Sitting high above the grandstands of Sydney's ANZ Stadium is the Millennium Gala Room, and whilst it has hosted an array of galas and functions for the main stream football codes, November 20, 2010 will mark a change, as the motorcycle sporting community converge on ANZ Stadium for the first-time - for the annual MNSW Night of Champions

Every year around June, you’ll find hundreds of off-road riders coming from far and wide to descend on one of the most popular trail bike rallies on the calendar, the annual Yamaha Watagan Trail Bike Rally, a feast of dirt bike ridin’ good times!

Ben Spies treated a patriotic home crowd at the world famous Indianapolis Motor Speedway to an all-action display in today's MotoGP race, the Monster Yamaha Tech 3 rider ending a fantastic weekend with a career best second position

Tamara Gray further extended her lead in the Girls Division at the Thunder X as she took the round win at Green Park Conondale over the weekend at the third round of the QLD Natural Terrain Thunder X Championships

Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd is delighted to announce that current Yamaha Tech 3 rider Ben Spies will move to the Factory Team for the 2011 MotoGP season. The 26-year-old American, who won the World Superbike Championship with Yamaha in 2009, is enjoying an impressive first season in MotoGP. He is currently the leading rookie and the top satellite rider, lying seventh in the championship

Flyaway Grand Prix events for riders normally tend to pass in a blur of airports, planes, cars, hotels and counting the minutes at the circuit when not on the track setting fast lap-times. For Yamaha Monster Energy Motocross Team’s Gautier Paulin and Yamaha Monster Energy Ricci’s Alessandro Lupino the Brazilian round of the FIM MX2-GP World Championship last week at Campo Grande provided a slightly alternative experience

The action from the final two rounds of the 2010 Viking Group Australian Superbike Championship (ASBK) will be telecast live to over 1.3 million motorsport fans on Channel 7. Partnering with the V8 Supercar Championship Series for Phillip Island in September and Symmon’s Plains in November will provide the country’s best riders a chance to showcase world-class skills to a new audience

Like a thoroughbred horse tied up in the stable for too long, Hamilton’s Ken Jones can’t wait to be unbridled. The Yamaha star has been sidelined for the past two seasons because of health issues but now he’s close to 100% again and chomping at the bit to begin racing again

The Queensland Yamaha Junior Development Team of Joel Dinsdale and Wilson Todd competed at the FIM World Junior Motocross Championships over the weekend and came away with some impressive results. The 2010 event was hosted at the Dardon- Gueugnon circuit in France, where they pitted the worlds’ fastest junior pilots together in an individual and teams championship

Yamaha Monster Energy Ricci Motocross Team’s Ken De Dycker will miss the thirteenth round of the FIM MX1-GP World Championship at Campo Grande in Brazil this coming weekend in order to continue rehabilitation on his damaged right shoulder

Yamaha riders Kirk Hutton and Tom McCormack continued their domination of the Queensland Pony Express series on Sunday, taking the Pro Class win by a huge margin of about 12-minutes at round two of the series. Hutton, 37, has won the series nine times with various partners and said he was stoked to be riding with 17-year-old McCormack this season

This weekend August 22nd will see the Smarter than Smoking WA State Motocross Championships run Rounds 5 of the six round series at Noble Falls, hosted by the BSA / HD Motorcycle Club. The BSA /HD Motorcycle Club, is up in the hills East of Perth in Gidgegannup at the infamous Noble Falls circuit. Action a plenty will see the gloves off, and all riders pushing to put themselves in a good position at the end of the day, before a four week break heading to the finale at Hendley Park Byford on September the 19th

Global freestyle motocross superstar, Australia’s Robbie Maddison is the latest athlete to pledge his allegiance to the Crusty family, signing a multi-year deal to feature in the upcoming Thirst 4 Destruction Tour presented by Woodstock Bourbon and impending, unwritten chapters of action sports’ most successful touring act

Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. would like to announce that the partnership between Valentino Rossi and Yamaha will come to an end at the close of the season, when Valentino will move on to new challenges. Yamaha and Valentino have enjoyed seven fantastic seasons of racing, during which time they have won four MotoGP World Championships together.

