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Tauranga’s Townley (YZ450F), along with his son Levi (YZ65), a rising star on the junior motocross scene in New Zealand, have already collected their new Yamaha bikes and they are both thrilled to be moving into the future with Yamaha. Ben’s youngest son Jaggar will make the move across to Yamaha when he steps up to the YZ65."It's very exciting and came quite out of the blue," said the 34-year-old Townley."This is a great opportunity for Levi, who has really started to sink his teeth into motocr

The Altherm JCR Yamaha team was riding high at the annual Bay of Plenty Motocross's Whakatane Summercross.There were two riders on track but the usual team make-up differed slightly, as after winning the Huka Honda MX Fest’s MX1 class in October, Kayne Lamont tore the ACL in his knee and sat out today’s racing. Team Manager Josh Coppins stepped in for this one race meeting and showed the young bucks he still has what it takes, finishing third overall in MX1.Altherm JCR Yamaha’s MX2 rider, Mangak

A safe and sensible approach proved to be a winning strategy for Kayne Lamont at the weekend’s big annual MX Fest motocross extravaganza in Taupo.The Hamilton-based former Mangakino man certainly enjoyed revisiting his home turf on Sunday, taking his Altherm JCR Yamaha Racing Team YZ450F bike to win the premier MX1 class overall and he also won the series of “knock-out” feature races that wrapped up the two-day spectacular.The event was again sponsored by Taupo bike dealership Huka Honda, but th

Kiwi rider Altherm JCR Yamaha's Courtney Duncan has extended her lead in the FIM Women’s Motocross World Championship this weekend at Italy's Ottobiano circuit and now holds a dominant 21-point advantage over her nearest rival.The racing in this fourth round spanned across Saturday and Sunday with technical, sandy, and hot conditions, which saw temperatures reach up to 30degC.The spectator hill alongside the circuit was full of passionate, cheering fans both days adding to the drama of the inten

It was a week late, but the penultimate round of the 2018 NZ MX Nationals was finally held, after being cancelled – no, postponed – for a week. The decision to postpone the event came after torrential downpours, and the flooding that came with it, seeing the third round of the New Zealand Motocross Championship pushed to the following Saturday of March 17.The roads weren’t the only things open on the new date, as the clouds also did the same, seeing some brief showers that eventually became down