SUPER MOTO MAN
There are those who would day you haven’t really lived until you’ve tried super moto racing.
Bay of Plenty’s Duncan Hart is certainly one man who would tell you that racing a dirt bike in a street environment is a thrill like no other.
IT STARTS NOW
The New Zealand Superbike Championships kick off in Christchurch this weekend and so will begin the battle to find the nation’s best motorcycle racers across half a dozen important different categories.
IDEAL WORKING HOLIDAY
She has lived and raced all around the world, and it was a rare pleasure for fans to see Nikki Scott recently extend her “never-ending summer” lifestyle to New Zealand.
CHARLETT WARMS UP
Canterbury’s Dennis Charlett has the No.1 on his Suzuki superbike for a reason – he’s the 2014 national champion – and he showed on Friday that he might be the man to beat again in 2015.
ROCZEN TAKES OPENER
He may be on a new team and on a new bike, but it was business as usual for Germany’s Ken Roczen when he won the opening round of the United States Supercross Championships in Anaheim, Califoirnia, tonight.
SUPER MOTO MAN
Motueka’s Josh Coppins has a unique method of welcoming in the New Year – while other people may be nursing hangovers after a night or two of revelry, the semi-retired former Grand Prix motocross star is out indulging himself with an old passion and winning motorcycle races.
THE WEEKEND WIND-BACK
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.
WE’RE ON THE SPOT
BikesportNZ.com gets around the place.
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.
WELL DONE BRUCE ANSTEY
New Zealand motorcycle racer Bruce Anstey was awarded the MNZM for Services to Motorsport in the New Years Honours.
NINE RACES OVER TWO DAYS
Motocross can be a brutal and frustrating sport at times, and also delightfully rewarding, as Thames Valley’s Ben Broad could confirm after his experiences at the year-ending 43rd annual Whakatane Honda Summercross at the weekend.
TWO BROTHERS; THREE PODIUMS
It was double trouble at this season’s 43rd annual Whakatane Honda Summercross as Taupo brothers Cohen and Wyatt Chase ganged up on the opposition.
A HARD MAN TO PLEASE
Toby Summers is a hard man to please.
Despite wrapping up the Formula Two 600cc class for a second straight year at the final round of the annual Suzuki Series at Wanganui on Boxing Day, the Manukau plumber still sat in the pits with a frown on his face.
CARTER IS BACK
Nobody expected Mount Maunganui’s Rhys Carter to be this fast so soon, least of all the man himself.
FAIRYTALE RESULT FOR PHILLIPS
It wasn’t supposed to happen like this but Bay of Plenty’s Michael Phillips has always been capable of surprising.
A SERIES WIN ON DEBUT
A man with no prior knowledge of superbike racing in New Zealand defied the odds to wrap up the country’s biggest season-opening pre-nationals competition at the third and final round in Wanganui on Boxing Day.
MOIR LEADS KIWI CHARGE
Enduring a cracked wrist and facing a horde of seasoned international professionals was not enough to deter Taupo’s Scott Moir as he led the Kiwi charge at the popular Suzuki Series this season.
DAY TWO WINNERS
Big winners on day two of the annual Honda Whakatane Summercross on Sunday included Mount Maunganui’s Rhys Carter and Rotorua’s Michael Phillips.