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Season-opener sees Yamaha team riders top three classes
Title PIC: Christchurch’s Yamaha Racing Team rider Alastair Hoogenboezem (#43) charges for the lead in the F1 Superbike class at Bruce McLaren Motorsport Park on Sunday. Yamaha Motor New Zealand Media Statement 07.12.20  The Yamaha Motor New Zealand road racing teams aced their first 2020/2021 season’s competitive outings, with three of the four riders topping their classes at the Suzuki International Series yesterday. It's been a long time between laps for the Yamaha Racing Team’s (YRT) Alastair Hoogenboezem (YZF-R1) and the Yamaha Racing Development Team’s (YRDT) Rogan Chandler, Harry Parker and Cormac Buchanan, yet they all scored race wins over the Bruce...
Yamaha Motor New Zealand road racing teams aiming to repeat 2020 successes
Title caption: The Yamaha Racing Team riders Christchurch's Alastair Hoogenboezem #43 and Rangiora's Jake Lewis #29 will be both riding 1000cc Yamaha YZF-R1s in the New Zealand Superbike Championship. Yamaha Motor New Zealand Media Statement 24.11.20 Heading into the 2021 racing season the Yamaha Motor New Zealand (YMNZ) racing teams have some targets on their riders’ backs after a successful 2020 national campaign. Christchurch’s Alastair Hoogenboezem will be back defending his first Superbike title and riding his 1000cc YZF-R1 race machine in the top tier class for the third year with the Yamaha Racing Team (YRT). Rangiora’s Jake Lewis rejoins Hoogenboezem (both...
UNPRECEDENTED DISRUPTION TO THE GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN NETWORK
NEWS BLOG: We received this letter from one of our suppliers explaining in some part what the heck is going on with parts and motorcycle supplies and why all of us are finding products hard to get. It's easy for us to forget what an idyllic bubble we live in here in NZ. We have great food security, ample fuel supply , power and water. The fact that our favourite Nike or that new helmet in my chosen colour isn't available 'right now' is actually no big deal - or is it!? Spare a thought for the retailer you are dealing...
On-going Yamaha events offer 'very best experience' across all motorcycling levels
Yamaha Motor New Zealand’s (YMNZ) innovative activites are in full-swing and they are proving popular with Kiwis wanting to experience the brand’s motorbikes, across the range, in a variety of environments.  The Yamaha Off-Road Demos, bLUcRU Kids Camps and Ténéré Tour 2020 - Central Plateau, have kept Yamaha’s Motorsport Manager Josh Coppins, his fellow former international motocross star Ben Townley and Yamaha’s brand ambassadors busy over September and October. Along with his team, Coppins is looking forward to rolling out more opportunities for a wider audience to be introduced to the Yamaha brand throughout the up-coming months.  Yamaha...
Altherm JCR Yamaha team takes positives and plenty to build on away from Taupo MX Fest
Altherm JCR Yamaha Media Statement 26 SEPT 2020  The ‘M’ in the Taupo MX Fest could easily stand for ‘massive’ as it aptly describes the jam-packed schedule of three days racing in Taupo, as the country’s riders had their first competitive hit-out for the season at Digger McEwen Motocross Park.  Altherm JCR Yamaha’s two riders were mixing with the front-runners in their classes and came away with podium positions and a good handle on where they can improve.  MX1 rider Kayne Lamont enjoyed getting aboard his YZ450F and the mental skills he has been working on recently paid...