Southland motorcycle racer Cormac Buchanan has made history as the first New Zealander contracted to compete in the FIM Moto3 World Championship. A successful season in Europe has earned the 18-year-old a coveted spot on the BOE Motorsports team to contest the...
Heads up, New Zealand trials fans! The 2025 Australian Trial Championship is set to kick off in Meringandan, Queensland, over the weekend of June 7-8, and it’s shaping up to be a must- watch event for trials enthusiasts. Hosted by Moto Trials Queensland, with key...
The FIM is proud to present the latest FIM Mentoring Programme launched in August, a three-year project in New Zealand to support Motorcycling New Zealand Inc (MNZ) to reach their identified objectives. The mentor selected for the programme is Motorcycling Australia...
The 2024 NZ Veterans’ MX Nationals CAPTION: Balclutha’s Dave ‘Crazy’ Latta (Kawasaki), top man overall at the 2024 New Zealand Veterans' Motocross Nationals near Mosgiel at the weekend. Photo courtesy Geoff Guthrie Imagery When the going got tough, the tough got going...
The second running of the FIM Oceania Women’s Motocross Cup will be held in Wonthaggi, Victoria on March 22-23, with an expanded geographical imprint that also includes teams from the United States of America and Africa. The new additions will join founding members...
CAPTION: Te Awamutu’s Nixon Parkes (Yamaha) who leads the way in the junior grade after two of four rounds in the 2025 New Zealand motorcycle cross-country racing series. Photo by Andy McGechan, BikesportNZ.com MARCH 18, 2025: The New Zealand cross-country motorcycle...
As the sun settled behind the clouds at Rotorua’s MX Track at the end of the 2025 Yamaha New Zealand Motocross Championship’s final Saturday of racing, the winners’ points were tallied in readiness for their trophy presentations at the evening’s prizegiving function....