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    TM Testday At Washbrook Farm MX (Jan 30, 2012)

    TM Racing dealer, Washbrook Farm MX, held their TM test day this past Saturday on their own fabulous circuit, nestled in the Fens on the outskirts of the picturesque village of Doddington in Cambridgeshire, and TM UK was there with some TM Racing Motocross machinery to allow people to experience some of the TM Racing range. Some unwanted rain falling on Friday evening did little to damping the enthusiasm and the sandy circuit soaked it up and gave us an excellent days action. To document the occasion the TooFast Film crew of Phil and Max Hind were also in attendance and we look forward... read more

    TM Racing 2012 UK Press Launch (Jan 24, 2012)

    Picture: Mark Eastwood inspects a TM 125 Kart Engine. TM UK has just made a little bit of history in TM Racing marketing and set a first for the both ourselves and the small motorcycle concern based in the beautiful town of Pesaro on the east coast of Italy. TM UK worked hard over the winter period in collaboration with TM Racing and put together an exciting three day package for the UK press. Treated to an all expenses paid trip by TM UK, representatives from Trials and Motocross News, Moto Magazine, Dirt Bike Rider, Enduro Extreme, Trail Bike Magazine, Enduro.ie and more were... read more

    SKS-Polned TM Factory Racing - 2012 World Motocross Grand Prix Team (Jan 11, 2012)

    Van Beers, a name synonymous with world stage Motocross, is back with one of its long term sponsors and is all set to contest the 2012 Motocross Grand Prix Series running TM Racing machinery. Adri Van Beers quickly reached and argreement with SKS BV director Toine Uijttewaal to form the 2012 team, SKS BV was closely involved in the previous Van Beers team as sponsor, and with both principals being equally passionate about motocross and contributing into to the development of the sport the team, for sure, will have good backing. Toine Uijttewaal will part time assist with the team... read more

    TM Racing Factory 2012 EWC Team (Jan 10, 2012)

    The TM Racing factory has confirmed a list of riders for it's 2012 EWC assault. TM Racing Enduro Team manager, Luca Cherubini, has confirmed that the 2012 EWC team will consist of 3 riders split over the E1, E3 and EJ classes competing on a three different class machines from the TM Racing range. In the highly competitive E1 class will be Finnish star Antti Hellsten who will pilot a TM 250Fi 4-Stroke machine. Team manager, Luca, is hoping that the latest addition to the TM Racing team will show the form he found at the start of the 2011 season and start putting together some solid... read more

    Zanotti Out Of 2012 Dakar (Jan 5, 2012)

    Allesandro Zanotti the 34 year old Italian from San Marino nicknamed the 'Lion of the Desert' has withdrawn from the 2012 Rally Dakar. Piloting a TM Racing concept machine for this years rally Zanotti was all set for the 14 days of competition and the 9000Kms distance to be covered, travelling from Mar del Plata in Argentina across the Andes into Peru and onward to Chile to the finish at Lima, but luck was not on his side. A mousse failure left him nursing his machine onward at a reduced pace at an altitude of 3500ft above sea level whilst already battling a mystery illness, with the... read more

    2011 TM UK British Motocross Championship Team Special. (Dec 17, 2011)

    TM UK British Motocross Championship Team Video From Desrtmartin This team footage was shot at the legendary Desertmartin circuit in Northere Ireland in 2011 by Neil Mckeown. Please copy and paste the link below. http://vimeo.com/33750262 read more

    Valentino Rossi Shows Style On TM (Dec 9, 2011)

    Picture Courtesy of Motorcycle News. Road Racing legend Valentino Rossi has just completed his new off road circuit at this home in Tavullia, his new 'ranch' features it's own MX track that also contains a large number of flat track style corners for the tarmac supremo to hone his skills on the looser stuff. Riding a TM Racing 450Fi MX Vale' showed some style as his slid the TM through the turns on the power with fellow 'legend of dirt' Antonio Cairoli and his father, Graziano. Graziano, who actually helps to produce a range of flat track style street and track bikes powered by TM... read more

    Lewis King Back On TM For 2012 (Dec 9, 2011)

    Lewis in action recently on a TM 450Fi MX. Lewis King has chosen to ride TM machinery in 2012 and is looking to compete in the British Championships, the Red Bull series and selected British Masters rounds. After a succesful 2008 where he ended the season on the podium on TM Racing's 144cc MX machine in the BYMX Championship, took to the podium in the youth Supercross Championship and scored points in rounds of the British Championships, young Lewis went to pastures new in 2009 which pretty much witnessed his disappearance form the sport at the higher levels. Now Lewis is back and... read more

    TM Racing Shock Absorber Finally Here (Dec 6, 2011)

    With over a year of development and testing in Grand Prix and World Stage racing by the TM Racing official factory riders in Motocross, Enduro and Supermotard the new TM Racing 'Factory' shock absorber is finally here. Designed, engineered and manufactured by TM Racing this beautifully crafted new shock absorber, of which the majority of it's components are machined from billet and treated aluminium and even features a 'heat sink' type reservoir, has been born from the minds of the TM Racing factory engineers and Grand Prix Motocross technician Patriek Haydens. With decades of experience... read more

    'Win A Scalvini Exhaust System' Competition (Nov 22, 2011)

    The 'Win A Scalvini Exhaust System' competition, which was run over three issues of Trials and Motocross News, has a winner, congratualtions go to Mr John Smale. Mr Smale collected his tokens and shipped them off to TM UK (Scalvini UK) where his entry joined the compeition mail-bag which was bursting with entries, Gavin Cragie of CCM Racing delved deep and produced Mr Smale's envelope which contained his Christmas wish for a new Scalvini system for his 2008 YZ 250. Scalvini made his wish come true and pictured above is Mr Smale's gorgeous new exhaust pipe and carbon fibre silencer... read more

    2012 TM Racing 125 MX Finally Revealed (Nov 11, 2011)

    The 2012 TM Racing 125 MX broke cover at this weeks EICMA show in Milan. TM Racing, who are still constantly developing and producing an impressive range of 2-Stroke machinery, were pleased to unveil their new 2012 model year 125cc machine at the Milan show this week. TM's legendary 125cc 2-Stroke powerhouse has been re-worked for 2012 and features a new lighter cylinder and cylinder head arrangement that features an electronically controlled powervalve system. This new system allows much better control of the powervalve operation by removing the centrifugal mechanical system and... read more

    Ashley Greedy Takes The New 2012 TM Racing 250 2t MX To Victory At Barmouth Beech Race (Nov 4, 2011)

    Ashley Greedy Wins At Barmouth On A 2012 TM 250 MX Young Welsh talent and Supercross sensation Ashley Greedy powered his latest purchase to the overall victory as the Barmouth Beech Race last weekend, a brand spanking TM Racing 250 MX 2-stroke machine, with the two-day event limited to 250 riders it was sold out weeks prior to the event and drew some top talent from the British MX scene. Ashley, who is only just returning to riding following surgery to an old injury, did enough over the two day to secure the victory as his main rival sufferred mechanical gremlins with his Honda... read more

    ACU British Motocross Championship - Final Round - Hawkstone Park. (Oct 3, 2011)

    The final round of the ACU British Motocross Championships took place this past weekend at the famous Hawkstone Park circuit in Shropshire, the natural sandy circuit was in fine fettle for this last round of the 8 round series and had been treated to some thorough preparation work in the days leading up to the event. With the weather holding, albeit a little sticky at times, and with only the lightest spit of rain falling after the days racing had finished the conditions were good, for sure better than last years round that was abandoned due to torrential rain washing parts of the track... read more

    TM Racing 2012 Models (Sep 29, 2011)

    Finally, the eagerly anticipated 2012 model range from TM Racing has been released. With both 2 stroke and 4 stroke models covering the disciplines of Motocross, Enduro and Supermotard TM Racing have a machine to suit everybody in the 2012 range. Also new for 2012 is the introduction of the Supermotard Road 'White Dream' to compliment the already famous 'Black Dream', the new white plastics for this model are complimented by a new designer seat cover. For the complete specifications of the 2012 model line up, model changes and pricings please refer to the model range section of this... read more

