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  Yamaha Motor New Zealand Media Statement 02.03.21  Yamaha riders won both the Senior and Junior races at the 2021 New Zealand Cross Country Championships’ first round on Sunday. TITLE CAPTION: The Senior race podium had two Yamaha riders on it with Napier’s Tommy Watts (#912, centre) claiming the win and PWR Yamaha Team Manager Paul Whibley (#99, left) finishing second. Hosted by the Bushriders Motorcycle Club in Marton, the event was held on Rangitikei farmland and saw Tommy Watts #912  prove he is as handy on a YZ450F over a three-hour race, as he is in the short, sharp motocross events that...

Altherm JCR Yamaha Media Statement 23.02.21   Title Image : Altherm JCR Yamaha’s Maxiumus Purvis took his riding to the next level in the MX2 class, extending his championship lead as he defends his 2020 title   Maximus Purvis and his Altherm JCR Yamaha team both took it to the next level at the New Zealand Motocross Championships’ second round on Sunday with a completely dominant performance in the MX2 class.   Mangakino’s Purvis was unassailable at the Rotorua track, recording the P1 position in qualifying; all three races and overall for the day. He remains unbeaten halfway through the four-round season, after...

Altherm JCR Yamaha Media Statement 08.02.21   TITLE CAPTION : Altherm JCR Yamaha rider Madoc Dixon on his way to defending his 15-16 years 125cc national title. He had to wait an extra year to do it but Altherm JCR Yamaha’s Madoc Dixon left nothing to chance when defending his 15-16 years 125cc title at the Farmer Autovillage Yamaha Motor NZ 2021 New Zealand Junior Motocross Nationals. The Tauranga youngster first won his national crown in 2019 and when Covid-19 caused the 2020 edition’s cancellation, he approached this weekend’s three-day event at Tauranga’s TECT All Terrain Park doubly determined to keep hold of...

Altherm JCR Yamaha Media Statement 02.02.21 FEATURE PHOTO; MAXIUMUS PURVIS #44 Caption: National MX2 defending champion Maximus Purvis did his Altherm JCR Yamaha team proud on Sunday, with a trio of wins at the Woodville GP/NZMX round one For the first time ever the International Woodville NZ Motocross Grand Prix combined with the NZ Motocross Championships’ (NZMX) opening round and Altherm JCR Yamaha’s Maximus Purvis made sure his name would be remembered at this historic event. The team’s MX2 rider and defending champion was unassailable on his YZ250F, dominating all three motos on Sunday. The first two outings on the hard-packed...

Yamaha Motor New Zealand Media Statement  11.01.21 The opening round of the 2021 New Zealand Superbike Championship (NZSBK) resulted in some stunning highs and some epic lows for the Yamaha Motor New Zealand teams at Mike PeroMotorsport Park, near Christchurch, over the weekend. Lap records, NZGP titles and multiple podiums were counterbalanced by DNFs and a crash as the five riders rode their Yamaha race machines right on the knife-edge line of their limits around the 3.4- kilometre circuit.The stand-out performance of the weekend was executed by the Yamaha Racing Development Team’s (YRDT) youngster Cormac Buchanan. His mum Kate best summed up...