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Altherm JCR Yamaha Media Statement Dylan Walsh signs with Ben Townley Tours supported by Altherm JCR Yamaha 22/01/2020 Two of New Zealand’s motocross superpowers have joined forces to make a 2020 Fox New Zealand Motocross Championship programme happen for top Kiwi rider Dylan Walsh.   Former international star Ben Townley will run Walsh in the four-round series through his Ben Townley Tours (BTT) business, with support from his equally-successful compatriot Josh Coppins, via his Altherm JCR Yamaha team.   After his stand-out performance winning the 2019 British MX2 Championship, the collective New Zealand motocross community hoped Walsh would continue on...

Nick Burke Reports: Round #2 NZSBK supersport 600 Well we have come to the end of a successful South Island tour having completed the first two rounds of the 2020 NZSBK Championship without incident and continually improving with every outing as I became more familiar with the Bayride Motorcycles #YAMALUBE Yamaha Motor New Zealand R6. A successful day with qualifying and our first race for the weekend completed, had an ok qualifying awarding me 14th on the grid. Race ONE ; got off to hectic start, unfortunately resulting in Avalon Biddle Racing going down at turn one with the rest of us having to take avoiding actions as to...

  Yamaha team riders notch up podiums and set lap records in Timaru 20.01.20 Yamaha Motor New Zealand Media Statement ROUND #2 NZSBK 2020  Southern track success continued for the two-tier Yamaha Motor New Zealand team, as four out of the five riders finished the New Zealand Superbike Championship’s second round on the podium.   The temperatures and the pace were both scorching as lap records at Levels International Raceway tumbled in the flagship Superbike class. Yamaha Racing Team’s (YRT) Alastair Hoogenboezem, of Christchurch, found that from Friday’s practise, his previous quickest laps at the Timaru track meant nothing, as...

Nick Burke #42 Reports on Round 1 NZSBK racing the Bayride Yamaha R6 14/01/2020 Nick Burke -  " And that’s a wrap for the first round of NZSBK Championship at Mike Pero Motorsport Park, Ruapuna 11th and 12th January 2020.The weekend wrapping up with race two and three today which had me finishing 9th and 12th respectively, The two races were fifteen laps each which come as a real test of fitness and stamina especially given the 30 degree weather. In race two I recorded another PB lap time of 1:36.389 I could not better this in race three as the wind picked up creating...

Yamaha Racing Team goes 2 - 3 on the Superbike podium at Ruapuna 13.01.20 The Yamaha Motor New Zealand’s two top-tier racers Alastair Hoogenboezem and Jake Lewis came out swinging at the 2020 New Zealand Superbike Championships’ season opener, scoring two provisional overall podiums.   PHOTO 1: Alastair Hoogenboezem Racing at their local track Mike Pero Motorsport Park (Ruapuna) in Christchurch over Saturday and Sunday, the Canterbury-based duo, who ride for the Yamaha Racing Team (YRT), finished second and third for the weekend on their mighty 1000cc YZF-R1 race machines in the Superbike class.   Hoogenboezem (27) had a near-perfect...