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RIDE WITH THE FRENCH
It seems like months ago, but in fact it was just a few weeks ago that we were watching the 69th annual Motocross of Nations unfold in France.
BEHIND THE SCENES: TEAM USA
Pipe manufacturer FMF and Yamaha put together this cool video from the 2015 Monster Energy Motocross of Nations.
CHAMPIONSHIPS AT STAKE
Champions of the past, present and future come out to play in the Taranaki region this weekend.
RACE WON; THEN HOSPITAL
Taikorea’s Paul Whibley is already part of the way down the track towards claiming yet another domestic title after winning a race at the weekend, remarkably an event that he probably should not even have been at.
ROSSI EXTENDS ADVANTAGE
MotoGP World Championship leader Valentino Rossi admitted he was ‘very worried’ for his title prospects until the pendulum swung back in his favour in the Japanese MotoGP, the 15th round of 18 at the weekend.
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.
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!
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.
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.
MAY POCKETS GOOD POINTS
New Zealand’s Callan May continues to score solid points as his 2015 Grand National Cross-country Championship campaign in the United States draws closer to the end.
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.
REA ALREADY LOOKING AHEAD
Northern Ireland’s just-crowned crowned 2015 World Superbike champion Jonathan Rea is already looking ahead to next season and defending his title with the Kawasaki Racing Team.
A TRIBUTE TO RV
This was the year that American motocross and supercross legend Ryan Villopoto hung up his helmet and boots.
FOUR ON THE FLOOR
The fast and the furious best of New Zealand’s off-road racing community will arrive in Taranaki in November for the 2015 New Zealand ATV (all terrain vehicle) Championships.
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 refer to as “arm pump”.
WHAT IS AN ENDURO?
So you’ve heard about enduros but don’t really know how they work, so that’s perhaps why you’ve never tried one.
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”.
