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Bikesportnz Posted on October 23, 2024 by EditorOctober 22, 2024

It always takes a special kind of athlete to win the Husqvarna Hard Adventure Enduro, so it’s just as well that so many special riders have entered again for the eighth annual edition this year.

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Bikesportnz Posted on September 20, 2024 by EditorSeptember 28, 2024

Kiwis are constantly riding high among world’s motorcycling elite, and have done so for many seasons now, and today we’d like to offer a big salute to our modest heroes and heroines.

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Bikesportnz Posted on September 16, 2024 by EditorSeptember 8, 2024

We’re fast coming to the conclusion that enduro riders are actually supermen (and women).

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Bikesportnz Posted on September 13, 2024 by EditorSeptember 8, 2024

So you’ve heard about enduro events but don’t really know how they work, so that’s perhaps why you’ve never tried one.

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Bikesportnz Posted on August 19, 2024 by EditorAugust 19, 2024

Hundreds of riders showed up to tackle the third and final round of the 2024 Forestland Cross-country Series halfway between Taupo and Tokoroa on Saturday.

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Bikesportnz Posted on August 14, 2024 by EditorAugust 13, 2024

It’s two down and one to go for this season’s Forestland Cross-country Series, with the third and final round set for Ohakuri this coming weekend.

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Bikesportnz Posted on June 16, 2024 by EditorJune 16, 2024

The 2024 edition of the popular Forestland Cross-country Series surged past the halfway mark in treacherous conditions north-west of Taupo on Saturday.

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Bikesportnz Posted on June 12, 2024 by EditorJune 12, 2024

Wainuiomata’s Jake Whitaker (KTM No.166) grabs the holeshot at the start of the senior race at Ohakuri last season. Close behind him is Takanini’s James Sutton (Kawasaki No.64), who remarkably shot through to this frontrunning position from a second-row starting spot. Photo by Andy McGechan, BikesportNZ.comIt’s go time for New Zealand’s best dirt bike racers, with the second round of three in this season’s Forestland Cross-country Series set for Ohakuri this coming weekend.

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Bikesportnz Posted on June 11, 2024 by EditorJune 11, 2024

The nation’s elite motorcycle racers are on the home straight now, with just the fifth and final round remaining for the 2024 New Zealand Enduro Championships.

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Bikesportnz Posted on June 6, 2024 by EditorJune 5, 2024

Oparau’s James Scott and Taupo’s Brad Groombridge will switch roles from motorcycle racing rivals to international team-mates in just a few weeks’ time.

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Bikesportnz Posted on June 5, 2024 by EditorJune 5, 2024

She may perhaps be something of a late bloomer in the motorbike racing world, but South Islander Kylie Dorr is quickly making up for lost time.

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Bikesportnz Posted on June 3, 2024 by EditorJune 5, 2024

This season’s five-round New Zealand Enduro Championships are significant for two very important reasons and the riders responded to this.

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Bikesportnz Posted on May 30, 2024 by EditorJune 8, 2024

This season’s five-round New Zealand Enduro Championships will nudge past the halfway stage with round three this King’s Birthday Weekend.

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Bikesportnz Posted on May 28, 2024 by EditorMay 27, 2024

Round one of the 2024 edition of the Forestland Cross-country Series is in the bag after an exciting opener just south of Tokoroa on Saturday.

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Bikesportnz Posted on May 22, 2024 by EditorJune 8, 2024

Brace for another exciting motorcycle competition, up and down hills, across tree roots and under the shade of branches, when the 2024 edition of the popular Forestland Cross-country Series kicks into life on Saturday.

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Bikesportnz Posted on May 6, 2024 by EditorMay 6, 2024

New Zealanders have only very rarely been able to race a motorcycling world championships event on home turf, certainly not top-level motocross.

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Bikesportnz Posted on May 1, 2024 by EditorApril 30, 2024

A former champion who loves the motorcycle he’s currently riding can only add up to one thing … an unbeaten run thus far in the 2024 New Zealand Enduro Championships.

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Bikesportnz Posted on April 30, 2024 by EditorJune 3, 2024

The cream is supposed to rise to the top and that’s exactly what’s happening in this season’s Yamaha New Zealand Enduro Championships. 

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Bikesportnz Posted on April 24, 2024 by EditorJune 3, 2024

Taupo’s Brad Groombridge knows a thing or two about winning enduro events and actually he’s quite good at motocross and cross-country racing too.

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Bikesportnz Posted on April 18, 2024 by EditorApril 17, 2024

The 2024 New Zealand Enduro Championships series will again kick off in the South Island this coming weekend and once more it’s expected to be a torrid affair.

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