Month

January 2021
18
Jan
2021

FIERY NZ SUPERBIKE CHAMPS REACH THE HALFWAY STAGE

CAPTION: Invercargill’s Cormac Buchanan (bike No.28), the leading rider in two separate classes after racing near Timaru at the weekend. Photo by Andy McGechan, BikesportNZ.com The points tables do nothing to indicate the closeness of racing in this season’s New Zealand Superbike Championships (NZSBK). The competition kicked off at Christchurch just over a week ago,...
Read More
13
Jan
2021

SKY SPORT REPLAY URGENT UPDATE

URGENT:  NZSBK Round 1 Update Unfortunately the NZSBK Rd. 1 content we were going to play out at 1700 on Sky Sport 5 has been delayed & won’t make its planned TX. The content will now play out tomorrow (Thursday 14 January) at 1700. Apologies for any inconvenience caused.
Read More
13
Jan
2021

SKY SPORT REPLAYS

Sky Sport Next are pleased to share the dates and times of the various replays happening on Sky Sport. First replay is tonight on Sky Sport 5 and they run through to the 10th of March a the moment. Channel Date Start Slot Duration Programme Name Sky Sport 5 13/01/2021 17:00:00 04:00:00 Sky Sport Next:...
Read More
13
Jan
2021

IT’S A BACK-TO-BACK SOUTH ISLAND BLOCKBUSTER

It’s one down and three to go in this year’s chase for motorcycle road-racing honours and the action on tarmac is set to get hotter as the series progresses. The first round of four in the 2021 New Zealand Superbike Championships (NZSBK) was held at Mike Pero Motorsport park, Ruapuna, on the outskirts of Christchurch,...
Read More
11
Jan
2021

SUPERBIKE CHAMPS OPEN WITH A CANTERBURY THRILLER

CAPTION: Whakatane’s Mitch Rees (Honda CBR1000), leading rider in the premier Superbike class after racing in Christchurch at the weekend. Photo by Andy McGechan, BikesportNZ.com JANUARY 11, 2021: It was a typical summer scorcher in Canterbury at the weekend as the 2021 New Zealand Superbike Championships (NZSBK) got underway in thrilling fashion. The four-round series...
Read More
07
Jan
2021

PRO TWIN CAM GEARS

An oversight in the printing in the new MoMS of Pro Twin Appendix E has resulted in the slotted/adjustable camshaft gears section being deleted. This is not the case and the slotted/adjustable cam gears ARE PERMITTED  Thanking You, Grant Ramage, Road Race Commissioner
Read More
07
Jan
2021

SUPERSPORT 150 and GIXXER 150

The Supersport 150 and Gixxer 150 classes will be combined (due to a lack of entries) with a single start procedure (no dual flag drop). There has been some debate on social media about brackets and fastener’s – please refer to Rule 10.4.b.h) in the MoM’s. Thanking You, Grant Ramage, Road Race Commissioner
Read More
05
Jan
2021

SUPERBIKE CHAMPS KICK OFF IN CANTERBURY THIS WEEKEND

2021 NZ Superbike Championships The 2021 New Zealand Superbike Championships (NZSBK) kick off in Christchurch this weekend and so will begin the battle to find the nation’s best motorcycle road racers across half a dozen separate bike categories. Christchurch’s Alastair Hoogenboezem may be the defending national superbike champion and Whakatane’s Mitch Rees may have ruled...
Read More