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QUAD BIKE TALENT TO CONVERGE ON TIMARU RACE TRACK

2020 New Zealand ATV Championships They have twice as many wheels as your typical motorcycle and that's why ATVs (all terrain vehicles) are also known as quad bikes. Racing them requires an immense amount of skill and courage and coming up this Labour weekend, October...

CHAMPIONS GALORE CROWNED AT TT NATIONALS

2020 New Zealand Miniature TT Championships It was champions galore at the belated 2020 edition of the New Zealand Motocross TT Nationals at Taupiri, near Huntly, at the weekend. The Kawasaki-sponsored event, typically run in May but delayed until this month due to...

HUGE THREE DAYS OF RACING COMING UP AT TAUPO

The 2020 Huka Honda MX Fest at Taupo All roads lead to the Bay of Plenty this coming Labour Weekend as the reshuffled 2020-21 New Zealand motocross season kicks into life with the traditional annual MX Fest in Taupo. The popular Huka Honda-sponsored MX Fest event has...
KIWIS WILL SKIP THE ‘OLYMPIC GAMES OF MOTOCROSS’

KIWIS WILL SKIP THE ‘OLYMPIC GAMES OF MOTOCROSS’

Bay of Plenty's Cody Cooper, pictured here competing at the MXoN in England in 2017, a rider who has represented New Zealand at this event on 10 separate occasions. Photo by Andy McGechan, BikesportNZ.com This season's "Olympic Games of Motocross" is still tipped to...

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ENDURO CHAMPIONSHIPS TO BE DECIDED THIS WEEKEND

ENDURO CHAMPIONSHIPS TO BE DECIDED THIS WEEKEND

Taupo's Wil Yeoman (Yamaha), one of the riders to watch out for in the Santoft Forest, near Bulls, this coming weekend. Photo by Andy McGechan, BikesportNZ.com The 2020 New Zealand Enduro Championships will wrap up their abbreviated season near Bulls this coming...

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MOTOCROSS SCENE STARTING TO HEAT UP AGAIN

MOTOCROSS SCENE STARTING TO HEAT UP AGAIN

Frantic first-turn action such as this, from the 2019 New Zealand Junior Motocross Championships, will hail a return to some normality on the Kiwi bike scene. Photo by Andy McGechan, BikesportNZ.com It will now go from a famine to a feast for the New Zealand...

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NZ ENDURO CHAMPIONSHIPS OFF TO A ROARING START

NZ ENDURO CHAMPIONSHIPS OFF TO A ROARING START

Cambridge's Dylan Yearbury (Husqvarna), top dog after the opening two rounds of the 2020 New Zealand Enduro Championships at the weekend. Photo by Andy McGechan, BikesportNZ.com The 2020 New Zealand Enduro Championships got off to a late but welcome start at the...

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BIKE RACERS WILL EMBRACE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPRESS

BIKE RACERS WILL EMBRACE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPRESS

Perhaps the phrase "you can't have too much of a good thing" is totally appropriate in this case. News this week of the easing of COVID-19 pandemic restrictions nationwide, coupled with the promotion of a second consecutive weekend of major motorcycle race action –...

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MOTORCYCLING COMMUNITY SADDEN BY TRAGIC LOSS

MOTORCYCLING COMMUNITY SADDEN BY TRAGIC LOSS

The New Zealand motorcycling community is mourning the tragic loss at the weekend of one of its champions. Teenage motocross star Grason Veitch was the victim of a motor vehicle accident in the early hours of Sunday morning and the reaction from his many friends and...

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GREEN LIGHT FOR NI MOTOCROSS CHAMPS AND SAND PRIX

GREEN LIGHT FOR NI MOTOCROSS CHAMPS AND SAND PRIX

Break out your helmet and boots, fill up the fuel tank and get yourself to Mercer this weekend for the big annual North Island Motocross Championships and Pukekohe Sand Prix double-header. Yes, the COVID-19 pandemic level two restrictions will be adhered to, but...

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