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Te Puke teenager Kyan Loomans #42 takes out the 12-14 Years 125 Class at MX @ Woodville Grand Prix New Zealand  25th January 2020  PHOTO CREDIT: Cam Duncan Yamaha YZ125 rider Kyan Loomans rode to a perfect victory at the MX GP held at the awesome Woodville event on 25 January 2020. Winning 1-1-1 to gain 75 points, Kyan couldn't have been happier with his performance. He ran a brand new Yamaha YZ125 for the event after having some mechanical issues with his current YZ125, the team at Bayride Motorcycles and Complete Motorcycles rushed to get a new bike ready. Being familiar with the YZ125, Kyan took...

Altherm JCR Yamaha’s Purvis takes out MX2 win at Woodville’s New Zealand Motocross GP 27.01.20The Altherm JCR Yamaha team experienced the highs and lows that come with the tough sport of motocross, as it opened its 2020 campaign at the New Zealand Motocross Grand Prix at Woodville.The newly-formed team made up of MX1 riders Hamilton’s Kayne Lamont and Australian Kirk Gibbs, plus MX2 riders Mangakino’s Maximus Purvis and 2019 British Motocross MX2 Championship-winner Dylan Walsh had mixed fortunes at the big, annual, stand-alone motocross weekend, which doubles as a FIM Oceania event. Altherm JCR Yamaha's MX2 rider Maximus Purvis, of...

Oh YEA! The Yamaha Tenere 700 is here at Bayride Motorcycles and we have a demonstrator! Make a booking now and secure a ride on this exciting new ADV model. We've ridden it and couldn't get enough of the incredible engine and surprisingly good road flickability with that 21-in front wheel. Standing on the 'pegs puts you right in the prime spot for off-road antics, the frame and suspension doing their bit, wrigglin' around while you use light control on the 'bars. On the highway, you keep looking at the berm thinking, "Let's get off road". We took our demonstrator...

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...