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Published: 14th May 2008

HUSQVARNA has got the jump on its competition and announced details of its 2009 model range last week, and the big news from the now BMW owned Italian manufacturer is that a new 310cc four-stroke enduro machine will be launched by the company for the 2009 season.

Published: 14th May 2008

THE second round of the 2008 Sidecar-cross World Championship took place on the magnificent Jinin track in the Czech Republic at the weekend. It should have been a showcase for the two best teams the Czech Republic has ever had but, sadly, it was a somewhat melancholy affair.

Published: 14th May 2008

WITH three weeks to go to the British GP at Mallory Park, Tommy Searle and Shaun Simpson put Britain back on the podium at Sevlievo in Bulgaria after a sensational second MX2 moto which saw them dispute the victory from start to finish, the English teenager finally passing the 20-year-old Scot at the very last turn for his first win of the year to clinch the overall.

Published: 14th May 2008

DOUGIE Lampkin won the 2008 Scottish Six Days Trial last week in Fort William following an epic week-long duel with fellow Beta rider Michael Brown. With Browny riding just ahead of Doug all week they spent a fair amount of time walking sections together and the week was played-out in the best possible spirit. There were no unnecessary mind games, just lots of mutual respect with Doug the first to acknowledge a good ride by Michael who inevitably rode each section first.

Published: 14th May 2008

THE DEP Two-stroke series rolled into a new venue - Leisure Lakes, Lancashire - on Sunday, to be greeted by a smooth and fast-looking sand track. Hard to believe that only two rounds ago competitors were snowed in at Canada Heights.

Published: 14th May 2008

REGARDLESS of the terrain, three-hours of non-stop cross-country racing is a severe test of endurance for any competitor and machine. So, throw in a challenging seven-mile lap and scorching temperatures and that battle to reach the finish line also becomes a stern examination of a riders physical and mental strength.

Published: 07th May 2008

ERIC Kitchen, T+MX’s long-standing photographic contributor, and his wife Ellen, were star guests at a dinner staged at the opening of an exhibition of Kitch’s own selection of Scottish Six Days Trial pictures, being staged in Fort William this week.

Published: 07th May 2008

AFTER more than a few ups and downs, Yamaha’s Chad Reed did what he should have done much earlier in the season and finally claimed the 2008 AMA Supercross championship, his second, after claiming a resounding victory at the series showdown in sin city, Las Vegas, on Saturday night.

Published: 07th May 2008

DOMINATION was the order of the day at Lyng on Sunday as respective championship leaders Billy MacKenzie and Stephen Sword blitzed the opposition to record resounding double wins at the sandy, demanding Norfolk circuit, venue for round four of the Maxxis British Motocross Championship.

Published: 07th May 2008

DESPITE a disastrous final race on Monday, Conner Walkley won the Senior class at the East Kent club’s Canada Heights International Youth Motocross over Sunday and Monday of the Bank Holiday weekend.

Published: 07th May 2008

THE 2008 Scottish Six Days Trial got off to a fantastic start with brilliant sunshine gracing the Highlands for the opening day’s 58-mile run – and the day ended with a three-way tie for the lead! Dougie Lampkin posted his intention to stamp his authority on the event in his eagerly anticipated return ride with a cool, confident clean sheet through the day’s 30 sections – but keeping Dougie honest were a pair of Sam’s, in the form of Ludgate and Haslam!

Published: 07th May 2008

The going was quite tough for riders on day one. Clerk of the course, Alex Smith, and his merry men, had plotted a course going the opposite direction to many previous years. Late spring snow falls had ensured that the moors were much wetter than usual and the long haul over the Meall na Cruaidhe path was more energy sapping than at former events. Uncharacteristically of the Pre-65 Scottish was a massive log-jam queue at Camas na Muic on the south shore of Loch Leven – a point noted for next year by the organisers.

Published: 30th April 2008

THE Spanish Sherco factory has just released news of an exciting tenth Anniversary model designed specifically to commemorate their ten years of manufacturing trials bikes.

Published: 30th April 2008

THE 2008 AMA Supercross series is going down to the wire after Kevin Windham rode his best race of the season to snatch a vital victory at the penultimate round of the series at Seattle’s Qwest Field on Saturday night.

Published: 30th April 2008

SEBASTIEN Pourcel stopped an Italian clean sweep in Portugal, but he could not prevent David Philippaerts joining Toni Cairoli as the new red plate holder as the MX1 and MX2 world series takes a week’s break before the long haul to Bulgaria.

Published: 30th April 2008

THE battle that’s raged for years between Christian Iddon and Matt Winstanley to be Britain’s best Supermoto rider resumed for the first time this season as the pair met at the weekend’s opening round of the British Supermoto Championship at Lydd Raceway tucked down in the southeast corner of Kent.

Published: 30th April 2008

THE mighty Repsol-Montesa HRC squad dominated the two-day third round of the FIM 2008 SPEA World Trials Championship, staged at Sequatchie, Tennessee, in the United States of America, finishing one-two on both days. The excellent Trials Training Centre venue saw Takahisa Fujinami successful on the opening day, staged in hot, humid but dry conditions, whereas when the rain fell on day two it was World Champ Toni Bou who regained his normal position at the head of the field.

Published: 30th April 2008

THE second round of the Ian Durston Plant Services British Sidecarcross Championship was held at the brilliant Desertmartin track in Northern Ireland. This was the first time the championship had ventured ‘across the water’ to the province and it was worth the effort as the track was in excellent condition, though it was tough as the soft sandy track cut into deep ruts as the day progressed – making it a real survival of the fittest!

Published: 23rd April 2008

MacKenzie continues his quest for the Fuchs Silkolene Charity Award

Published: 23rd April 2008

TORCO Honda’s rookie sensation, Trey Canard, is the new East Coast Lites AMA Supercross champion. After a rough couple of weeks that almost cost him the title, the 17-year-old bounced back in emphatic style at the final round of the East Coast legs of the series at St Louis on Saturday night to snatch a famous and controversial win from championship rival Ryan Villopoto.