Glen Williams made it 10 wins from 10 starts at Manfeild at the weekend, raising the question “can anyone beat this man on his vintage bike?” Williams scored another brace of wins in the Post Classic senior pre-89 class at the weekend’s fourth round of the Victoria Motorcycle Club’s popular Actrix Winter Series, putting him a commanding 86 points clear of Feilding’s Murray Cross (Yamaha) with just two rounds remaining

After a remarkable 2009 season that saw her win the Australian Womens Motocross Championship in her rookie season, Tori Dare is continuing on the good from in 2010 with great results so far this season. The young 17 year old from the New South Wales south coast has claimed the NSW women’s title

San Manuel Yamaha’s James Stewart will enter his first race in seven months when he lines up at the ninth round of the Lucas Oils AMA Motocross National championship in Unadilla, New York this weekend. The former supercross and motocross AMA number one has four events in the high-profile American series in order to place himself in contention for the 2010 Motocross of Nations and be one of Team USA’s three riders at Thunder Valley in Colorado, Denver on September 26th

Yamaha Monster Energy Gariboldi’s Harri Kullas was definitely the undisputed fastest Karter in the first Monster Energy ‘Kart-off’, held on Friday at the Lommel circuit in Belgium; 24 hours before the eleventh round of fifteen in the FIM Motocross World Championship at Limburg two weeks ago

After a well-earned two-week summer break, the Fiat Yamaha Team will reform at Brno in the Czech Republic this weekend as the second half of the 18-race MotoGP season gets underway. Jorge Lorenzo lands in eastern Europe as the runaway championship leader and his team-mate Valentino Rossi is hoping to be back to his best after the time off has given him further opportunity to recover from the broken leg and injured shoulder he sustained earlier in the season

YMA continues to offer customers unbelievable deals on a wide range of motorcycles, scooters and ATVs leading into spring. Many models in the extensive Yamaha line-up qualify for benefits that either add value or offer cashback as well as a super low finance rate on selected models

Global Action Sports has announced the 2010 Monster Energy Super X calendar for year three of the ambitious new Australasian Supercross Championship, this year’s series undergoing a host of revisions compared to previous seasons

On September 18 this year police from around Australia will ride to the National Police Memorial in Canberra for a special service to honour police who have paid the ultimate price in the line of duty in the inaugural Wall to Wall Ride for Remembrance

Yamaha Motor Europe and KTM Sport Motorcycles were disappointed to learn of the press release on Saturday 7th August by the Italian Motorcycle Federation (FMI) revealing that Yamaha Monster Energy Motocross Team’s David Philippaerts and Red Bull KTM’s Tony Cairoli have been unable to be considered for the final selection for the Italian team due to certain conditions to represent their country in the 2010 Motocross of Nations at Thunder Valley in Colorado on September 26th

Father and son duo David and Daniel Gallagher from Carindale in Queensland, have won the Jay Marmont Team CDR Rockstar Yamaha YZ450F offered as a prize on FUEL TV. The timing of the giveaway was perfect, happening as it did just after Marmont scooped his third Australian MX title in a row on the revolutionarly new YZ450F

John Ross has a lot to live up to and his grand plan for 2011 is to become New Zealand No.1, just like his father before him. The Canterbury motorcycle ace is the 29-year-old son of nine-time former national speedway champion Larry Ross and he’s determined to win a New Zealand motorcycle championship of his own before he turns 30, not that his father isn’t already immensely proud of John, and for good reason

Yamaha continued its domination of the Queensland enduro racing scene at the weekend, with YZ450F pilot, Kirk Hutton, leading the charge with another Pro Class win, followed by YZ250F rider, Tom McCormack, and YZ125 flyer, Grant Siebenhausen