    2011 Red Bull Pro Nationals and 2-Stroke Championship Season Review. (Sep 26, 2011)

    The final round of the 2011 Red Bull Pro National and 2-Stroke championships took place this past weekend at Culham Moto Park in Oxfordshire, with a number of championship titles still to be decided it was an exciting weekend for all involved and for sure the action on the track certainly kept the crowed entertained. Team TM UK were once again there in force to contest the 125cc and Open class 2-Stroke races in both the Expert and Junior classes. Stuart Edmonds, Ryan Pottenger, Chas Statt and Christian Lyth all took to battle on their TM 'smokers' whilst the 2009 125cc Champion, Jim... read more

    2011 TM Cup of Nations (Sep 21, 2011)

    After the last round of the hugely popular TM Cup series which has will take place in Grevenbroich on the 9th of October comes the big finale and the event of the year for all TM Racing fans, The TM Cup of Nations. This event which will feature all capacity classes of TM Racing machinery and will take place on the 29th of October at the famous circuit of Genk in Belgium, numerous countries are fielding three man teams all compeiting on TM Racing machinery for the TM Cup of Nations. Last years end of season event was superb and featured over 120 TM racers all competing for fun and some... read more

    Stuart Edmonds - Team Ireland - 2011 Monster Energy FIM Motocross Of Nations. (Sep 20, 2011)

    The 2011 Monster Energy FIM Motocross of Nations was held this past weekend at the famous Grand Prix circuit of Saint Jean D'angely, in the south west of France and TM UK team rider, Stuart Edmonds, was there to compete for his native home of Ireland on a TM 250Fi machine in the MX2 class. With the entire venue laid out spectacularly and with the track looking to be groomed to perfection on the hillside it was going to be an exciting weekend for all involved, for Stuart it was to be that extra bit special as he was to ride this event under the official TM Racing team awning and was given... read more

    Stuart Edmonds and TM Racing - 2011 ACU British 250cc 2-Stroke Champions. (Sep 11, 2011)

    Stuart Edmonds went into the last round of this years ACU British 2-Stroke championship at Milton Mowser today with a 23 point advantage over his nearest rival, with a hatrick of dominating wins on his TM Racing 250cc machine Stuart stamped his authority on the championship and took the 2011 title much to the delight of himself and the TM UK team. With the series being contested by a number of the TM UK team it was yet again again a busy day and just to add a little more work to the schedule Ryan 'Chubbie' Hammond was also 'guest' riding after confirming the loan of a 125cc TM Racing... read more

    Edmonds Takes The Red Plate In The Open Two-Strokes. (Sep 6, 2011)

    Picture Courtesy of Ian Roxburgh - MC Federation. The penultimate round of the 2011 Red Bull Pro National Series and 2-Stroke Open and 125cc Championships were held this past weekend at the renowned Desertmartin circuit in Northern Ireland. The weekend turned out to be a rather hectic affair for the TM team with the large amount of organisation required leading up to the event, the travelling, the boat crossings and with the forecasted rainy weather appearing on Friday, Saturday and more heavily on Sunday afternoon, just adding a little more work to the schedule. However, as per... read more

    Podium for Jordan Scott at Enduro Wolrd Championship - Andorra. (Sep 5, 2011)

    Electraction TM rider, Jordan Scott, secured a hard fought and deserved 3rd place in the Junior World Youth cup on day two of the GP of Andorra, having finished 4th on day one. Round 6 of the Enduro World Championships was held in Sant Lucia de Lorca, Andorra last weekend in what was to prove a very hard and physical event, categorised by the "extreme" extreme test better suited to mountain goats than man and enduro machines!. Difficult for almost the entire field the lap and the extreme test were to take their toll on many competitors. Young Jordan, aboard the TM 125cc machine, stuck... read more

    Chareyre And TM Racing - 2011 Italian International Champions (Sep 5, 2011)

    CASTELLETTO- The final battle of the Italian International Championship takes place at the spectacular fast track of Castelltto in Branduzzo. Saturday qualifying worked out perfectly for the TM Team and the of great physical shape of Thomas Chareyre and his TM Racing 450Fi SMX was evident yet again , Thomas took the pole position once more. Sunday was strongly affected by the torrential rain, heavy rain that lasted all morning during the practice sessions and early races, This forced the organisers to alter the schedules for the 'main event' and the International races were postponed... read more

    Red Bull Pro Nationals and Two-Strokes: Lyth Does The Double At Hawkstone (Aug 29, 2011)

    The legendary Hawkstone Park played host to round 5 of the Red Bull Pro National and Two-Stroke Championships this past weekend and the TM UK team and its cast of riders of Stuart Edmonds, Jim Davies, Ryan Pottenger, Christian Lyth and Chas Statt were there once again in force to contest in a plethora of classes. With the team competing in the 125cc and Open Class 2-Stroke Championships, in both the Expert and Junior classes, and also the Red Bull Pro National Series it was another busy weekend for the team especially with the added addition of another rider for this event, Kyle Platt, in... read more

    Tough Times At The Grand Prix of Great Britain (Aug 22, 2011)

    With a telephone call only confirming Stuart Edmonds' entry into the MX2 Grand Prix of Great Britain on Tuesday afternoon it was a monumental task to prepare his machinery from the ground up and get to the venue in a little over two days, with a huge team effort the bikes were prepped and looked fabulous with their new Grittenham MX emblazoned decal kits supplied by Jim at Motoshack. Upon arrival the track looked superb spread out across the basin and even the rain leading up to the event, that had caused so much chaos in the parking areas, could not dampen your enthusiasm as you gazed at... read more

    Up and Duns for the TM UK Team..... (Aug 15, 2011)

    ACU British Motocross Championship - Rd 7 Duns The penultimate round of the 2011 ACU British Motocross Championships took place this past weekend at the Duns circuit in the Scottish Borders, partially constructed on the side of the rolling Lammemuir hills of Langton Lees Farm the 1.8km track with it's many technical sections and fast sections bore witness to a large amount of rain in the days leading up to the event and for sure this was noticeable on arrival. The circuit appeared to take the water well and with the amount off rain that had fallen it was in better shape than expected,... read more

    Casino Bonver Grand Prix Of The Czech Republic - Loket. (Aug 10, 2011)

    The twelfth round of the 2011 World Motocross Championship will be contested on the beautiful track at Loket in the Czech Republic, not only a superb circuit in a picturesque setting but also the title Grand Prix of Casino Bonver, the TM Racing Team's main sponsor. The Saturday free practice, timed practice and qualifying races take place with the expectation of rain, the rain does arrive as forecasted just before the MX2 qualifying race, but it is inconsitient and once again passes over, however...in the later stages of the MX1 qualifying race it returns and makes the track... read more

    Wulfsport British Master - Rd 6 (Aug 8, 2011)

    Library Image courtesy of Mike Wood. With a small break from British Championship and Red Bull rounds to contest the TM riders of Stuart Edmonds and Ryan Pottenger headed off to Hawkstone Park this past weekend to join Amateur MX2 rider Chas Statt at the Wulfsport British Masters series. In the MX2 Pro Class it was Stuart who decided to give himself some real work to do around the world renowned circuit and competed in the 250 four stroke dominated Pro field on a TM 125cc 2-Stroke machine, after a couple of tumbles in the first race and a bad start in race two Stuart battled hard... read more

    TM TV - A TooFast Films Video Of The TM UK Team - RBPN, Canada Heights. (Aug 3, 2011)

    A TM TV - TooFast Films Production of the TM UK team in action at the recent Red Bull Pro Nationals at Canada Heights where TM Racing riders took all four 2-Stroke class overall wins, Stuart Edmonds won all three races in Saturday's Expert Open class with team-mate Jim Davies joining him on the podium in 3rd overall, In the Junior Open class Dunfermline Motorcycles supported TM rider, Jason Martin took the overall from unlucky TM UK team rider Chrisitan Lyth who won the first and third races but was forced to withdraw from race two after a bad crash damaged his handlebars. In the 125cc... read more

