The hills around Huntly will echo with the sound of highly-tuned dirt bikes this coming Sunday as the 21st anniversary Bel-Ray Cross-country Championships kick off for another thrilling series.
THREE HOURS OF BATTLING
The rescheduled Suzuki Junior Three-Hour near Tokoroa at the weekend was a great success.
BUSY WEEK FOR JOSH
It has been a whirlwind week for the Altherm JCR Yamaha Racing Team.
In fact, it has been eight days of high-intensity action for team manager Josh Coppins and his riders, Queenstown’s Scott Columb and Australian import Jay Wilson.
COOPER MAKING PROGRESS
New Zealand MX1 motocross champion Cody Cooper is still on the road to recovery after surgery to repair his knee injury.
LOOK 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.
TRAVELLING TO EVENTS
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.
BRETT CUE IN NZ
American rider Brett Cue headed to New Zealand for some dirt bike riding, skydiving, bungee jumping and a whole lot more with his friends Ben Townley, Brad Groombridge and Josh Coppins.
STAMINA REQUIRED
Multi-time New Zealand motorcycle Enduro Champion and International Six Days Gold Medal winner Sean Clarke last season came up with an exciting concept to help develop the next group of world class New Zealand off-road racing talent.
DOBBYN OUT FOR SEASON
New Zealand 2014 Motocross of Nations team rider Hamish Dobbyn will not be seen in action on a motocross track this coming season.
WINNING IS BEST EXPERIENCE
There is often no more vital element than experience when it comes to racing motorcycles, but a lack of experience so far seems to be no hindrance at all for Otaki teenager Jake Wyman.
SUPER DOWN SOUTH
New Zealand’s supercross elite will again converge in the deep south of the country for the annual supercross championships this Thursday evening.
KAWASAKI ‘GREEN SWEEP’
It was an overwhelming “green sweep” at this year’s 12th annual Tarawera 50 junior cross-country marathon in the Bay of Plenty.
NZ CHAMPIONS CROWNED
The New Zealand Veterans’ and Women’s Motocross Championships have wrapped up for another season with a slew of new names on the various trophies.
TOMAC WINS GENOVA
In a sold-out PalaFiera of Genova, during the Monster Energy Genova Supercross, the American Eli Tomac, from Cortez, Colorado, was crowned King of Genova.
THIRD TIME LUCKY
The third annual Yamaha Taikorea 500 made history at the weekend when Palmerston North’s Adam Reeves became the event’s first outright winner.