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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 August 11, 2024 by EditorAugust 11, 2024

The numbers just don’t add up and many of these country-versus-country competitions are patently unfair. Photo by Andy McGechan, BikesportNZ.comWe all know the Motocross of Nations is commonly referred to as the “Olympic Games of Motocross”, but perhaps we can take that a step further.

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Bikesportnz Posted on August 10, 2024 by EditorAugust 9, 2024

Multi-time Dutch junior champion and former German 85cc champion Bradley Mesters. Photo courtesy Steve Bauerschmidt, Fullspectrum MediaAhead of his MX2 World Championship debut next weekend and the EMX250 round of Sweden this weekend, it is the perfect time to speak with multiple Dutch junior champion and former German 85cc champion Bradley Mesters.

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Bikesportnz Posted on August 9, 2024 by EditorAugust 8, 2024

Of today’s current riders, Swiss hero Jeremy Seewer (Kawasaki), who has won the most times at Uddevalla, with three victories in total, including the last two events in MXGP, plus an MX2 win in 2017.After a week’s break, the FIM Motocross World Championship fires into the first of its last three-week run, the MXGP of Sweden for round 15 of the world series.

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Bikesportnz Posted on August 8, 2024 by EditorAugust 7, 2024

Germany’s Ken Roczen (Suzuki), pictured here in action at the MXoN in Colorado, in the United States, in 2010. Photo by Andy McGechan, BikesportNZ.comGermany has announced its three-rider squad for the 2024 FIM Monster Energy Motocross of Nations to be held near Winchester, in England, on October 4-6.

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Bikesportnz Posted on August 7, 2024 by EditorAugust 5, 2024

Waitoki’s Cole Davies was in outstanding form at this year’s Loretta Lynn’s Amateur Motocross Nationals in the United States. Photo by Andy McGechan, BikesportNZ.comThe Loretta Lynn’s Amateur Motocross Nationals in the United States are typically a good litmus test for who might be among the next batch of factory professionals.

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Bikesportnz Posted on August 6, 2024 by EditorAugust 5, 2024

Ducati’s Enea Bastianini, from Italy, who won both the sprint race and the main MotoGP race at Silverstone.It was a perfect weekend for Italy’s Enea Bastianini after he backed up his sprint race win on Saturday with the main MotoGP race win at the British GP the following day.

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Bikesportnz Posted on August 5, 2024 by EditorAugust 4, 2024

New Zealand rider Chris Birch, who finished runner-up in the Silver Grade this time around. Birch was the outright winner of the 2010 edition of the Red Bull Romaniacs.Welcome to Red Bull Romaniacs 2024. Join us as we enjoy video coverage of one of the hardest enduro weekends of the season and we watch Mani Lettenbichler back in the competition after being injured.

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Bikesportnz Posted on August 4, 2024 by EditorAugust 12, 2024

Ducati’s Enea Bastianini, from Italy, who won the sprint race at Silverstone.The Ducati Lenovo Team came out victorious in the sprint race for the British Grand Prix at Silverstone with Enea Bastianini, who scored his maiden win in the Saturday encounter.

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Bikesportnz Posted on August 3, 2024 by EditorAugust 3, 2024

Paeroa’s Mark Whyte (Beta RR300 RR Racing), who battled some of the world’s elite enduro riders in Romania last month before he eventually settled for a creditable fourth overall in the Iron Grade. Photo by Andy McGechan, BikesportNZ.com

Paeroa’s Mark Whyte can classify himself now as a leading international rider after he finished fourth overall in his class at a major international motorcycling event in Romania last week.

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Bikesportnz Posted on August 2, 2024 by EditorAugust 2, 2024

The Team New Zealand squad for this year’s Motocross of Nations in England has been announced. Photo by Andy McGechan, BikesportNZ.comMotorcycling New Zealand has unveiled its squad for the 2024 FIM Monster Energy Motocross of Nations to be held in England on October 4-6.

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Bikesportnz Posted on August 1, 2024 by EditorAugust 14, 2024

Germany’s Ken Roczen (Suzuki), pictured here racing for his country at the Motocross of Nations in Denver, Colorado, in 2010, is set to make his return from injury to the AMA motocross championships start line. Photo by Andy McGechan, BikesportNZ.comGermany’s Ken Roczen is poised and ready now to return to race action in the United States again after a lengthy spell on the sideline with injury.

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Bikesportnz Posted on July 31, 2024 by EditorJuly 30, 2024

Frenchman Romain Febvre (Kawasaki), back from injury and back on the podium too.Frenchman Romain Febvre returned to the podium just one week after his return from injury with third overall in the toughest round of the entire FIM World MXGP Motocross Championship series.

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Bikesportnz Posted on July 30, 2024 by EditorJuly 30, 2024

Monster Energy Triumph Racing’s Mikkel Haarup impressing in the MX2 podium class in Belgium at the weekend.Monster Energy Triumph Racing’s Mikkel Haarup has claimed his second fifth-place overall finish in a row, delivering a strong performance at the MXGP of Flanders at the weekend.

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Bikesportnz Posted on July 29, 2024 by EditorJuly 29, 2024

Dutchman Jeffery Herlings (KTM), top dog at the Belgian GP at the weekend. The MXGP of Flanders ran in much hotter conditions on Sunday than on Saturday, making the arduous Stedelijk Motocrossterrain Lommel circuit even more physically demanding.

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Bikesportnz Posted on July 28, 2024 by EditorAugust 8, 2024

Spanish defending world champion Jorge Prado (GASGAS), determined to step up in the Belgian sand this weekend. It’s time to get the paddle tyres ready for the FIM Motocross World Championship riders as round 14 of the series heads to the deep sand of Lommel in the north-eastern corner of Belgium this weekend.

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Bikesportnz Posted on July 27, 2024 by EditorJuly 26, 2024

Taihape native Simon Crafar, once an apprentice mechanic at Phil Turnbull Suzuki in Palmerston North, now accepting new role within the MotoGP community. Photo by Andy McGechan, BikesportNZ.comNew Zealand’s Simon Crafar will be leaving his job as a long-time pit reporter/commentator to now take over another key role within the MotoGP world.

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Bikesportnz Posted on July 26, 2024 by EditorAugust 8, 2024

Slovenian rider Tim Gajser (Honda), world series leader after 13 of 20 rounds.After the hard-pack terrain of Loket last weekend, the MXGP Motocross World Championships head to the challenging deep sand of Lommel, in Belgium, for round 14 of 20 in the series.

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Bikesportnz Posted on July 25, 2024 by EditorJuly 23, 2024

Former Taranaki man Darryll King, pictured here racing for the Husqvarna factory team at Namur, in Belgium, in 2000.Yesterday we featured the first part of two in our sit-down interview with Kiwi motocross legend Darryll King and there’s still an awful lot of anecdotes and wisdom that he can pass on.

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Bikesportnz Posted on July 24, 2024 by EditorJuly 22, 2024

There are only a handful of people in the world who can claim to have represented their respective countries on multiple occasions at the big annual Motocross of Nations.

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Bikesportnz Posted on July 23, 2024 by EditorJuly 22, 2024

Bay of Plenty rider Brodie Connolly (Honda), the dominant rider in the MX2 category so far this season.The sixth round of the 2024 Australian ProMX Championship at Toowoomba at the weekend offered up another scintillating performance from Kiwi Honda star Brodie Connolly.

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