saw an historic win for Team Belgium.

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Bikesportnz Posted on October 4, 2026 by EditorOctober 6, 2026

The racing was intense throughout all the various classes at the 2024 New Zealand Mini Motocross Nationals near Tokoroa at the weekend. Photo by Andy McGechan, BikesportNZ.comA heady mix of bravery, tenacity and talent in equal measures were on show at the 2026 New Zealand Mini Motocross Nationals in Tokoroa at the weekend.

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Bikesportnz Posted on September 30, 2026 by EditorSeptember 30, 2026

Huntly’s Tessa Slater (bike No.102, left) is seen here battling Whakatane’s Cooper Whyte (No.71) in this recent mini motocross event and they will likely face one another again in the 4-7 years Intro Trail 50cc class in Tokoroa this weekend. Photo by Andy McGechan, BikesportNZ.comDon’t let the size of these racers fool you. Their hearts are huge and their desire and determination perhaps even greater than that.

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Bikesportnz Posted on September 22, 2026 by EditorSeptember 22, 2026

Dutchman Jeffery Herlings (Honda), right, alongside 2026 MX2 world champion Guillem Farres (Triumph), from Spain. Photo courtesy Infront Moto Racing.With memories of last year’s downpour still fresh, there were no weather issues this time for the MXGP of Australia as the Hidden Valley Motorsports Complex near Darwin was bathed in bright sunshine for the whole of the day on Sunday.

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Bikesportnz Posted on September 14, 2026 by EditorSeptember 14, 2026

Dutchman Jeffery Herlings (Honda No.84) was again the man to beat in the premier MXGP class in China at the weekend. Photo courtesy Infront Moto Racing. The MXGP of China, the 18th round of 19 in the 2026 FIM World Motocross Championships, was run in humid conditions in Shanghai’s Oriental Beauty Valley and that made it tough for the riders.

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Bikesportnz Posted on August 30, 2026 by EditorAugust 30, 2026

New Zealand’s Cole Davies (Yamaha), on top in the United States this season. Photo courtesy MX Sports Pro Racing, Inc. History never repeats … or does it? A dig into the motocross archives certainly makes for some interesting reading.

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Bikesportnz Posted on August 25, 2026 by EditorAugust 25, 2026

Dutchman Jeffery Herlings (Honda No.84) was again the man to beat in the premier MXGP class at Arnhem, in The Netherlands, at the weekend. Photo courtesy Infront Moto Racing.The blue skies were painted orange at the Motorsportpark Gelderland Midden near Arnhem as the MXGP of The Netherlands hosted the final European round of the 2026 FIM Motocross World Championships.

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Bikesportnz Posted on August 24, 2026 by EditorAugust 24, 2026

Chance Hymas [#29] seized the moment in Moto 2 and turned the holeshot into his first overall victory of the season, setting a new record for parity. MX Sports Pro Racing, Inc.Australian Hunter Lawrence dominated at Budds Creek in the United States at the weekend to reclaim the points lead and set up a winner-takes-all US and world championship showdown with his younger brother Jett Lawrence.

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Bikesportnz Posted on August 18, 2026 by EditorAugust 18, 2026

Dutchman Jeffery Herlings (Honda No.84) was again the man to beat in the premier MXGP class at Uddevalla, in Sweden, at the weekend. Photo courtesy Infront Moto Racing.The Glimminge Motorstadion circuit, near the town of Uddevalla in south-western Sweden, was barely visible as thousands of fans in horned headwear gathered to cheer on their heroes at the MXGP of Sweden.

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Bikesportnz Posted on August 17, 2026 by EditorAugust 17, 2026

Casey Cochran [#59] led in Moto 1 early but crashed out of the race, which allowed NZ’s Cole Davies [#37] to lead before eventually giving way to Levi Kitchen [#47]. Photo courtesy MX Sports Pro Racing, Inc.The weekend’s Pro Motocross Champs in the US, at the Unadilla circuit, combined the ninth round of the MX series and round 26 of the 2026 SMX World Champs.

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Bikesportnz Posted on August 15, 2026 by EditorAugust 15, 2026

Renowned rider from yesteryear, Tauranga’s Peter Ploen (Suzuki No.7), sure to be among the leaders at the 2026 Udderly Organic Grand National Vintage motocross in the South Island. Photo by Andy McGechan, BikesportNZ.comThe countdown is on ahead of the 2026 Udderly Organic Grand National Vintage motocross in the South Island.

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Bikesportnz Posted on August 4, 2026 by EditorAugust 4, 2026

Dutchman Jeffery Herlings (Honda No.84) was again the man to beat in the premier MXGP class at Lommel, in Belgium, at the weekend. Photo courtesy Infront Moto Racing.In front of a record crowd of more than 40,000 fans that packed around the Stedelijk Motocrossterrain Lommel circuit, the MXGP elite battled with one of the most physically demanding tracks on the planet.

