Pushing past the pain barrier is what Kiwi motocross world champion Katherine Prumm has been doing every day since her freak training crash in May but after another crash her title hopes for 2008 are over.

And now she's back on top of the world. But that ranking won't last for long with news coming thorough from Europe today that the two-time women’s world motocross champion had suffered another training crash and she would be unable to continue with her campaign.

The Franklin Business Women’s Association is recognising her achievements and contributions to the area at a special dinner in Pukekohe this evening.

But instead of being able to celebrate this from Europe...

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Monster Kawasaki’s Jamie Hacking admitted he was surprised to be the fastest Superbike rider in the first session at Miller Motorsports Park and he also expects that the dominant Rockstar Makita Suzukis won’t take it lightly.

Hacking became the first non-Suzuki rider to lead a Superbike session, practice, qualifying, or warm-up, when he topped the first...

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SONOMA -- Ben Spies put together a dominating performance on Saturday, leading the Kawasaki AMA Superbike Showdown at Infineon Raceway from nearly start to finish to earn his third straight Superbike victory of the season.

But Spies' effort on the track was overshadowed by Mat Mladin's outburst after the race, as the six-time AMA champion sounded off on new series owners Daytona Motorsports Group and the changes it has proposed for next season.

"You saw the best riders in America on the best bikes," Mladin told fans as he was being interviewed in the winner's circle. "Hopefully next year you won't see a bunch of piece of crap motorcycles with...


Read the full article by Curtis Pashelka in the Contra Costa Times and see a slideshow from the race

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Mike Smith has dabbled in go-karts, but going from BMX to motorcycle racing, it's safe to sum up the 15-year-old Vallejo native the way his dad, Rob, did: "He likes two wheels."

Smith is set to compete this weekend in the Supermoto USA racing that is part of the Kawasaki AMA Superbike Showdown at Infineon Raceway presented by...

Read the full article by Tim Scott in the Vallejo Times-Herald

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Kawasaki’s MotoGP boss Michael Bartholemy has promised the Japanese factory will make engine improvements to the 2008 ZX-RR after a nightmare Shanghai MotoGP last weekend.

Kawasaki suffered a disastrous Chinese MotoGP clash, with a hard tyre choice proving woefully wrong as John Hopkins could only finish 14th in his...

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Kawasaki's John Hopkins will head home to California from Australia earlier than expected, after crashing heavily during this morning's rain affected test at Phillip Island.

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Auckland's Katherine Prumm is no stranger to winning - she is, afterall, the reigning women's world motocross champion - but her performance at the weekend show she is now racing better than ever.

It was no surprise that the Kawasaki superstar finished unbeaten in the three women's class races at day one of the 47th annual New Zealand Motocross Grand Prix at...

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Put 500 truckloads of dirt, 107 motorcycles and 46,121 fans in Chase Field and what do you get?

A lot of noise and an easy win for last year’s American Motorcyclist Association Supercross champion James Stewart in the Supercross main event at Chase Field on Saturday.

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There was no end to the yellow flags amid the roaring motorcycle engines and flying dirt last weekend at the Northwest Arenacross Nationals at the Trade, Recreation and Agricultural Center.

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Troy Bayliss has broken his right collarbone after high siding his Xerox Ducati 1098 F08 on the final day of the official Pirelli test at Phillip Island. MCN has learned that that Bayliss crashed whilst attempting to pass Kawasaki PSG-1...

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