    Stuart Edmonds - Awesome TM 125 MX Footage From The RBPN At Canada Heights (Aug 2, 2011)

    See Stuart in action in race 1 of the 125cc 2-Strokes at Canada Heights where he finished second after a bad start (a bit rusty on 125 starts... but we will forgive him !) and then a fall. Stuart then went on to win the next two 125cc races on Sunday after taking all three race wins in Saturday's Open class championship on his TM 250 MX machine. Stuart competed in three classes this past weekend, an incredible 8 races with 5 victories and 2 overall finishes. Here is a link to a video from TooFast Films.......... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3VvrojAbqc read more

    TM Racing 'Smoke' The 2-Stroke Classes At The Red Bull Pro Nationals. (Aug 1, 2011)

    Picture: Stuart Edmonds takes the overall after 3 convincing wins in the 2-Stroke Open class With team-mate Jim Davies in 3rd. Picture courtesy of Moto Magazine. TM RACING riders took top honours in all 4 categories this past weekend at round 4 of the Red Bull Pro National 2-Stroke Championships held at the Canada Heights circuit near Swanley, Kent. The TM mounted pilots swept the top steps of the podium taking the overall victories in both the the 125cc and Open, Junior and Expert classes making it 4 overall wins out of 4 classes for TM Racing machines. The TM UK team were... read more

    Motocross World Championship - Lommel (Aug 1, 2011)

    Lommel is always Lommel and Sunday's race confirmed once again the difficulty of this track, the required skill to be able to navigate the tough circuit is large, lap after lap the track changes continually forcing the riders to improvise and create new lines. Saturday gave evidence straight away that Tanel was feeling confident on this circuit with his TM Racing 450cc machine, setting the fastest time in the official timed practice confirm this. MX1 Race One: Tanel jumps from starting gate well but at the first turn the crowd behind him arrive at full gas, to survive the first turn... read more

    British Motocross Championship - Round 6 - Foxhill (Jul 25, 2011)

    The legendary Foxhill Moto Park in Wiltshire played host to round 6 of the British Motocross Championships this past weekend and the highly contested MX1 and MX2 classes took to the former GP track, nestled in its own amphitheatre, and gave us a good days racing at the highest levels. The forecasted sunny weather did come as promised on Sunday and it was a scorcher of a day, even some scattered cloud cover did little to lower the temperatures and the very dry track was treated to some water throughout the course of the event to keep the dust down... which certainly kept the riders on their... read more

    Chareyre And TM Top The Podium And Championship. (Jul 21, 2011)

    Pomposa, Italy: The fifth round of the Italian International was hosted at the Ferrarese circuit in Pomposa, the weather forecast foretold a wet weekend but the sun shone and warmed the circuit well over the two days. The TM rider of Thomas Chareyre on his TM Racing 450Fi SMX machine posted the second fastest time in the qualifiers on Saturday preceeded by Uros Nastran, Nastran performed a sensational lap conquering his first Pole Position of the season, the third best time was set by Adrien Chareyre with Fabio Balducci on a near identical time in fourth. On Sunday morning during... read more

    Edmonds Takes Overall At ACU British 2-Stroke Championship, Davies Runner-Up In 125 Class (Jul 20, 2011)

    The penultimate round of the 2011 ACU British 2-Stroke Championships took place this past weekend at the famous Canada Heights circuit near Swanley, Kent. With the 'not-so-clever-looking' forecasted weather holding off the scene was set for some exciting 2-Stroke action, however, the rain did eventually show itself later in the day, albeit light enough not to cause any worries, and the TM UK Team powered themselves into the results once more in both the Open and 125cc classes. The current 2011 series leader in the Open class, Stuart Edmonds on his TM 250 MX machine, took the pole in the... read more

    Motocross World Championship - GP of Latvia (Jul 20, 2011)

    Kegums, Latvia: The 2011 Motocross World Championship is here in Kegums for round 10 of the series and for sure the game is not over yet, an exciting weekend in all classes that showed once more that there are many in each class that have the desire and possibilty to win. Cairoli scores the first double victory of the season here and Desalle, who tries so hard to stay with the leaders as he recuperates after injury, is still not giving up the fight, also Bobryshev is starting to show promise and has now taken victories beating Cairoli cleanly, as has Frossard. In MX2 Roczen and Herlings are... read more

    Enduro World Championship - GP of Romania (Jul 19, 2011)

    Buzau, Romania: After the double transfer to Turkey and Greece the World circus lands in Romania to dispute the seventh EWC event. With illustrious accidents and minor troubles the season has been full of surprises for the TM Factory Enduro Team and we enter this event with renewed hope and with much excitement that we can achieve better then before. Day One: The first day did not give us any surprises, those who try hardest came away with the results and for the TM pilots tried hard to better their previous performances. Julien Gauthier ended the day fifth in the E1 Class whilst Aigar... read more

    Motocross Grand Prix of Germany (Jul 19, 2011)

    Teutchenthal, Germany: We have arrived for round 9 of the 2011 Motocross World Championship. This event in Germany confirmed to the world the very high level of competition and the quality and talents of the riders in the Motocross World Championships, especially in the MX1 Class were we bore witness to a new rider taking to the front and winning Grand Prix races, the Russian, Bobryschev. Unfortunately the wheel of fortune does not turn so well for the TM Factory Racing Team and even less so for the strong Estonian pilot, Tanel Leok. MX1 Race One: The Factory TM pilot takes off in the... read more

    The Hicks Hatrick ! (Jul 12, 2011)

    TM UK Cobra youth squad rider, Archie 'the Hurricane' Hicks, took time out from his new-found Motocross schedule to return to the British IOPD Youth Enduro Championships, that he has dominated for the past few seasons, and came away with the spoils once more. Young Archie's saturday did not get off to a great start after his Cobra CX65 machine refused to fire into life on the start, however after a few more kicks she was singing into and Archie was away, albeit at the back of the pack with work to do. 'The Hurricane' got his head down and sliced through field finding himself in third... read more

    Chas Statt 'Smokes' It !! (Jul 9, 2011)

    TM 125 rider, Chas Statt, once again proved that in the right hands the humble 125cc 2-Stroke machine is more than a match for the current crop double capacity 250cc 4 stroke machines by taking the overall at round 5 of the British Masters Amateur MX2 class this past weekend. Chas, who is only now finding his form after spending the winter period recuperating from injury, is showing some incredible pace in these events and has been at the forefront of numerous races this season, not only is Chas running with the elite of the class but is also taking victories and even hole-shotting... read more

    TM UK Team On Form At British Enduro Sprint Championship (Jul 9, 2011)

    The final 2 rounds of the 2011 ACU British Enduro Sprint Championship took place this past weekend at the Berwyn Leisure Park venue near Llangollen, Wales and the TM UK team was there in force to contest rounds nine and ten of this 2 day event. With it's Motorcross team in attendance, as well as the Electraction TM UK Enduro regulars of Jordan Scott and Robert Lynn, it was a busy weekend for the TM UK squad who fielded numerous riders across the class categories. Here is a brief summary of the weekends action for the TM UK riders...... Enduro regular Jordan Scott piloted his TM 250Fi... read more

    Motocross Grand Prix of Sweden (Jul 8, 2011)

    GP SWEDEN Uddevalla: The Motocross world championship circus chose the beautiful Uddervalle district in Sweden for round 8 of the 2011 series and the TM Racing Team arrived at the event with great expectations after the fantastic 2nd position finish obtained by Tanel Leok in the MX1 class at the last round in Spain, to further these expectations Tanel put himself into 7th position in the time qualification on Saturday. MX1 Race One: The first race begins and the TM Racing pilot takes off quickly with a good jump from the start-gate but unfortunately halfway down the start straight... read more

    Supermotard Grand Prix - Andorra (Jul 8, 2011)

