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Bikesportnz Posted on April 15, 2026 by EditorApril 15, 2026

Hunter Lawrence (Honda), on the podium again at the weekend and now with an extended points lead.It was a commanding win for the boys from Downunder at the weekend as they dominated both the 450SX and 250SX classes at round 13 of the AMA supercross championships.

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Bikesportnz Posted on April 14, 2026 by EditorApril 13, 2026

Cambridge’s Nico Verhoeven takes an early lead in the 11-12 years 85cc class at the 2026 New Zealand Junior Motocross Championships held at the Brookhaven Motocross Training Facility in Leeston, Canterbury. Photo by Derek Morrison, MNZ. The superstars of the future were certainly on show at the New Zealand Junior Motocross Championships at Leeston, near Christchurch, at the weekend.

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Bikesportnz Posted on April 13, 2026 by EditorApril 13, 2026

Auckland’s Jack Ellingham (Honda), a long-overdue national motocross championship winner in 2026. Photo by Andy McGechan, BikesportNZ.com It’s hard to believe for any ardent follower of the sport, but Auckland’s Jack Ellingham has just been crowned a New Zealand motocross champion.

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Bikesportnz Posted on April 12, 2026 by EditorApril 12, 2026

Taupo’s Wil Yeoman (KTM), top individual at round two of the National Club Enduro Series near Tokoroa on Saturday. Photo by Madison ClarkeThe nation’s elite dirt bike racers managed to escape the worst of the weather bomb that struck New Zealand’s North Island at the weekend, but the action was stormy nonetheless in forestry near Tokoroa on Saturday.

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Bikesportnz Posted on April 10, 2026 by EditorApril 10, 2026

Taranaki’s Sam Parker (Husqvarna), one of the favourites to win this weekend’s National Club Enduro Series event near Tokoroa. Photo by Andy McGechan, BikesportNZ.comAll roads lead to New Zealand’s Central Plateau tomorrow as the nation’s elite off-road motorcycle racers converge near Tokoroa for racing in the National Club Enduro Series.

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Bikesportnz Posted on April 7, 2026 by EditorApril 7, 2026

Hunter Lawrence (Honda), on the podium at the weekend and now with a share of the series lead.Australian Hunter Lawrence again put his Honda on the podium at the weekend, this time at round 12 of the AMA supercross championships in St Louis.

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Bikesportnz Posted on March 30, 2026 by EditorMarch 29, 2026

Cameras do lie … the image captured here does not do justice to the steep, slippery wet rock terrain that these riders are attempting to conquer. Photo by Andy McGechan, BikesportNZ.comWe had both winners and losers on the track at this year’s ninth annual Korito Technical Matrix in Taranaki on Saturday, but mostly it was the habitat of winners.

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Bikesportnz Posted on March 29, 2026 by EditorMarch 29, 2026

After a long and brutal day of racing, there were surprisingly just a few minutes to separate the winner, Bulls rider Connor Newton (left), and runner-up rider Cameron Judd, from Judgeford, just north of Wellington. Photo by Andy McGechan, BikesportNZ.comThe annual Korito Technical Matrix event in Taranaki at the weekend again drew the cream of the crop from across a diverse range of motorcycling codes and they all brought something special to the popular event.

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Bikesportnz Posted on March 27, 2026 by EditorMarch 27, 2026

The signage pictured here at the junction of Herbert Road and Korito near Egmont Village says ‘No Exit’ no matter which way you go and that sounds kind of ominous. Photo by Andy McGechan, BikesportNZ.comThe signage pictured at the junction of Herbert Road and Korito near Egmont Village says ‘No Exit’ no matter which way you go and that sounds kind of ominous.

