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2024 BURT MUNRO CHALLENGE WAS A HUGE SUCCESS

CAPTION 1: The crowd looks on as Richmond’s Heath Botica races up Bluff Hill during the New Zealand Hill Club Championships racing segment of the 2024 Burt Munro Challenge week. Botica eventually finished overall runner-up, behind Whakatane’s defending champion Tony...

FOUR RACES AND FOUR WINNERS TO START SERIES

CAPTION 1: Taupo’s Wil Yeoman (Yamaha), on his way to winning the opening senior grade race in the 2024 New Zealand Cross-country Championships near Nelson at the weekend. Photo by Geoff Guthrie Imagery. CAPTION 2: Owaka’s Blake Affleck (Honda), on his way to winning...

MIXED BAG OF RESULTS AT TERETONGA SUPERBIKES

The 2023-24 New Zealand Superbike Championships CAPTION: The Supersport 600 class blasts off the start line at Teretonga on Sunday with (from left) Upper Hutt’s Rogan Chandler (Suzuki), Whanganui’s Luca Durning (Ducati) and Invercargill’s Cormac Buchanan (Yamaha)...
THE ‘BANDITS OF BALANCE’ GO ON TRIAL IN THE BAY

THE ‘BANDITS OF BALANCE’ GO ON TRIAL IN THE BAY

The 2023 New Zealand Trials Championships The annual New Zealand Trial Championships in the Bay of Plenty over the long Labour Weekend again proved a tough challenge for the sport’s elite ‘bandits of balance’. However, although the various courses featured sharp...

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FIM PRESIDENT VISITS MOTORCYCLING NEW ZEALAND

FIM PRESIDENT VISITS MOTORCYCLING NEW ZEALAND

[Left to Right = Rod Price, Mac McLeod, Jorge Viegas and Peter Doyle] It was great to host FIM President Jorge Viegas, Oceania President Peter Doyle at Motorcycling NZ head office on Wednesday 18 October, alongside MNZ President Mac McLeod and MNZ South Island Board...

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VAST EXPERIENCE AND PLENTY OF HORSEPOWER TOO

VAST EXPERIENCE AND PLENTY OF HORSEPOWER TOO

The 2023 NZ Veterans’ MX Championships  CAPTION: New Plymouth’s Mitch Rowe (KTM), top dog overall at the 2023 New Zealand Veterans’ Motocross Championships at the weekend. Photo by Andy McGechan, BikesportNZ.com They say you can’t teach an old dog new tricks … but why...

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MNZ Motocross Commission

MNZ Motocross Commission

The Motocross Commissioners Stu McCulloch and Sonia Cloke are thrilled to announce the following people as Commission Members: David Latta         South Island Rep Tim Guthrie        South Island Rep Richard Furze    Veterans Rep James Scott       Riders Rep Shayne...

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IT WILL BE DOWN TO THE WIRE IN THE WAIRARAPA

IT WILL BE DOWN TO THE WIRE IN THE WAIRARAPA

2023 New Zealand Cross-country Championships CAPTION: Taupo’s multi-time former national cross-country champion Brad Groombridge (Beta 430RR), determined to put up a fight this weekend. Photo by Andy McGechan, BikesportNZ.com It’s the final throw of the dice for...

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AGE SHALL NOT WEARY THEM, NOR THE YEARS CONDEMN

AGE SHALL NOT WEARY THEM, NOR THE YEARS CONDEMN

The 2023-24 New Zealand Superbike Championships  CAPTION: Kiwi and international riders relax together on the pit wall during the World Superbike Championships at Manfeild in 1989. Photo by Andy McGechan, BikesportNZ.com New Zealand’s spiritual home of international...

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