    Andorra- The World Supermotard Championship stops at Andorra for this next round of the 2011 Championship and although it is a beautiful sunny day the wind is excessively strong and forces the organizers to reschedule the days events, moving the warm up and cancelling the Superpole. TM Racing rider Thomas Chareyre's weekend starts off well, he obtains second position in qualification only fractions behind his older brother Adrien. Race One: The first race begins and Adrien Chareyre uses his pole position placing to his advantage and heads off into the lead, with Adrien commanding... read more

    British Motocross Championship - Round 5, Desertmartin (Jun 27, 2011)

    Round 5 of the 2011 ACU British Motocross Championshp was held yesterday at the former Grand Prix circuit of Desertmartin, N. Ireland. The highly regarded and incredible elevation changing sandy track gave the crowds an awesome days entertainment and the TM UK Team where there to compete in both the MX1 and MX2 classes, Jim Davies and Ryan Pottenger took to the track on their TM 250cc 2 stroke machinery whilst Irish top gun, Stuart Edmonds, drew his army of home grown fans to the event and competed in the MX2 class on his TM 250Fi machine. After some heavy downpours leading up to the main... read more

    The 'Hurricane' Brought The Rain ! (Jun 23, 2011)

    The Team TM UK Cobra youth squad were in action once again at the latest round of the British IOPD Championship held at the Cwmythig Hill circuit in Rhayader, Wales this past weekend. Archie 'The Hurricane' Hicks and Zak 'Attack' Clarke took part in the 2 day event on their Cobra CX65 machinery and it was a day of mixed results for both riders, On day one in the wet conditions Archie stromed off into the distance and was a minute clear of second placed rider Harry Edmondson at the flag, Archie and Harry riders were the only two riders to accumalate 9 laps. Zak had work to do after... read more

    Enduro World Championship - GP of Greece (Jun 21, 2011)

    Kalampaka, Greece: Regardless of the strong economic crisis in Greece they still host the fifth stage of the Enduro World Champinship. A very hard and tiring race because of the great heat, the temperature hits 40 degrees in the location of this event. An extreme test of about five minutes, one line of ten and a cross test of 4 minutes go into making up the course for this fifth round. Lets start with the E1 class with the Factory TM and the young French pilot Julien Gauthier, The young transalpine takes off well in the morning and quickly marks up some good times, second and third... read more

    Motocross Wolrd Championship - Spain. (Jun 21, 2011)

    La Baneza Spain: The Motocross world circus is found in La Baneza for the GP of Spain, as always the Spanish public do not fail to comply with the great expectations the Motocross GP carries and they have arrived in great numbers to spectate as always. In the MX1 Class the official factory rider, Tanel Leok, arrives in Spain very motivated and impatient to try the new machinery brought for him to this race. In the TM Racing factory they are working extremely hard to comply with the requests of the strong Estonian rider and furthermore there is much developent work going on to give Tanel... read more

    Chas Statt And TM Take To The Top At Foxhill (Jun 21, 2011)

    Picture: courtesy of Russell 'Gorky' Harper. 2011 Wulfsport British Master Championship - Foxhill. With the bulk of the TM UK Team attending the ACU British 2-Stroke Championships it was up to the remaining TM UK Team riders of Chas Statt and Ashley Greedy to fly the flag at this round of the series. With some bad weather leading up to, and during the event, the condition of Wiltshire circuit was much talked about, however the circuit stood up well and gave a good weekends action..... Ashley, who is still struggling with injury, competed in the Masters MX1 class on his TM... read more

    Edmonds and Davies Take To The Podium, Edmonds Leads Championship (Jun 20, 2011)

    Round three of the ACU British 2-Stroke Championship was held yesterday at the Dean Moor circuit near Whitehaven, Cumbria and Team TM UK was there once more to compete. With four riders split over 2 classes, Stuart Edmonds and Christian Lyth in the Open class on their 250cc TM machines and Jim Davies and Ryan Pottenger in the 125cc class on their 125cc TM machines, it was a hectic schedule in what turned out to be less than perfect conditions. After the mud bath of qualifying was over and the 4 TM mounted riders had posted their times in the heavy and slippery conditions it was only a... read more

    Blue Chargers at Red Bull (Jun 14, 2011)

    Pic: Christian Lyth and fellow TM rider Jason Martin go 1-2 at Whitby and In the Open Junior Championship standings. Round 3 of the hugely successful Red Bull Pro National series took place this past weekend at the incredible Skelder Bank circuit overlooking the historical coastal town of Whitby in Yorkshire, the TM UK team were once again there in force fielding a six man squad competing in the 125cc and Open 2-Stroke championships in both Junior and Expert classes and the Pro National Championship over the course of the 2 day event. Coping admirably with the hectic race schedule the TM... read more

    GP of Portugal (Jun 14, 2011)

    The world championship circus has transfered to Portugal to the beautiful red soil track of Agueda..... The qulaifying on Saturday allowed Tanel Leok on his TM 450Fi MX machine to appreciate from the start the latest innovation of his TM Racing factory machine brought for this race by his team and mechanics. In the official qualifying trial Tanel sets an excellent sixth fastest time, while in the qualification race he can only earn thirteenth position finishing wheel to wheel with David Philippaerts. In the Warm-Up on Sunday morning the Estonian Express makes the fastest time... read more

    Supermotard GP of Bulgaria (Jun 14, 2011)

    Pleven Circuit - An all uphill battle for Thomas Chareyre this weekend who declared in some interviews to have badly mastered the Pleven track. Saturdays starts off with good prospects with Thomas taking a promising third position in the qualifiers, however... for Thomas who always aims for the leadership, it wasn't a good result...he wants to win...always !!. With some small modifications to his TM 450Fi SMX machine the team and Thomas felt positive going into the race program on Sunday. First Moto - A hard race, Ivan Lazzarini takes off well followed by the world ex champion... read more

    Christian Lyth - Wroxton (Jun 2, 2011)

    Despite the MX track at Wroxton near Banbury being a new experience for Sleaford MX rider Christian Lyth he was quick to learn his way around the course and ended the weekend in an overall position of fifth. Riding the TM125cc machine Christian began to learn the hilly circuit that also has a couple of big table top jumps. Training went well on Saturday morning with Christian posting some good lap times and he was looking forward to a good set of races over the weekend. The first race was a tough test for the 17 year old rider as he was still to find the fastest lines but he got away... read more

    Chas Statt Continues To Impress (May 20, 2011)

    Picture Courtesy of Mike Wood. TM UK's latest team member, Chas Statt, the likeable young lad from Leicestershire, continues to impress competiting on his 2011 TM Racing 125cc MX machine. Chas, who not only competes in the Red Bull 125cc 2 stroke championship where, in 2010, he took the honour of being crowned Junior Champion and now currently sits in 7th place in the 2011 Expert standings, also does battle in the Wulfsport British Master series. Chas competes in the highly compeitive Amatuer MX2 class at the 'Masters', a class where he must pitch his TM 125cc 2-stroke machine... read more

    Clean Sweep for Edmonds On Home Soil (May 19, 2011)

    With the TM UK teams resident Irishman, Stuart Edmonds, wanting to compete 'back home' on one of the very few free weekends free from British motocross commitments and with a host of sponsors wishing to see the TM UK team in action on Irish soil, the TM UK team packed it's bags and headed for Ireland to compete in round 3 of the Irish Motocross Championships. With a late arrival on Friday night into Dublin Port the team settled down to a well earned rest before setting off once more on Saturday for a leisurely 2 hour drive down the south-eastern coast to the Ferns circuit in County Wexford.... read more

    A Question Of Weather...... (May 18, 2011)

    Viterbo, The third trial of the Italian International, takes place on the beautiful track of Viterbo, in the Tuscian area. The only negative point was the forecast of bad weather for Sunday. The day starts well on Saturday for the strong pilot Thomas Chareyre and his TM Factory that obtained pole position in front of the hardened Thierry VDB followed by Davide Gozzini and Adrien Chareyre and Ivan Lazzarini. Sunday starts with better propositions but, just a few minutes before the beginning of the race, while the pilots were in the pre-parking zone the rain started sooner than predicted... read more

