CAPTION: Expect close action such as this when the racing resumes at Taupo’s Bruce McLaren Motorsport Park in a week’s time. Photo by Andy McGechan, BikesportNZ.com The 2021 New Zealand Superbike Championships event set for Taupo next weekend (March 13-14) will go ahead as planned. A spanner was thrown in the works last week...Read More
2021 NZSBK Championship It will still possibly be the biggest motorcycling event on the 2021 calendar, but we’re now just going to have to wait a little longer for it to happen. Poised to mark its fourth anniversary at the popular north Waikato race track this coming weekend (March 6-7), the Mike Pero MotoFest has...Read More
CAPTION: Expect fierce superbike action such as this when the lights go out at Hampton Downs in just over a week’s time. Photo by Andy McGechan, BikesportNZ.com If there is one event on your motorcycling calendar that should not be missed this season, then this is probably it. Ready to mark its fourth anniversary...Read More
CAPTION: Masterton’s former international superstar Aaron Slight says he’s privileged to have the chance to ride this rare Proton KR3 at Moto Fest next month. Photo by Andy McGechan, BikesportNZ.com MotoFest 2021 is coming up and legendary former Kiwi international Aaron Slight is one man who simply can’t wait for it to begin. ...Read More
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
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
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
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
SUPERSPORT 150 TYRE DISPENSATION A dispensation has been applied to Supersport 150 (Appendix J) rule 5.c) to allow the use of 110 width front tyres, for the 2021 season only. NUMBER BOARD REQUIREMENTS Reminder from The Technical Steward of the requirements for race numbers on all machines competing at any road race event: The MNZ...Read More
Motorcycling Australia (MA) is excited to announce Australian Yannis Shaw and New Zealander Rogan Chandler will be the two Moto3 Wild Card riders for the 2019 Pramac Generac Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix, which will run at the iconic Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit, October 25-27. Both riders will spearhead an assault racing with the Double...Read More