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Bikesportnz Posted on July 28, 2026 by EditorJuly 28, 2026

Dutchman Jeffery Herlings (Honda) was again the man to beat in the premier MXGP class at Loket at the weekend. Photo courtesy Infront Moto Racing.The hot summer of the 2026 FIM Motocross World Champs continued at the weekend around the Loketske Serpentiny venue for the MXGP of Czech Republic, the 13th round of 19 in the series.

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Bikesportnz Posted on July 27, 2026 by EditorJuly 27, 2026

New Zealand’s Cole Davies [#37] grabbed the holeshot and carried on to a wire-to-wire victory. Australian Hunter Lawrence secured back-to-back victories and overall triumph in the United States at the weekend, while New Zealand’s Cole Davies made an emphatic return to the top of 250SMX class podium.

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Bikesportnz Posted on July 20, 2026 by EditorJuly 20, 2026

Dutchman Jeffery Herlings (Honda) was the man to beat in the premier MXGP class at Foxhills at the weekend. Photo courtesy Infront Moto Racing.Foxhills was resurrected at the weekend for its return to the FIM Motocross World Championship calendar, and the awesome atmosphere that was last seen 26 years ago was back.

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Bikesportnz Posted on July 14, 2026 by EditorJuly 14, 2026

Australian Jett Lawrence has been sensational in his 450 AMA Pro Motocross career thus far. With his third overall 450cc class victory of the season, Australian Jett Lawrence is back in the lead in the United States.

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Bikesportnz Posted on July 13, 2026 by EditorJuly 13, 2026

Club riders always get right behind their teams at the Battle of the Clubs event. Photo by Andy McGechan, BikesportNZ.comIt was a coming together of epic proportions for New Zealand’s motocross elite on Saturday and it was all for a good cause.

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Bikesportnz Posted on July 9, 2026 by EditorJuly 9, 2026

Club riders always get right behind their teams at the Battle of the Clubs motocross event. Photo by Andy McGechan, BikesportNZ.comTeams racing of the highest order is set to light up the track at Taupo on Saturday as the venue once again hosts the popular annual Battle of the Clubs motocross event.

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Bikesportnz Posted on July 6, 2026 by EditorJuly 6, 2026

A staggering 260 riders, representing 38 nations, descended on the wonderful Czech Republic countryside of Jinin, 130 kilometres south of Prague, to contest for the FIM World championship gold plates and all the glory that goes with them. The 2026 edition of the FIM Junior World Motocross championship is now in the history books and they will tell you it was an event to be long remembered.

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Bikesportnz Posted on March 13, 2025 by EditorMarch 13, 2025

Spain’s Tosha Schareina (Honda), in action in the 2025 Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge.Let’s have a look at the quality of racing witnessed at round two of the 2025 World Rally Raid Championships, the 2025 Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge.

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Bikesportnz Posted on March 12, 2025 by EditorMarch 11, 2025

British riders Richard Cooper and Peter Hickman after their successes at the Daytona 200. Photo by Brian Nelson.Triumph Motorcycles made a strong statement at the legendary Daytona 200, securing three top-six finishes, with Peter Hickman leading the charge.

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Bikesportnz Posted on March 11, 2025 by EditorMarch 10, 2025

Kawasaki’s Seth Hammaker won the SX250 class at the latest round of the AMA supercross series in Indianapolis.Monster Energy Supercross returned to Indianapolis for round nine of the 2025 AMA Supercross Championship, with Lucas Oil Stadium playing host to an intense night of racing.

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Bikesportnz Posted on March 10, 2025 by EditorMarch 9, 2025

Whakatane’s Mitch Rees (Team Rees Honda CBR1000), who has dominated the premier class at all three rounds thus far in the 2025 New Zealand Superbike Championships – winning convincingly in Invercargill, Timaru and now Hampton Downs. Photo by Andy McGechan, BikesportNZ.comIs there no stopping the Bay of Plenty-based Honda Team Rees juggernaut in this season’s New Zealand Superbike Championships?

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Bikesportnz Posted on March 9, 2025 by EditorMarch 9, 2025

Karaka’s Hayden Draper (Husqvarna), now with the lead in the 125cc class after the third round of four in the 2025 New Zealand Motocross Championships at Pukekohe on Saturday. Photo by Andy McGechan, BikesportNZ.comThe 2025 New Zealand Motocross Championships featured a flurry of fresh winners at the third round of four at Harrisville, near Pukekohe, yesterday.

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Bikesportnz Posted on March 8, 2025 by EditorMarch 7, 2025

Bay of Plenty rider Brodie Connolly (Honda), eyeing back-to-back titles in the Pirelli MX2 class. Photo by Marc Jones, Foremost Media.Honda Racing Australia will enter the 2025 Australian ProMX Championships at the end of this month with the clear objective of defending all the titles it won last year.