    Sicilia GP d'Italia (May 18, 2011)

    For the first time the ciruit of the Enduro World stops in Scicily in the beautiful area of Francavilla, a hard race made really hard because of the heat and by a following of specials that are extremely difficult and witnessed the pilots making numerous falls. The E1 class is always a battle and apart from the first positions the rest of the pilots always fight on a few seconds to conquer a high classification position. Julien Gauthier competing in the E1 class started off as TM Racing's number one pilot and was confident, the competition however is as fierce as the circuit itself and... read more

    Grand Prix of The USA (May 18, 2011)

    The long awaited over American G.P has arrived at Glen Helen. America is always America and the atmosphere is always electrifying, the Americans really feel this event and so do the riders and teams involved. MX1-Unfortunaltely the weekend for the Estonian Express did not start off in the best way, during the practice on Saturday whilst Tanel was coming up to a triple jump he found a rider that had committed a mistake in front of him, this forced Tanel to shut off the gas suddenly, the immediate reduction in pace to avoid this rider slow caused Tanel to come up short hitting the face... read more

    Red Bull Pro Nationals, Round 2 - Landrake. (May 9, 2011)

    Pic: Stuart Edmonds Goes down fighting in the Open 2-stroke Championships - courtesy of Ian Roxburgh / MCF. Round 2 of the ever popular Red Bull Pro National Series was held this past weekend at the Landrake circuit near Plymouth and the TM UK team were there in force to compete in both the open and 125cc two-stroke Championships as well as the Pro Nationals. With a 5 man squad entered into the event it was a hectic weekend for all involved and the action started on Saturday with the Open 2-strokes Championships, flying the TM coloured flag were Stuart Edmonds and Jim Davies on their... read more

    ACU 2011 British Motocross Championship, Round 4, Milton Malsor. (May 2, 2011)

    Round 4 of the 2011 ACU British Motocross Championships was held this past weekend at the Milton Malsor circuit in Northampton, this new venue to the British Championship calendar was a little different from the usual circuit type that are used throughout the season and was for sure going to be a challenge for the riders to navigate the tight, twisty and jumpy course let alone try to make passes. With the track drenched in water the night before the event the soil was prepped and ready for action and it certainly made qualifying interesting as the sodden soil clung to the machines... read more

    2011 ACU British 2-Stroke Championship - Round 2 - Finningly. (Apr 12, 2011)

    Round two of the 2011 ACU British 2-Stroke Championship was held this past weekend at the Finningly circuit near Doncaster, the recently renovated circuit was definitely on the quick side and the mixed surfaces of hard pack and sand certainly gave the riders some challenges throughout the day. The TM UK team was out in force for this 2-Stroke only event and with 5 riders competing in the three races it was a busy day for all involved, Jim Davies, Chas Statt and Ryan Pottenger pitched battle in the 125cc class on their TM Racing 125MX machines, whilst Stuart Edmonds and Christian Lyth... read more

    Red Bull Pro Nationals and 2 Stroke Championships - Round 1 - Fat Cat Moto Park (Apr 5, 2011)

    The first round of the 2011 Red Bull Pro Nationals, which includes the 125cc and Open 2 Stroke Championships, took place this past weekend at the new Fat-Cat Moto Park venue at Armthorpe near Doncaster. The recently built sand track certainly dug out over the two days of action and proved to be a demanding challenge for all riders, even more so for the TM UK team members who raced two different class machines over the weekend doing up to 6 races and 2 qualifiers. With Saturday witnessing the Open 2-Stroke machines doing battle it was the TM UK riders of Stuart Edmonds, Jim Davies and... read more

    Thomas Chareyre and TM dominate The First of the World Supermoto Championship (Apr 4, 2011)

    The 2011 edition of the World Supermoto Championship started with Kart Planet circuit in Busca, managed by DBO. The TM Racing team presented itself at the Piemontese's circuit in new attire after parting company with the 747 motorsport team run by Simone Girolami, for 2011 the rudder of the team has passed into the hands of Alex Serafini, TM Racing owner,Gastone Serafini's son, who disrobing from his riders outfit now dresses as the team manager. Many things change, but not the results and the young transalpine riders determination to win is still as strone as ever, with embarrassing... read more

    Electraction TM ready for 2011 Enduro World Championship (Mar 29, 2011)

    With less than one week to go before the start of the 2011 Enduro World Championship season gets underway in Ponts, Spain, Electraction TM riders Josh Green (Australia) and Jordan Scott (Ireland) are among more than 50 Enduro Junior class riders eagerly awaiting the start of the new series. With more riders participating in the EJ class than any other in 2011 competition will undoubtedly be fierce, but both Green and Scott are ready for the challenges ahead and looking forward to what they hope will be an enjoyable and rewarding eight-event championship. In addition the team's most... read more

    Thomas Chareyre dominates the first round of the S1 International of Italy (Mar 29, 2011)

    The year 2010 ended with Thomas Chareyre and TM Racing being World Champions yet again and 2011 starts with the dominance of Thomas Chareyre and his factory TM SMX 450Fi once more. Thomas, despite suffering with a problem from a shoulder injured during the winter tests, appeared in great shape and he proved that by recording the fastest time in free practices as well as qualifying practices and winning both heats in program. Great news from this championship was a start gate on the road off section (like Motocross) that could take away to Thomas the advantage normally attributed from the... read more

    British Motocross Championship - Round 2 - Canada Heights (Mar 28, 2011)

    The second round of the 2011 British Motocross Championships were held this past weekend at the Canada Heights circuit near Swanley, Kent and the TM UK Team was there to compete in both the MX2 and MX1 classes. The long standing British Championship venue, situated opposite the famous motorsport facility of Brands Hatch, was in prime condition and even though Saturday afternoon was a little on the chilly and breezy side Sunday morning greeted us with a clearer sky and a welcome increase in temperature as the qualifying sessions got underway. TM UK's Stuart Edmonds, who came out all... read more

    Tanel Leok close to his first victory with TM (Mar 25, 2011)

    20th March 2011 Hawkstone Park, UK Motocross International race The Estonian Express, no longer able to fight for the final victory at the Motocross International of Italy, has decided to participate in the classic Hawkstone Park Motocross event to see the potential of his bike on the Nordic sand. Tanel found immediately the right feeling going to win the pole position in front of the Belgian Clement Desalle. In the first heat Tanel takes the lead and holds it up to a last lap when his bike, due to the rupture of the silencer, visibly loses power and allows Desalle... read more

    Aaron Lowe Steps-Up To The Pro MX1 Class On His Ras Sports TM 450Fi. (Mar 18, 2011)

    2010 British Masters Michelin MX1 Champion, Aaron Lowe, makes a brave move up to the Pro MX1 Class for this season to do battle with some of the UK's best riders on his new machinery, a 2011 TM 450Fi machine supplied and supported by RAS Sports of Brighouse. Finally the 2011 season is underway and Aaron's first race on his 2011 calender is the round 1 of British Masters series at Mallory park. The weather held up with some rain on the Saturday night making some improvements to what was a very dry hard packed track on the Saturday. With some 30 riders out for the qualifying session... read more

    Cusses Gorse Trackday / Photoshoot - 16th March 2011 (Mar 17, 2011)

    TM rider Jim 'Dingbat' Davies and his long time friend and sidekick Kristian 'Doris' Whatley entertained the crowds at another of the awesome Cusses Gorse trackday and photoshoot events this week. Dingbat and Doris, fully kitted in their Supergoon gear, were patrolling the track most of the day on the look out for trouble.....and for the most causing it, they were there on the scene as slow as you like to only add more misery, grief and confusion to proceedings, turning the most simple of affairs into a full scale riot. In one of their latest rescue attempts Dingbat wound his TM... read more

    A Ray of Sunshine Through The Brampton Blues....... (Mar 14, 2011)