Australia’s former AMA Superstock 1000 Champion Aaron Gobert visited the Laguna Seca round of the MotoGP World Championship and AMA Superbike Championship events late last month, scheduled to contest the FIM e-Power International Championship round

Motorcycling Australia (MA) would like to announce that Rounds 11 and 12 of the 2010 Yamaha Australian Off Road Championship (AORC) will be held at Cherrabah Resort, near Warwick, QLD on 4-5 September 2010

Chad Kagy (USA), Steve McCann (AUS) and Andy Buckworth (AUS) claimed first, second and third in the BMX Big Air event at X Games in Los Angeles today after recently touring Australia together as part of the Nitro Circus Live tour. The three riders who train together at Woodward in Pennsylvania dominated the four run final by performing the biggest tricks in BMX on the planet over the huge mega ramp gap and quarter pipe

There’s no holding our Tezza back when it comes to his love of motorcycle riding and the quest for adventure - whether it be road or off road. Although the body he gets around in these days is not quite what it once was. It's missing some bark and yields the battle scars of bitumen scrapes and trail tears from trying to keep up with those young wild boys (..and girls!) half his age

Yamaha Sterilgarda rider Cal Crutchlow sent a clear message today in the Superpole session, the British rider putting in devastatingly fast laps through the heats to claim his fifth pole position start of the year. Crutchlow’s fastest flying lap was just 0.7 seconds off the recent MotoGP pole time taken by Lorenzo at Silverstone and would have put the Yamaha Sterilgarda rider on the second row of the GP grid to start. Whilst his time on a qualifier was impressive, Crutchlow’s first Superpole heat delivered an equally astounding 2’04.5 on race rubber

After three weeks break, the World Superbike riders should be fresh and all ready for action as the series heads to Great Britain for round 10 at Silverstone. The World Superbike series hasn't been to Silverstone since 2007, and since then, the world famous track has seen a few modifications. But the Silverstone track is still known for one thing, and that's speed

Due to the Fraser Island Trail Escape being cancelled by QPWS, Club Y, with some help from over the border trail kings - Ray Buchanan, John Fleiter and Keith Owen - we've prepared an even better trail/enduro adventure for our mad-keen dirt bike riders and it all starts in a quaint little town in the heart of the Sunshine Coast Hinterland - Maleny, Queensland.
Blackall Ranges Trail Ride

Long awaited and much anticipated - one big ride over two days across some of the best and most diverse trail sections the Australian off road has to offer!

The ride takes on some of the legendary trails from the Kenilworth Chook Chase, so if your participating in our ride, beware that all of the arrows for the Kenilworth Chook Chase will already be up in the forest, so DON'T FOLLOW THEM, FOLLOW YOUR TRAIL GUIDE OR CORNER MAN!!

Round five of the West Australian Junior Motocross Championships were held in the power robbing, rider sapping sand of Pinjar Park Wanneroo. The Wellard Yamaha Junior Development Team has had a turnstile of riders on and off the injured list this season which has seen what could have been a great year of results watered down to not reflect the team’s talented members

Yes, another era another title for King - It may have been six years since New Zealand’s Darryll King last won a major national title in Australia but the clock was rolled back at the weekend when he made it Australian motocross title No.4. King previously won the prestigious open class titles across the Tasman on three separate occasions – in 2001, 2003 and 2004 – and he returned at the weekend to snatch away the over-40s veterans’ crown, an official championship for the first time this season

Motorcycling NSW's first-ever Call To Arms Charity Ride Day exceeded many expectations over the weekend, as large fields of riders turned out at the Lakes Motorcycle Club and donned yellow armbands to support the Cancer Council's Call To Arms and awareness of Men's cancer, whilst raising thousands of dollars in the process

In our last Club Y newsletter, young South Australian Motocross rider Tate Lindstrom shared with us how his determination to compete in the sport he loves so much brought him realize his dream no matter what. Tate wrote how being born with only a right hand, had his parents seriously concerned that he might not be able to ride a push bike, then the same concern existed when they bought the family’s first mini bike. Tate however didn’t share their concern and had no problems adapting. Tate added, “I don’t even think I was aware I had one hand until I was ten years old and even now I forget until I walk in front of mirror.”