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Bikesportnz Posted on March 25, 2026 by EditorMarch 25, 2026

An archive photo of Parnassus rider Graeme Allan (Kawasaki), in action back in the 1980s and proudly displaying the 250cc class No.1 plate he achieved in 1987. Photo by Andy McGechan, BikesportNZ.comThe Westland Motorcycle Club hosted an extremely memorable 2026 Vet Nationals at the famous Waipuna Station, located approximately 26km south of Reefton, at the weekend.

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Bikesportnz Posted on March 24, 2026 by EditorMarch 24, 2026

Hunter Lawrence (Honda No.96) raced to victory at round 10 in Birmingham at the weekend.Australian Hunter Lawrence took his Honda to dominate round 10 of the AMA Supercross Champs at Birmingham for his second-consecutive win at the weekend.

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Bikesportnz Posted on March 23, 2026 by EditorMarch 23, 2026

The MXGP class hits turn one in Spain at the weekend.The second round of the 2026 Motocross World Champs saw the series ignite in Europe for the first time, and the local Spanish fans filled the revamped facility of the Circuito di Motocross di Almonte.

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Bikesportnz Posted on March 16, 2026 by EditorMarch 16, 2026

Upper Hutt’s Rogan Chandler (BMW), who survived a tight battle with Whanganui’s Luca Durning (BMW) for the premier crown. Photo by Andy McGechan, BikesportNZ.comNew Zealand has a brand-new national superbike champion and it is Upper Hutt’s Rogan Chandler (pictured here).

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Bikesportnz Posted on March 12, 2026 by EditorMarch 15, 2026

The rising stars of junior motocross in New Zealand, surely set to become our future internationals too. Photo by Andy McGechan, BikesportNZ.comTalented Kiwi videographer Derek Morrison left his Dunedin base to travel the country chasing some of the rising stars of New Zealand junior motocross.

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Bikesportnz Posted on March 11, 2026 by EditorMarch 11, 2026

Upper Hutt’s Rogan Chandler (BMW), in a tight battle with Whanganui’s Luca Durning (BMW) for the premier crown. Photo by Andy McGechan, BikesportNZ.comWith three rounds complete and just one to go, it’s a mad scramble to find the New Zealand Superbike Champion in the premier grade for 2026.

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Bikesportnz Posted on March 3, 2026 by EditorMarch 4, 2026

Honda’s Rian King (bike No.110) gets the jump out of the gate at the start of this MX2 class race at Rotorua on Saturday. Photo by Andy McGechan, BikesportNZ.comThe latest edition of the New Zealand Motocross Championships straddled two years, kicking off in November 2025 and winding up at Rotorua on the last day of February 2026.

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Bikesportnz Posted on March 2, 2026 by EditorMarch 2, 2026

Taupo’s Wil Yeoman (KTM), always a solid performer when the going gets tough. Photo by Andy McGechan, BikesportNZ.comThe popularity of dirt bike events run by Sean Clarke and the Forestland Motorcycle Club continues to impress and this is despite the torturous course the racers were warned to expect.

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Bikesportnz Posted on February 26, 2026 by EditorFebruary 26, 2026

Hunter Lawrence raced to victory at round seven in Arlington at the weekend.Australian Hunter Lawrence took his Honda to score his first win in the premier grade of the AMA supercross championships in Arlington at the weekend.

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Bikesportnz Posted on February 24, 2026 by EditorFebruary 24, 2026

Look out for these cross-road signs on your way to watching or participating in some fantastically entertaining dirt bike race action at Oparau this coming weekend. Photo by Andy McGechan, BikesportNZ.comHow busy could your weekend be? Well, the clue is that there are going to be two big events back-to-back on consecutive days.

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Bikesportnz Posted on February 16, 2026 by EditorFebruary 16, 2026

Eli Tomac (KTM) battled through the most demanding track conditions of the season to capture his third win of the championship campaign.It’s just become tighter at the top of this season’s AMA Supercross Championships after a thrilling round six of the series in Seattle at the weekend.

