Motorcycling Australia’s (MA) Annual General Meeting was held on Tuesday 18 May 2009 in Melbourne, where two Board members - Stephen Foody and Lyal Allen - were successfully re-elected by the MA Council.

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One of the legends of endurance racing, five-time Dakar Rally Quad winner, Josef Machacek, will make his debut in the Australasian Safari, to be held in the Western Australian outback from August 1 to 8.

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Decorated Supercross superstar, Australia’s Chad Reed is looking to carry over strong form into the second round of the Lucas Oil AMA Pro Motocross Championship following a solid return to outdoor competition last weekend.

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With the drought in Western Australia finally breaking, conditions on the weekend could not have been more different for the third round of the State Championships from two weeks ago when the Wellard Yamaha riders took their biggest haul of podiums ever from the Hendley Park circuit.

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Melbourne: Suzuki Australia and GE Capital announced that from 1 July 2009, GE Capital will be the exclusive floor plan financier to the Suzuki Australia Motorcycle Dealer national network.

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Four junior Honda riders have been chosen to represent Australia at the 2009 FIM World Junior Motocross Championships. The team was chosen by Motorcycling Australia after an intense three day training camp at the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS), and will compete at the Championships in Taupo, New Zealand, on August 15-16.

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Round two of the South Australian Motocross Championships headed south on the weekend to Mount Gambier. The bad weather held off long enough for the race action and the track was a perfect play ground for the team to do battle. The ups were two class wins between Damon Hill (Yamaha Pitmans) and Mitchell Norris (Cowley’s Motorcycles) and the downs of Daniel Banks (Bikes ‘N’ Gear) braking his arm.

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KTM Australia is stepping up its commitment to desert racing, with a six rider team confirmed to enter the 2009 Tattersall’s Finke Desert Race from 5-8 June. The team line up is a collaboration between motorcycling manufacturer KTM, and loyal partners HSE Group, Motorex Oils, and KTM dealership Race Motorcycles.

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The BMW GS success story - 500,000th GS comes off the production line
Whether in off-road racing or as the ultimate anyroad tourer: with its conceptual variety, the BMW GS models have become firmly established on the market over a period of three decades, with the 500,000th BMW GS coming off the production line in Berlin on May 12th, 2009 - an R 1200 GS.

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After a weekend break for most of the World Championship riders in the MX classes, everybody heads for Mallory Park which is the venue for the 7th round in the FIM MX World Championship.

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