John Hall, the father of the Australian Four Day Enduro (A4DE), passed away in New South Wales yesterday at the age of 73 after a long battle with cancer. Hall was a dedicated rider, Official and administrator who was responsible for starting the A4DE in 1978, and was the main instigator in pushing for the International Six Days Enduro (ISDE) to be run in Australia, which took place in 1992 and 1998

Yamaha is pleased to announce two new motorcycles that open up a whole new class within the popular FZ sportsbike range – the FZ8N and FZ8S. The FZ8-series is based on the idea of a high-performance all-rounder with the power and character to make every ride an exhilarating sports ride

The biggest dirt bike enduro event in the Southern Hemisphere is set to be held at one of Australia’s most breathtakingly beautiful stretches of coast in 2011. From April 20th to 23rd, about 350 racers and hundreds of crew and fans will descend on Koumala (located 58km’s south of Mackay, Queensland) for the 33rd annual Australian 4-Day Enduro (A4DE)

South Australians will again get to enjoy all the Yamaha Australian Off-Road Championship (AORC) action when the penultimate weekend of the series hits Kapunda next weekend (August 7th and 8th). Dozens of local riders are expected to take advantage of the opportunity to compete in the national championship (which has been linked with rounds four and five of their state series)

Jorge Lorenzo took a brilliant sixth victory of the season at Laguna Seca today, romping home to win by over three seconds from Casey Stoner. His team-mate Valentino Rossi made a triumphant return to the podium just seven weeks after breaking his right leg, overhauling Andrea Dovizioso during a thrilling last ten laps to finish third

Each year Clubby and Dr Phil from TRAILZONE hook up with Club Y to run a trail ride somewhere in the Blue Mountains. This year two great rides have taken place one at Oberon and the other at Clarence and because the team put together such good rides, the riders just keep demanding more, and there’s more to come

Jorge Lorenzo took an impressive fifth consecutive pole at Laguna Seca today, the 40th of his career across all classes. His recovering Fiat Yamaha team-mate Valentino Rossi continued to struggle a little with the physical demands of the American track and will start from sixth tomorrow

Making its debut as an Australian Championship, the two Veterans classes at the final round of the 2010 Rockstar Energy Drink MX Nationals were a massive success, with two inaugural Veterans Australian Motocross Champions crowned. In the 35 years to under 40 years class, former Aussie Champion Cameron ‘the holeshot king’ Taylor made a triumphant return to the racing scene making it a clean sweep of the three motos on Saturday

Jay Marmont etched himself in the record books of Australian sport today taking his third consecutive Australian Motocross Championship after an action packed final round of the Rockstar MX Nationals at Coolum on the Sunshine Coast

As the final round of the 2010 Rockstar Energy Drink MX Nationals hits Coolum this weekend, one local threw down the gauntlet to four of Australia’s best Motocross riders. On Friday morning; reigning Pro Opens Champ and CDR Rockstar Yamaha rider Jay Marmont, Honda privateer Dean Ferris, Cool Air Kawasaki Racing Team’s Billy Mackenzie, and JDR Motorex KTM’s Tye Simmonds all lined up against local helicopter pilot, Graeme Gillies of Blue Tongue Helicopters, at Sunshine Coast Airport in a drag race of epic proportions

Following the cancelation of its first-ever Call To Arms Recreational Charity Ride Day last month, the rescheduled event is set to take place at this Saturday at Lakes MCC, Awaba. However, for those looking to get as much track-time as possible and for those traveling from interstate, Lakes will now open its gates for a second day of riding on the Sunday