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Bikesportnz Posted on March 7, 2025 by EditorMarch 6, 2025

Registration has just opened for the 2025 Junior e-Motocross Series.

Infront Moto Racing and KTM AG are pleased to confirm that registration for the 2025 Junior e-Motocross Series has officially opened.

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Bikesportnz Posted on March 6, 2025 by EditorMarch 9, 2025

Triumph’s Camden McLellan, on his way to finishing fifth overall in Argentina at the weekend.Monster Energy Triumph Factory Racing’s Camden McLellan has begun the 2025 MX2 World Championship with a strong fifth overall at the opening round of the season in Argentina.

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Bikesportnz Posted on March 5, 2025 by EditorMarch 4, 2025

The MXGP class podium in Argentina, from left, Romain Febvre, Maxime Renaux and Tim Gajser.The MXGP of Argentina saw tens of thousands of enthusiastic fans fill the facility at Córdoba and create an amazing atmosphere for the first round of the 2025 FIM Motocross World Championships.

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Bikesportnz Posted on March 4, 2025 by EditorMarch 4, 2025

Spain’s Marc Márquez and his Ducati Lenovo Team were triumphant at the season-opening Thai GP.Spain’s Marc Márquez and his Ducati Lenovo Team were triumphant in the Thai GP, the opening race of the 2025 MotoGP season.

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Bikesportnz Posted on March 3, 2025 by EditorMarch 3, 2025

Suzuki’s Ken Roczen won the SX450 class at the latest round of the AMA supercross series in Daytona.The 55th running of the Daytona Supercross delivered a night of intense racing as Ken Roczen and RJ Hampshire etched their names into the prestigious winners’ column.

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Bikesportnz Posted on March 1, 2025 by EditorFebruary 28, 2025

The Honda riders are looking forward to the 2025 MXGP season to kick off this weekend.The four-rider Honda HRC contingent of Tim Gajser, Ruben Fernandez, Ferruccio Zanchi and Valerio Lata have arrived in Argentina, ready to take on the first round of the 2025 World Motocross Champs.

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Bikesportnz Posted on February 28, 2025 by EditorFebruary 27, 2025

The Triumph factory team is ready for blast-off in Argentina this weekend. Photo by Ray Archer.Almost a year on from Mikkel Haarup scoring Triumph’s first podium result at round one of the 2024 Motocross World Champ, Triumph has safely arrived in Argentina, ready to kick off the 2025 season.

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Bikesportnz Posted on February 27, 2025 by EditorFebruary 26, 2025

Can the Honda HRC Castrol race team succeed in the 2025 MotoGP world series, which kicks off in Thailand this weekend?Coming up this weekend is the opening round of the MotoGP season in Thailand and the Honda HRC Castrol team is raring to go.

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Bikesportnz Posted on February 26, 2025 by EditorMarch 9, 2025

Kawasaki factory team rider Romain Febvre, from France, the big winner in The Netherlands last weekend.Flying Frenchman Romain Febvre looked fantastic ahead of this coming weekend’s opening round of the Motocross World Championships with a two-moto victory at Lierop in The Netherlands.

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Bikesportnz Posted on February 25, 2025 by EditorFebruary 23, 2025

Kiwi Rider magazine in conjunction with BikesportNZ.comWant to know what’s happening on the motorcycling scene in New Zealand and abroad too? Well, check out the latest issue of Kiwi Rider magazine.

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Bikesportnz Posted on February 24, 2025 by EditorFebruary 23, 2025

It was a daunting assignment, but three Kiwi teenagers rose to the challenge at the weekend and each left Australia with reputations enhanced.

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Bikesportnz Posted on February 23, 2025 by EditorFebruary 23, 2025

Tauranga’s Madoc Dixon (KTM), now alone at the top of the close-fought MX2 (250cc) class after the second round of four in the 2025 New Zealand Motocross Championships. Photo by Andy McGechan, BikesportNZ.comThe 2025 New Zealand Motocross Championships were given a bit of a shake-up at the second round of four near Rotorua on Saturday.

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Bikesportnz Posted on February 22, 2025 by EditorMarch 9, 2025

Olly Simpson (#5) aboard his new Kawasaki. Photo by Russell Colvin.Round one of the 2025 Motorcycle Insurance Australian Superbike Championship (ASBK) at Phillip Island this weekend will feature the best of rising stars from this part of the world.

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Bikesportnz Posted on February 21, 2025 by EditorFebruary 20, 2025

Honda factory team rider Tim Gajser, closing in on more motocross records. Photo by Andy McGechan, BikesportNZ.comWith five motocross world titles to his name and 49 Grand Prix victories, Tim Gajser is just one championship, and two GP wins away from becoming the third most successful rider in the sport’s history.

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