Hold your breath, buckle up your helmet, strap yourself down and brace for another glorious summer of superbike race action.
FOUR HOURS OF HARD SLOG
It’s a ‘dream team’ line-up and it could cause nightmares for the other competitors at this weekend’s big annual Acerbis Four-Hour dirt bike marathon near Taupo.
LAMONT TAKES MX2 CLASS
Mangakino’s Kayne Lamont handed out a motocross lesson at the weekend’s big annual MX Fest in Taupo.
FUTURE GOES ON SHOW
The future of New Zealand motocross goes on show this weekend when the annual New Zealand Mini Motocross Championships blast off in Taranaki.
NOW NZ TITLE No.8
The national moto trials championship win record has been broken and, if Jake Whitaker has anything to do with it, that record will be broken again a few more times yet.
IN SENSATIONAL FORM
Taupo’s Wyatt Chase was in scintillating form during Saturday’s junior race action and also in Sunday’s senior competition at the big annual MX Fest over the Labour Weekend.
STILL LIFE IN THE OLD DOG YET
Motueka’s Josh Coppins brought all his Motocross World Championship Grand Prix experience into play when he won the premier races at the 30th annual MX Fest at Taupo over the Labour Weekend.
ROSSI EXPLAINS HIMSELF
Italy’s Valentino Rossi has denied kicking out at Spaniard Marc Marquez, causing his rival to crash during their intense Sepang MotoGP battle at the weekend, the penultimate round of this year’s championship.
KEEPING YOU INFORMED
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!
EVERYONE WAS A WINNER
Today we take a quick look back at the two-day 2015 New Zealand Veterans’ and Women’s Motocross Championships that were held at Opunake last weekend.
IMPRESSIVE FROM SILCOCK
A two-year break from the sport seems to have done nothing to slow Motueka’s Katie Silcock.
KICKING CANCER
It was extraordinary to watch Mary Wanhill race at the 2015 New Zealand Veterans’ and Women’s Motocross Championships in Taranaki at the weekend.
BIKE RIDERS GO ON TRIAL
The ultimate level of the sport of moto trials returns to the Taranaki region for the first time in 10 years when the regions hosts the nationals over Labour Weekend.
ALL ROADS LEAD TO TAUPO
All roads lead to the Bay of Plenty this weekend as the 2015-16 New Zealand motocross season kicks into life, with a ‘tree-huggers versus show-ponies’ element just to make things more interesting.
CELEBRATION TIME
Spain’s Jordi Torres is celebrating his maiden World Superbike Championship win after a stunning ride up the order at the 13th and final round of the series at Losail at the weekend was capped off by prevailing in a thrilling last lap scrap with just-crowned 2015 champion Jonathan Rea.
DOWN TO THE LAST RACE
The racing went right down to the wire for the top women at the second and final day of action at the 2015 New Zealand Veterans’ and Women’s Motocross Championships in Taranaki at the weekend.
RACE OF THE DECADE
Former world champion Jorge Lorenzo hailed Sunday’s epic Australian MotoGP race at Phillip Island as one of the best premier class races of the past decade, despite the fact that he was beaten into second place at this 16th round of 18 by fellow Spaniard Marc Marquez.
WHAT REALLY HAPPENED
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!