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In September 2023, the iconic Bol d’Or race, Round 4 of the Endurance World Championship (EWC), was held. The Yamalube YART Yamaha EWC Official Team finished 4th, and in doing so secured the 2023 EWC title, which was the team’s first since 2009 and Yamaha’s first since 2017 when the GMT94 Yamaha Official EWC Team won it.

Here we are at the end of September already and as Motorcycle Awareness Month draws to a close, so too does our “Ride Ready” blog series. Read more »

Last week we celebrated Motorcycle Awareness Month (MAM) by showcasing seven ways to get “Ride Ready” in September — focusing on both bikes and bodies. This week we’re looking at another selection from Ride Forever’s 21 for September checklist, to...

September is Motorcycle Awareness Month (MAM) and this year it’s themed 21 for September, because sadly, when we’re out on two wheels doing what we love, we’re 21 times more likely to be injured or killed than anyone else on...

Bay of Plenty’s Flynn Watts demonstrated perfectly why green means go when he clinched his first national motocross title in Southland at the weekend.  Read more »

The future of Kiwi motocross will be on show in Southland in less than two weeks’ time when the 2023 New Zealand Junior Motocross Championships fire up in Invercargill. Read more »

The 2023 New Zealand Motocross Championships for both the senior men and women wrapped up in Taupo at the weekend with a sensational double-header. Read More »

 This year’s sixth annual Korito Technical Matrix event again drew a diverse and talented field of off-road bike riders to Taranaki, this time including an international superstar. Read more now »

Good things come to those who are prepared to wait, or so the saying goes, and Whakatane’s Mitch Rees and Upper Hutt’s Rogan Chandler would probably be the first to agree. Read More »

The Star Insure MotoFest at Hampton Downs at the weekend delivered thrills, spills and title-winning performances of a calibre that could only be described as world-class. Read more »

That's a wrap ... Bay of Plenty's Mitch Rees has won the New Zealand Superbikes Championships with a round to spare. Read the full story now »

The 2023 senior New Zealand Motocross Championships action set for the Bay of Plenty this weekend offers double the delight for race fans.

Still family-owned and family-run, Oxford has developed from the humblest of beginnings into the UK’s largest distributor of two-wheel aftermarket products and created an international brand to be reckoned with in all corners of the globe.   Now into its 51st...

Whakatane's Mitch Rees (Honda CBR1000RR-R) extended his lead to a massive 51 points over his nearest superbike class rival at the fourth round of six in this season's New Zealand Superbike Championships in Invercargill at the weekend. Photo by Andy McGechan, BikesportNZ.com

We might now be halfway through the 2022-23 New Zealand Superbike Championships, but there's still plenty left for the riders to fight for.

JANUARY 8, 2023: It was an action-packed two days of high drama at the third round of six in the 2022-23 New Zealand Superbike Championships in Canterbury at the weekend.

The opening stanza in the North Island is done and dusted and now it's the turn for the South Island tracks to take centre stage in the 2022-23 New Zealand Superbike Championships.

Whanganui's Richie Dibben (Suzuki No.91), seen here leading the way, as usual, is a rare double-class warrior and just as at home on a 450cc supermoto dirt bike as he is on a 1000cc superbike. Photo by Andy McGechan, BikesportNZ.com

#poweredbywhitespowersports rider, Keiran Mair had his first outing on the TSS Motorcycles Better Finance KTM RC390 at Manfeild over the weekend and share this report with us.

Upper Hutt's Rogan Chandler (Suzuki GSX-R600), itching to get out on his "home" track at Manfeild this weekend. Photo by Andy McGechan, BikesportNZ.com

With a dominant victory in Race 2 at Phillip Island, Dominique Aegerter ended the highly successful season in the World Supersport class in a perfect way.