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Bikesportnz Posted on December 28, 2025 by EditorDecember 27, 2025

Whakatane’s Mitch Rees (Honda CBR1000RR-R) cracked the ‘triple’ once again this season, winning the premier Formula one/Superbike class overall for the series, then the New Zealand F1 TT title for winning race two at Whanganui, and then also snatching the coveted Robert Holden Memorial feature race trophy on Boxing Day. Photo by Andy McGechan, BikesportNZ.comHis trophy cabinet is bulging and ready to burst, but still Bay of Plenty’s Mitch Rees reckons there’s room for a few more to be squeezed in.

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Bikesportnz Posted on December 27, 2025 by EditorDecember 28, 2025

The racing was insane around the streets of Whanganui on Boxing Day, just as it always is on the world-famous Cemetery Circuit. Photo by Andy McGechan, BikesportNZ.comOld records tumbled and new ones were created at the spectacular Cemetery Circuit motorcycle race event on the public streets of Whanganui on Boxing Day.

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Bikesportnz Posted on December 24, 2025 by EditorDecember 24, 2025

The organising body for the Motocross World Championships is thrilled to announce that MXGP will return to South African soil for the first time in 18 years. Photo by Andy McGechan, BikesportNZ.comThe organising body for the Motocross World Championships is thrilled to announce that MXGP will return to South African soil for the first time in 18 years.

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Bikesportnz Posted on December 23, 2025 by EditorDecember 23, 2025

The public streets of Whanganui will light up on Boxing Day, just as illustrated in this photo from any earlier edition of racing on the world famous Cemetery Circuit. Photo by Andy McGechan, BikesportNZ.comThe Christmas rush should be over by December 25, but that doesn’t mean things will really be slowing down at all for many hundreds of people.

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Bikesportnz Posted on December 21, 2025 by EditorDecember 21, 2025

Honda HRC Progressive has confirmed that Jett Lawrence fractured his right ankle/foot in a training crash at the Dog Pound facility in Florida.

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Bikesportnz Posted on December 20, 2025 by EditorDecember 20, 2025

Triumph Factory Racing is preparing to make its highly anticipated debut in the 450 class of AMA Supercross, with Jordon Smith and Austin Forkner competing for the team.

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Bikesportnz Posted on December 16, 2025 by EditorDecember 16, 2025

Whakatane’s defending champion Mitch Rees (Honda CBR1000RR-R No.1) leads his 58-year-old father Tony Rees (No.11) and Upper Hutt’s Rogan Chandler (No.15) through turn one in the premier formula one/superbikes class at Manfeild at the weekend. Photo by Andy McGechan, BikesportNZ.com It’s how sportsmen deal with adversity that defines championship-winning potential and that’s just the steely character that father-and-son racers Tony and Mitch Rees are showing right now.

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Bikesportnz Posted on December 15, 2025 by EditorDecember 16, 2025

There are no room for mistakes when the racing is this close. Silverdale’s Tyler King (No.128) leads Wellington’s Nixon Frost (No.99) and Hamilton’s Joe Stroud (No.37) early on in this supersport 300 class race at Manfeild at the weekend. Photo by Andy McGechan, BikesportNZ.com It is incredibly tight at the top after the second round of three in the 2025 Suzuki International Series in the Manawatu at the weekend.

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Bikesportnz Posted on December 11, 2025 by EditorDecember 16, 2025

Whanganui’s Richie Dibben (Suzuki RM-Z450, No.1) is sure to delight the crowd again at Manfeild this weekend. He is pictured here looking across as he puts a pass on Wellington’s Will Young. Photo by Andy McGechan, BikesportNZ.com The 2025 Suzuki International Series will return to the sport’s global founding roots when the elite of the motorcycle racing community arrive in Feilding this weekend.

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Bikesportnz Posted on December 9, 2025 by EditorDecember 16, 2025

It could not have gone any better for Bay of Plenty’s defending champion Mitch Rees and his multi-time former motorcycling champion father Tony Rees.It could not have gone any better for Bay of Plenty’s defending champion Mitch Rees and his multi-time former motorcycling champion father Tony Rees.