    Picture Courtesy of David Milano. The first round of the ACU 2011 British 2-Stroke Championship got underway this past weekend at the Brampton circuit in Cumbria. The forecasted snow did not really appear however the rain did, in good quantity, enough to ensure that even getting into the paddock area was a complicated exercise let alone for the riders who had to navigate the very wet, rutted and cut up track. The constant light rain that fell through Saturday night finally ceased in the early hours and we were greeted with a slightly clearer sky on Sunday morning but the track was not... read more

    TM UK Cobra Youth Squad In Action At The IOPD Champs, Hicks Takes Victory On Both Days (Mar 14, 2011)

    Pic: Archie 'The Hurricane' Hicks getting some air time on his Cobra CX 65 machine. The TM UK Cobra Youth Squad of Archie Hicks and Zak Clarke were in action this past weekend at the latest round of the 2011 IOPD British Junior Enduro Championship, this event was held over two days and below is a brief summary of the action. Day 1:..... Archie, the reigning champion, got off to a flying start and led the pack into the first turn followed by his team-mate Zak, as Archie stretched his lead out front young Zak made a small mistake navigating a gate crossing on lap 2 and dropped his... read more

    2011 British Motocross Championship Rd1 - Little Silver (Mar 7, 2011)

    The first round of the 2011 Maxxis British Motocross Championship series took place this past weekend at the Little Silver circuit situated on the outskirts of Exeter, Devon and the TM UK Team were there to compete in this seasons big opening event. Despite the terrible weather in the weeks leading up to the event the track was in near perfect condition, albeit a tad on the cold side, and it was Stuart Edmonds in the MX2 class riding his TM 250Fi machine that was first onto the circuit for his free practice and qualifying session. Stuart , who has changed classes this year form MX1 to... read more

    2011 TM Racing Cup - Genk (Mar 1, 2011)

    After the continuing success of the TM Racing cup in the netherlands over the past few years, where only TM machines are allowed to compete, the organisors of these events are once again running the TM Cup Final in 2011 at the well known GP circuit of Genk in Belgium. The event is scheduled for the 22nd of October 2011 and is open to any TM rider from around the world, last years event saw over 120 riders attend the event and compete in the classes of, Youth (85), National 2 Stroke, National MX1, National MX2, and Pro. Rumour has it there there will also be a TM of Nations category... read more

    Edmonds Opens Eyes On His BEC Debut. (Feb 28, 2011)

    TM UK's long time Motorcross rider, Stuart Edmonds, took the opportunity to compete in the first round of the ACU British Enduro Championship this past weekend and he certainly set some tongues wagging, piloting TM Racing's 2011 250Fi Enduro machine in the Championship - Under 23 - E1 Class Stuart showed his class and adapted to the new discipline incredibly well. With this being Stuart's first 'time-card' event he was a little aprehensive but nevertheless took to the Thetford Forest circuit well and began setting times straight from that would put him right near the top of the... read more

    Tanel Leok And TM On The Podium At Mantova Starcross. (Feb 21, 2011)

    After the winter break the 2011 Motocross season now begins and for the TM RACING Factory Team it began with the classic race, the StarCross event in Mantova. The rejuvenated TM RACING Factory Team debuted their latest arrival to the team at this prestigious event, the Estonian Express, Tanel Leok. Tanel will contest this years Grand Prix series alongside his team-mate and cousin Aigar Leok, both will pilot TM Racing's new TM 450Fi machine in the MX1 class, while the young Czech rider, Petr Smitka who replaces Martin Michek, will compete in the MX2 class on TM Racing's new 250Fi... read more

    Tough Start to BSEC Championship for Lynn (Feb 18, 2011)

    Ireland's newest motocross team, Area 51 Racing, made their first competitive outing of the 2011 season when their rider Robert Lynn took to the start line of the ACU British Sprint Enduro Championship at Saints Well, Mid Wales on February 12/13 to do battle on his TM 250Fi machine. Lynn, a championship winner of the 2010 series was hoping for a strong start to his 2011 campaign but instead struggled through a difficult weekend racing. Aggravating an old injury Saturday morning, Lynn started the day in the worst way possible and by mid day was struggling to walk let alone race. Faced with a... read more

    TM UK's Stuart Edmonds Tops The E1 U23 Class At British Sprint Enduro Championship (Feb 17, 2011)

    TM UK's Stuart Edmond swapped his front number plate for a headlight and headed over to Wales last weekend to compete with the Electraction TM Enduro squad at the first round of the 2011 ACU British Sprint Enduro Championship. Stuart, being a total stranger to the Enduro discipline, stepped up to the challenge and took the Under 23 - E1 class win on both days of the 2 day event on his TM 250Fi machine, finishing 3rd overall on Saturday, after finding his feet, Stuart still took the E1 class honours nevertheless. On Sunday, in rather wet and tricky condtions that would see the event cut... read more

    Electraction TM's Josh Green Injured In Training (Feb 16, 2011)

    Electraction TM's Josh Green has suffered another setback in his preparation for this coming season. While putting the finishing touches to winter training programme in Australia before returning back to Europe, Green, a winner at the EWC GP of Greece, crashed on his local motocross track. Although only a minor crash, the resulting impact left Josh with a dislocated shoulder. The timing of the incident could not have come at a worse time as Green was due to return to the United Kingdom to compete in the opening round of the British Enduro Championship (BEC) on February 27th having finally... read more

    TM UK Team To Compete In The 2011 ACU British 2 Stroke Championship (Feb 10, 2011)

    TM UK will be fielding a 4 man squad in the 2011 ACU British 2 stroke championship, the team will be split into two 125cc riders and two 250cc riders. Jim Davies, the 2009 Fuchs Silkolene Champion and 2010 runner-up, will compete alongside team-mate Ryan Pottenger, the multi time youth and clubman Champion, in the 125 class on their TM Racing 125cc MX machines. Stuart Edmonds, the 2009 Irish MX1 and MX2 Champion, 2010 Motocross Des Nations entrant and 2010 Fuchs Silkolene Open Class runner-up (on a 250cc machine) will compete alongside fellow TM UK team member Christian Lyth in the... read more

    Stuart Edmonds Prepares For The 2011 Season. (Feb 7, 2011)

    TM UK's Stuart Edmonds has been preparing for the upcoming 2011 season back in his native home of Ireland, T9 Images caught up with Stuart recently at the famout Desertmartin circuit...... Please copy the link below http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXxzdmGFRaA&feature=player_embedded# read more

    SMRE Engineering I.E.T Electric Bike. (Jan 26, 2011)

    SMRE Engineering, who specialise in laser, water and ultrasonic cutting machinery, the production of material bonding machinery and a huge research and development program that find solutions and design machinery to overcome numerous engineering challenges, have unveiled their latest project, the I.E.T powered motorcycle. SMRE, who support the TM Racing factory team, have taken their newest creation, the Integrated Electric Transmission, and fitted it it to a TM Racing rolling chassis. This machine was then entered into the E-Moto Championship in Switzerland where Simone Girolami ( TM... read more

    TM UK's January Sale Is Coming To An End (Jan 20, 2011)

    TM UK's 'January Sale' will be coming to an end shortly. Get your new 2011 TM Racing machine ordered from your TM Racing Dealer before the end of January to save on the new Vat increase. Don't delay......Order today. Find your nearest TM Racing dealer using the link below. http://www.tmukonline.net/Page/90/tm-dealers.html read more

    The 'Hurricane' Is Coming (Jan 19, 2011)

    TM UK Cobra Youth Squad rider Archie 'The Hurricane' Hicks took his Cobra CX 65 machine to the runner up spot this past weekend at the first round of the WIlden MXC Winter Series which took place at the Wilden Lane Circuit. The circuit was in as good as condition as could be hoped for with the reacent weather and young Archie was unlucky not to take the 'top-step' at this first round of the Championship. The next round of this packed series will take place at the Wilden Lane circuit this coming weekend read more

    Motorcycle Trade Expo 2K11 (Jan 10, 2011)

