The Road Race Commission is pleased to announce that SJ Cavell has agreed to become the National Road Race Series Coordinator (Currently named NZSBK). SJ brings a wealth of knowledge and experience, both as a rider and as a business leader. SJ has spent time on the...
The New Zealand motorcycling family was saddened to hear the passing of road race sidecar hero Gordon Skilton this week. Gordon has long been the icon of sidecar racing in New Zealand. He first raced at Wanganui Cemetery Circuit in 1958, on a Triumph Tiger T110. He...
CAPTION: Sidecar team-mates Tracey Bryan (left) and Jo Franzen (nee Mickleson) are poised and ready to tackle the sidecar racing elite in the United States in July. Photo by Andy McGechan, BikesportNZ.com Riding the crest of a wave, Kiwi sidecar pair Tracey Bryan and...
The 2023 Oceania Junior Cup CAPTION: Auckland’s Haydn Fordyce, pictured here racing at Taupo during the recent final round of the 2022-23 New Zealand Superbike Championships at Taupo, was something of a revelation in Australia at the weekend. Photo by Andy McGechan,...
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...
The 2023-24 New Zealand Superbike Championships CAPTION: It’s a high-speed traffic jam at the start of this Formula Two/Supersport 600 race at Taupo at the weekend. Photo by Andy McGechan, BikesportNZ.com DECEMBER 4, 2023: It was a thrill-a-minute at the opening round...
The 2023-24 New Zealand Superbike Championships CAPTION: Whakatane’s Mitch Rees (Honda), the defending champion in the elite 1000cc superbikes class, may feel he has a target on his back at Taupo this weekend. Photo by Andy McGechan, BikesportNZ.com NOVEMBER 28, 2023:...