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Bikesportnz Posted on December 8, 2025 by EditorDecember 16, 2025

There’s no room for error as the formula one/superbike riders charge into turn one at Taupo, round one of the 2025 Suzuki International Series at the weekend. Photo by Andy McGechan, BikesportNZ.com A massive gathering of motorcycle road-racing’s elite riders assembled in the Bay of Plenty at the weekend to mark the start to the 2025 edition of the popular three-round Suzuki International Series.

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Bikesportnz Posted on December 2, 2025 by EditorDecember 2, 2025

Lower Hutt’s Jake Whitaker (KTM 300 EXC), top dog again on the hard enduro scene in New Zealand in 2025. Photo by Andy McGechan, BikesportNZ.comLower Hutt’s Jake Whitaker has done it again, adding a fourth national hard enduro title to his impressive motorcycling résumé at the weekend.

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Bikesportnz Posted on November 26, 2025 by EditorDecember 2, 2025

Wonthagghi will again host round one of the Australian Motocross Championships in 2026, the spectacular track in regional Victoria to again kick-start hostilities in Australia's premier motocross series.Wonthagghi will host round one of the Australian Motocross Championships in 2026, the track in regional Victoria to again kick-start hostilities in Australia’s premier motocross series.

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Bikesportnz Posted on November 25, 2025 by EditorNovember 25, 2025

Expect packed spectator grandstands and close racing like this when the Suzuki International Series kicks off in Taupo on the weekend of December 6-7. Photo by Andy McGechan, BikesportNZ.com It will be a Christmas rush like never before when the 2025 edition of the Suzuki International Series blasts off at Taupo on the weekend of December 6-7.

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Bikesportnz Posted on November 20, 2025 by EditorNovember 20, 2025

Kiwi Rider magazine in conjunction with BikesportNZ.comWant to know what’s happening on the motorcycling scene in New Zealand and abroad too? Well, check out the latest issue of Kiwi Rider magazine.

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Bikesportnz Posted on November 17, 2025 by EditorNovember 17, 2025

Frenchman Romain Febvre (Kawasaki), winner of the MXGP world championships title in 2025.Romain Febvre and the KRT Team Manager Antti Pyrhonen received a hearty welcome in Japan when they visited Kawasaki’s Kobe offices and Akashi factory recently.

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Bikesportnz Posted on November 7, 2025 by EditorNovember 7, 2025

Stark Future is proud to welcome Toby Martyn to its SuperEnduro team for the 2026 FIM World Championship season. Stark Future is proud to welcome Toby Martyn to its SuperEnduro team for the upcoming 2026 FIM World Championship season.

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Bikesportnz Posted on November 6, 2025 by EditorNovember 6, 2025

Kiwi Rider magazine in conjunction with BikesportNZ.comWant to know what’s happening on the motorcycling scene in New Zealand and abroad too? Well, check out the latest issue of Kiwi Rider magazine.

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Bikesportnz Posted on November 2, 2025 by EditorNovember 2, 2025

Following a positive first season in AMA Pro Motocross, Triumph Factory Racing’s Mikkel Haarup will stay in the USA for 2026 and step up to race the TF 450-X in the 450 division.Following a positive first season in AMA Pro Motocross, Triumph Factory Racing’s Mikkel Haarup will stay in the USA for 2026 and step up to race the TF 450-X in the 450 division.

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Bikesportnz Posted on October 28, 2025 by EditorOctober 29, 2025

Whangaparoa’s Jacob Refoy (Sherco No.3), in action in Friday’s prologue and on his way to winning the weekend’s Forestland Hard Adventure Enduro. Photo by Andy McGechan, BikesportNZ.comHard enduro maestro and event organiser Sean Clarke was accurate in forecasting who would be the top finishers at the popular three-day Labour Weekend enduro.

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