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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 September 15, 2024 by EditorSeptember 8, 2024

Jobe and that famous Hawkstone jumpAfter claiming his second motocross world title in the 250cc class, Belgian rider Georges Jobe chose Kawasaki for his move to the 500cc “Class of Kings” in 1984 … and became an all-time hero with this legendary leap.

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Bikesportnz Posted on September 14, 2024 by EditorSeptember 15, 2024

I pride myself on being able to take reasonable photographs of motorcycles in action and it's taken a lot of time and hard work to get there.I pride myself on being able to take reasonable photographs of motorcycles in action and it’s taken a lot of time and hard work to get there.

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Bikesportnz Posted on September 13, 2024 by EditorSeptember 8, 2024

So you’ve heard about enduros but don’t really know how they work, so that’s perhaps why you’ve never tried one. So you’ve heard about enduro events but don’t really know how they work, so that’s perhaps why you’ve never tried one.

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Bikesportnz Posted on September 12, 2024 by EditorSeptember 7, 2024

American motocross legend Jeff Ward, in action at the 1987 MXoN event at Unadilla, New York. Ward, along with team-mates Bob Hannah and Rick Johnson won the event that season, that occasion marking their seventh MXoN win in a row.There is no doubt that the USA is among the top nations in the world when it comes to motocross racing, having won the Motocross of Nations an astounding 23 times since its inception in 1947.

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Bikesportnz Posted on September 11, 2024 by EditorNovember 12, 2024

Spain’s Marc Marquez Marquez (Gresini Racing MotoGP), the winner at San Marino at the weekend. From ninth on the starting grid to taking the GP win, it couldn’t have gone much better for Spain’s multi-time former champion Marc Marquez.

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Bikesportnz Posted on September 10, 2024 by EditorSeptember 10, 2024

Australian Jett Lawrence (Honda), winner at round one of three in the 2024 SuperMotocross Championships. Just 66 days after undergoing surgery for a thumb injury, Australian Team Jett Lawrence turned in an impressive winning performance at the weekend.

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Bikesportnz Posted on September 9, 2024 by EditorSeptember 9, 2024

Spanish defending world champion Jorge Prado (GASGAS), the main winner at the GP of Turkey at the weekend.The hot sun beat down on the Afyon Motor Sports Center as the MXGP of Türkiye hosted the crucial 18th round of the MXGP Motocross World Championships.

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Bikesportnz Posted on September 8, 2024 by EditorSeptember 7, 2024

Wellington’s Rory Mead, a top competitor on a motorcycle and now also on a modified sports wheelchair. Photo by Andy McGechan, BikesportNZ.comNew Zealand’s Rory Mead was twice national Enduro Champion, in 2009 and 2011, before a motorcycling crash in the United States left him paralysed from the waist down.

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Bikesportnz Posted on September 7, 2024 by EditorSeptember 6, 2024

Slovenian Tim Gajser (Honda), leading the way to the MXGP title this season.The Motocross World Champs start the final trio of events of the series, as the MXGP of Türkiye welcomes round 18 to the mountainous west of the country, roughly 450km to the south-east of the capital, Istanbul.

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Bikesportnz Posted on September 6, 2024 by EditorSeptember 5, 2024

Dutch rider Jeffery Herlings (KTM), who took charge of the MXGP class at Lommel in Belgium.Today we bring you video footage from the Temple of Motocross at Lommel, home of the MXGP of Flanders, in Belgium, round 14 of the Motocross World Championships.

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Bikesportnz Posted on September 5, 2024 by EditorSeptember 10, 2024

Spain’s Marc Marquez Marquez (Gresini Racing MotoGP), on his way to winning at Aragon at the weekend.It was a special weekend for eight-time former MotoGP world champion Marc Marquez on home turf at Aragon as he celebrated his first win in three years.

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Bikesportnz Posted on September 4, 2024 by EditorSeptember 3, 2024

Max Anstie, pictured here on his way to 1-1 results at the Motocross of Nations at Matterley Basin in 2017, is in the team again this time around. Photo by Andy McGechan, BikesportNZ.comWith just over a month to go until the FIM Motocross of Nations returns to Matterley Basin on the weekend of October 4-6, the host nation has announced their trio that will go into battle.

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Bikesportnz Posted on September 3, 2024 by EditorSeptember 10, 2024

The world elite will all be at the Motocross of Nations in England next month. Photo by Andy McGechan, BikesportNZ.comMany countries have already announced their line-ups for the upcoming Motocross of Nations – the often-called ‘Olympic Games of Motocross’ – and now we have Team Spain to add to our list.

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Bikesportnz Posted on September 2, 2024 by EditorSeptember 1, 2024

Honda rider Jo Shimoda will race at round seven off the All Japan Motocross Championships.Japanese motocross superstar Jo Shimoda will race his Honda at round seven off the All Japan Motocross Championships at Off Road Village in Saitama.

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Bikesportnz Posted on August 31, 2024 by EditorAugust 31, 2024

Where would you place your money if betting was an option at this year’s Motocross of Nations? Photo by Andy McGechan, BikesportNZ.comPutting aside your own national loyalties, who would bet on to win the upcoming Motocross of Nations this season?

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Bikesportnz Posted on August 30, 2024 by EditorAugust 29, 2024

The three-rider squad for Team USA at the Motocross of Nations has just been finalised. Photo by Andy McGechan, BikesportNZ.comThe United States has finalised its squad for the upcoming Motocross of Nations at Matterley Basin, near Winchester, in England in just over five weeks’ time.

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Bikesportnz Posted on August 29, 2024 by EditorAugust 29, 2024

An updated Team New Zealand squad for this year’s Motocross of Nations in England has been announced, with Josiah Natzke answering the late call. Photo by Andy McGechan, BikesportNZ.comAn injury has forced Team New Zealand to announce a change to its squad for the Motocross of Nations event in England in early October.

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Bikesportnz Posted on August 29, 2024 by EditorAugust 28, 2024

Germany’s Manuel Lettenbichler (KTM), winner at round five of the Hard Enduro World Champs at the weekend.Germany’s Manuel Lettenbichler has been crowned Red Bull TKO champion at round five of the FIM Hard Enduro World Championship in Tennessee, USA.

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Bikesportnz Posted on August 28, 2024 by EditorAugust 27, 2024

Slovenian Tim Gajser (Honda), who took charge of the MXGP class in Switzerland at the weekend. The three-rider FIM Motocross World Championship tussle between the reigning champion and two former champion riders continued at round 17, the MXGP of Switzerland, at the weekend.

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Bikesportnz Posted on August 27, 2024 by EditorAugust 28, 2024

Winton’s Jack Symon (Honda), the stand-out rider at the 2024 New Zealand Motocross TT Nationals near Timaru at the weekend. Photo by Andy McGechan, BikesportNZ.comThe 2024 edition of the annual New Zealand Motocross TT Nationals near Timaru at the weekend was a roaring success, with racing of the highest order.

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