    TM UK will be attending the 2011 Motorcycle Trade Expo at the NEC, Birmingham this month. This huge motorcycle trade event runs from Sunday 23rd January until Tuesday 25th January and TM UK will be there with some offerings from the TM Racing 2011 range as well as featuring products from the impressive Scalvini exhaust system range. TM UK will on stand 613 which is situated close to the 'Nitro Bar' restaurant and refreshment area on the opposite side of the hall from main entrance. Please come along and say hello to our representatives at the show. read more

    TM Racing Involved In Moto 3 Project (Jan 10, 2011)

    TM Racing is now supplying engines for the Ioda Racing Project's new Moto3 class machine for the 2010 Moto GP series. With the 125cc 2-stroke powerplant class being dropped in favour of a 250cc 4-stroke powerplant class TM Racing have been asked to supply their new 250cc 4t Fi engine for this machine, testing and development of this latest project by the Italian Motorcycle Federation for Giampiero Saachi has already begun. read more

    Electraction TM Enduro Race Team Annouce 2011 Plans (Jan 7, 2011)

    Electraction TM set to return to BEC and BSEC Following the forced retirement of Philip McLaughlin and the refusal of access to the UK of Australian Josh Green, Electraction TM withdrew from British Enduro Championship and the British Sprint Enduro Championship in 2010. Behind the scenes, the team continued to work with UK immigration and Greens Visa papers are now finally being progressed. Once these are cleared, the team will return to the series, with Jordan Scott, Gordon Clarke and Josh Green. Jordan will ride U23 on a 125, Gordon will move to E1 along with Josh on the new TM250... read more

    Gozzini and TM Take the NZ Tri-Series Title For 2010 (Jan 4, 2011)

    Gozzini finishes 2010 in dominating form. Davide Gozzini arrives fresh from Australia where he had a brief stopover to take the Australian S1 title on his way to defend his NZ Tri-Series Championship title and the Historic Wanganui Cemetery Race. Arriving in Auckland just a couple of days before the first round which was being held at the new venue of Hampton Downs, the first moto had Davide dialing in his bike to suit the fast open New Zealand tracks. Then showing why the TM SMX450 and "the Master" are so dominant. Taking all following moto's in the Tri-Series Championship over the... read more

    SAVE NOW - Price Freezes On 2011 TM Racing Machines. (Jan 1, 2011)

    Save Now On 2011 TM Racing Machines. TM UK are currently freezing prices on 2011 TM racing machines, that means no price increases from exchangeable rates or VAT from the 4th of January 2011. Get Your New TM Ordered Today From Your Local TM dealer And Save Before This Offer Ends. www.tmukonline.net/Page/90/tm-dealers.html read more

    Cobra MX'er Stilez Robertson Is Closing In On The Company's All-Time National win record (Dec 23, 2010)

    HILLSDALE, Mich, (Dec. 21, 2010) - While many of today's top pro motocross racers cut their MX teeth in the saddle of an American-built Cobra, a young guy out of Bakersfield, Calif., is putting up numbers worthy of calling him the Most successful Cobra racer of all time. Stilez Robertson - all seven years, 62 pounds and 52 inches of him - tore it up this year, winning major amateur MX national titles at Lake Whitney (Texas), Las Vegas' World Mini GPs and the Amateur Open of Motocross in Arizona. His effort brought his overall win total to 20, tying Cobra's Adam Cianciarulo for the most... read more

    Zak Clarke Joins Archie Hicks On The TM UK Cobra Squad (Dec 21, 2010)

    Bristol based youth rider Zak Clarke will join the TM UK youth squad alongside Archie Hicks for 2011. 10 year old Zak, who currently pilots a 2009 model Cobra CX65cc machine, recently took the 2010 championship titles in the 'Wilden - Moto Goo Championship', the 'GoldenTyre MX27 Series and the 'IOPD British Youth Enduro Championship' and will contest next years events alongside Archie on their 2011 Cobra CX 65cc machines. Both riders are looking forward to a new challenge in 2011 as not only will they be competing in their regular IOPD British Youth Enduro Championship and selected... read more

    TM Racing's 2011 MX Machines Top Todays TMX News (Dec 17, 2010)

    TM Racing's 2011model 250cc 2t MX machine graces the cover of this weeks TMX News. Inside this issue you will find a full feature covering 5 pages on the 2011 TM Racing 125cc, 250cc and 300cc 2-stroke MX models and the 250Fi MX and 450Fi MX models, these machines were ridden and rated by former Grand Prix rider Mark Hucklebridge who headed off to Washbrook Farm a few weeks back to put the bike through their paces. Get your issue today to see what Mark thought of the latest offerings from the 'biggest little bike shop' in the world. read more

    Davide Gozzini and TM Racing Win the 2010 Australian Supermotard Championship - For the 3rd Consecutive Year (Dec 6, 2010)

    Davide Gozzini piloting his TM racing S1 class machine took the title of '2010 Australian Supemotard Champion', this is Davide's 3rd consecutive year of taking the title. The highlight of the day was certainly the S1 class, with the wet conditions behind them Gozzini and Iddon put on a display of Supermoto riding the like of which has not been witnessed in Australia previously. The pair treated the crowd to the most spectacular riding with brave inside passing moves by both riders just about every lap. The pair each tried to outsmart the other with several passing moves each lap, with... read more

    TM Racing - 2010 Supermotard World Champions (Nov 28, 2010)

    TM Racing have done it again....... After taking the 2009 world title, with Thierry Van Den Bosch, TM have now claimed the 2010 title with Thomas Chareyre taking the top honours finishing on 309 points and second place in the overall standings went to Thomas's TM team-mate Davide Gozzini, only 2 points in arrears on 307. Both riders piloted TM Racing's 450Fi SMX machines which featured TM's new 450cc Fuel injected engine, this new Efi fuelled powerplant is now fitted to the 2011 range in Motocross, Enduro and of course Supermotard variants. TM Racing also claimed the coveted... read more

    Archie Does the Double And Wins Round Two (Nov 24, 2010)

    Pic: The 'Hurricane' kicks up a whirlwind!. TM UK supported Cobra CX65 rider Archie 'The Hurricane' Hicks continued his great start to the Mudie Bond Youth Challenge series by winning the second round at Stourport. After winning the series opener a couple of weeks previously young Archie was in the driving seat leading into round two, after getting off to a good start Archie found himself in a 'battle royale' with Harry Edmondson of Edmondson Racing. The pair fought it out over the changing conditions for four laps, however young Harry and his KTM were no match for the the Cobra pairing... read more

    TM Test-Day At Washbrook Farm Mx. 20/11/10 (Nov 21, 2010)

    TM UK held a TM Racing test day at the incredible Washbrook Farm MX facility in Doddington, Nr Cambridge this past Saturday and countless riders got a chance to throw there leg over some of Italy's finest. Although the weather conditions were not perfect, the fog never really lifted throughout the day and it times if felt near freezing, the track rode superbly and the TM machinery seriously got put through it paces all day with only fuels stops giving the hard worked machines a breather. With the 85cc, 125cc, 250cc and 300cc 2-strokes and the 250Fi and 450Fi 4-strokes available for test... read more

    Archie Hicks Claims The 2010 IOPD British Youth Enduro Championship (Nov 18, 2010)

    TM UK's Cobra supported rider, Archie 'The Hurricane' Hicks, will take the title of 2010 IOPD British Youth Enduro Champion. The likeable 9 year old lad from Wiltshire secured the 2010 championship title with rounds still remaining in the highly contested series. Piloting his ultra reliable Cobra CX65 machine in these gruelling Enduro events Archie has battled hard all season and the work has paid off. During the winter Archie will be in training preparing himself for the 2011 season where he will once again compete in the IOPD Championship, also on 'The Hurricane's' calender is the... read more

    Hughes Hits The Front (Nov 17, 2010)

