Rangiora’s Jake Lewis is packing his bags again for a season of motorcycle racing in Europe.
Although still aged only 19, it could be said that this multi-time former New Zealand road-race champion outgrew the domestic scene a long time ago.
THAT’S GOTTA HURT
Whangarei’s Michael Purdon went for the ride of his life at Harrisville at the weekend.
MAY AMONG THE ELITE
Auckland’s Callan May is beginning to find his rhythm in the United States.
The multi-talented dirt bike racer from Titirangi left for his base in South Carolina, on the American east coast, in February to get prepared to tackle the Grand National Cross-country Championships (GNCC) in the US, with plans to match or better the sixth overall result in the XC2 Pro Lites (250cc) class that he achieved on debut in the competition last season.
WHIBLEY STRIKES BACK
Pahiatua’s Paul Whibley struck back at his team-mate with a vengeance on Sunday.
The 36-year-old Kiwi international returned to settle back in New Zealand after a successful 12-year stint of racing motorcycles off-road in Europe and the United States and he immediately went to work try to re-established his position at the top of the sport in New Zealand.
READY FOR THE NEXT PHASE
The New Zealand phase of Josiah Natzke’s 2015 motocross campaign is now behind him as he looks ahead to the rest of the season racing in Europe.
WILSON IN DYNAMIC FORM
Australia’s Jay Wilson was “Mister Smooth” as he wrapped up the MX2 class crown at the fourth and final round of the 2015 New Zealand Motocross Championships near Pukekohe on Sunday.
HASSAN CLINCHES CROWN
Auckland’s Jaden Hassan has been crowned New Zealand Superbike Champion after another faultless performance at the fourth and final round of the 2015 series near Taupo at the weekend.
CHAMPION AGAIN
Bay of Plenty’s Cody Cooper is national champion once again.
The multi-time winner made it three MX1 class title wins in a row when successfully defending his crown at the fourth and final round of the 2015 New Zealand Motocross Championships near Pukekohe on Sunday.
MOTOCROSS TITLES DECIDED
The JT Racing-sponsored 2015 New Zealand Motocross Championships wrapped up near Pukekohe today.
BIRCH UNBEATABLE?
Auckland’s Chris Birch and his KTM 350 XC-F seem unbeatable at the moment.
The 35-year-old from Glen Eden made it three consecutive event wins when he again dominated at the third round of seven in this year’s KTM-sponsored New Zealand Enduro Championships near Wellington on Saturday, finishing the day ahead of Wellington’s Jake Whitaker, Howick’s Liam Draper, North Shore’s Chris Power and Whangamata’s Jason Davis.
TRAVEL BACK IN TIME
We here at BikesportNZ.com take literally thousands of photos at the dozens of events we travel to, but, the shame is, most never see the light of day.
COVERING THE GROUND
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Almost every weekend, the BikesportNZ.com crew will pop up at some major event or another, on the spot to give you accurate, first-hand accounts of just what is happening in the motorcycling world.
MIRACLE OR DISASTER?
It will now take a small miracle or a minor disaster, depending upon your point of view, for the balance of power to be upset in this season’s New Zealand Motocross Championships.
MAYBE JUST A FORMALITY
It is possibly just a formality now that Mount Maunganui’s Cody Cooper will celebrate winning his third consecutive national MX1 motocross title in just a few days’ time.
EXPECT A FEW FIREWORKS
Pahiatua’s Paul Whibley wrapped up the international phase of his cross-country motorcycle racing career and returned home to find that the domestic scene is just as tough as anything he’d encountered during his 12-year stint in Europe and the United States.
HUSQVARNA STOLEN
Auckland’s Shaun Fogarty would have loved to have this FC 450 Husqvarna to race at the final round of the New Zealand Motocross Championships this weekend, but it has been stolen, along with friend Darren Kelly’s KTM 250SX 2010.
ROUND THREE THIS WEEKEND
For so many of the competitors, the chance of winning the 2015 New Zealand Enduro Championships outright is perhaps already starting to slip away.
THE NEW SPANISH ARMADA
It may be a long way from Madrid in Spain to Hampton Downs in New Zealand, half a world away in fact, but David Vazquez is fast adapting to the Kiwi lifestyle and loving every minute of it.
BRUCE TAKES WIN
The 2015 Beta South Island Enduro Series got underway near St Arnaud over the weekend and the event proved to be a drought-breaking day for the region with rain setting in early on.