    Connor and his new TM 85 on a charge. Connor Hughes, who recently swapped machinery and became the proud owner of a gleaming 2011 TM Racing 85c MX bike, has shown what his new machine capable of by taking the overall win at the first round of the Combined Winter Series. This series which combines riders form the Cambridge, East Anglia and East Kent clubs has put a whole host of quality riders against each other and young Connor shone through taking a win and two seconds places for the overall result. In the 65cc class Christopher Mills showed dominant form taking his Cobra to a... read more

    Devizes Club Awards (Nov 16, 2010)

    Picture: Aaron receives his trophy from Club secretary Jason Read. The Devizes Motocross Club held its annual awards ceremony this past Saturday evening at the Woodlands Social Club in Calne, Wiltshire and it was TM rider Aaron Read who picked up the 'big' trophy and became the 2010 Expert Champion / Top Points Scorer. Aaron has contested the series this year on a TM 250cc 2-stroke machine and took the overall victory by a considerable margin. Fellow TM rider Ben Haggarty who also competes in the same Championship took 5th overall on his TM 125cc machine. Congratulations to both... read more

    Historic Week For the Cobra CX50cc (Nov 1, 2010)

    Cobra UK's National Team Rider Daniel Breen wins the first round of the national SX championship at the famous Belfast Odyssey Arena aboard the new CX50 (Big Wheel) While Cobra mounted 65 rider Dylan Woodcock also pull's out all the stops with a full house of over Nine thousand people watching Dylan crossing the line to a photo finish. HUGE news out of Belfast this weekend as team Cobra's Daniel Breen from High Wycombe became the first racer in British Supercross racing history to win a major 50cc class amateur SX championship race in Northern Ireland this past weekend aboard the new... read more

    Edmonds Crashes Hard But Battles On At The Odyssey (Oct 25, 2010)

    Pic: Stuart Takes the Holeshot The first round of the 2010 Future West Supercross series took place this past weekend at the Odyssey Arena in Belfast, Ireland and TM's Stuart Edmonds was there competing in both the SX1 and SX2 categories. With practice sessions taking place during the Saturday afternoon leading up to the main event the young Dublin lad had opted to ride TM racing's incredible 250Fi machine in both classes, on the tight and demanding track that was cutting up quite badly at times it was definately the correct choice and Stuart posted the 2nd fastest time in his last... read more

    CHRISTIAN LYTH WINS AT SILVERSTONE (Oct 18, 2010)

    Sleaford motocross rider Christian Lyth made a return visit to the British Championship MX track at Silverstone where he contested three races on Sunday, winning two and finishing second in the third encounter. Christian had previously ridden the circuit during the MotoGP weekend and was looking forward to the renewed challenge Training went well and despite some of the more technical sections having been removed since he was last there, the track was still challenging. As race one got underway Christian made a good start and was sixth into the first corner, up into second at turn... read more

    TM RACING on the podium of the SMoN with Thomas Chareyre and Davide Gozzini (Oct 18, 2010)

    Good weekend for 747-Motosport/TM Racing Factory Team who placed Thomas Chareyre, with the French national team, and Davide Gozzini, with the Italian national team, on the two highest steps of the podium. Nevertheless, the two TM riders had to deal with bad luck and this enhances the results achieved. Thomas Chareyre had to deal with two bad starts that forced him to manage an incredible comebacks to finish in second place the first heat behind his compatriot Van Den Bosch and winning the second heat with great authority by helping the French National team to win the Nations. Much... read more

    Rossi's TM Powered Street Racer (Oct 15, 2010)

    Graziano Rossi the former road racer and father of the legendary Valentino Rossi, who had to retire from competitive racing after an horrendous crash in the Imola 200, turned his hand to producing 'street' motorcycles a number of years ago and has recently released pictures of his latest creation. This newest machine from the company 'Ouroboros' is the Zaeta 530, pictured above, which will be available in two models, road legal street and race, both of which will be powered by a TM 530cc 4-stroke engine. The price for this machine, a cool 13,500 euro which includes two track days and... read more

    Tanel Leok and TM RACING together to aim for the World podium (Oct 1, 2010)

    Finally, after a lot of rumours around the Motocross World Championship paddock, it's official! Estonian born rider,Tanel Leok, will ride in 2011for the TM Racing factory team on a TM MX 450Fi in the MX1 Motocross World Championship class. For a few years now the the Pesaro based manufacturer has shown interest to have "the Estonian Express" in their team, he was of special interest to Gastone Serafini, the owner of TM RACING S.p.A., who has been always attracted by the riding style of Tanel. Tanel Leok, who was described by his friend and multi-world champion Antonio Cairoli as "... read more

    Thomas Chareyre and Davide Gozzini paired in the top of the World (Sep 30, 2010)

    Davide Gozzini arrived in Pleven with the clear intention to maintain his leadership as did his teammate Thomas Chareyre, whose also intended to take back the red plate, and both succeeded in their aim. At the end of an exciting weekend both TM riders joint leaders at the top of the World Championship with only one GP left to race, that of Spain. Thomas Chareyre had already launched his attack from the time practices of Saturday going to win the pole position while Davide Gozzini was no more than third behind the Finnish Hermunen and in front of the French Van Den Bosch, positions which... read more

    Rodrig Thain closes the 2010 World Championship on the podium (Sep 30, 2010)

    With the French race, characterized by bad weather, we arrived to the conclusion of the 2010 Enduro World Championship. French TM factory rider Rodrig Thain, after a not very positive period, managed to finish the season with an excellent third place in second race day in the E2 class after a seventh place won on Saturday. Rodrig with this result confirms the renewed feeling with his bike and what is auspicious in view of the ISDE which will be held in Mexico begin of November. Only a tenth and ninth place for Maurizio Micheluz in E1 class while the Czech Michal Kadlecek ended with a... read more

    Thomas Chareyre dominates the race and won the 2010 Supermoto International of Italy (Sep 27, 2010)

    It was a perfect weekend for the French TM Racing factory rider who just ended on the circuit South Milan at Ottobiano. Thomas Chareyre took pole position and two heats victories that have left to his rivals only a possibility to fight for lower places of the podium. With this result TM Racingand Thomas Chareyre conquered the 2010 International of Italy. Second place in the International ranking for the other TM Racing factory rider Davide Gozzini who also won a second place in the Italian Championship. In Race 1 Thomas takes the hole shot at the first corner and keeps the lead to... read more

    Electraction TM Signs New Rider Jordan Scott (Sep 13, 2010)

    Following on from the retirement of Phillip McLaughlin, Electraction TM are pleased to announce the signing of Jordan Scott to the team. The 19-year old from Newtownards, Northern Ireland is a newcomer to the sport of enduro but it is with an illustrious schoolboy trials career before reaching the top level of Irish adult motocross within the last two seasons that Electraction TM believe Scott has the ability to transfer these skills to the world of enduro. For the 2011 season Scott will contest the Enduro World Championship (EWC) competing in the Junior Youth Cup on a TM 125EN along... read more

    Electraction TM's Phillip McLaughlin Retires From Competition (Sep 8, 2010)

    It is with regret that Electraction TM's Phillip McLaughlin has been forced to announce his retirement from international enduro competition due to on-going health issues. After a rigorous winter of testing and training, McLaughlin entered this season with high hopes of building on his performances in both the Enduro World Championship (EWC) and British Enduro Championship. But unfortunately a high-speed crash during the EWC GP of Spain triggered off a chain reaction of health problems that later saw Phillip lose consciousness no less than four times throughout the year. Evident that... read more

    TM Racing Top The Podiums In The 2 Stroke Classes At Foxhill (Sep 6, 2010)

    Picture courtesy of Chris Way Photography. www.chris-way.fotopic.net. The TM mounted duo of Stuart Edmonds, Open 2 Stroke Championship Class on a 250cc TM, and Jim Davies the reigning 125cc champion, in the 125cc 2 Stroke Championship Class on his TM, both claimed their overall class victories at the penultimate round of the Red Bull / Fuchs Silkolene 2 Stroke Championships this weekend at Foxhill Moto Parc in Wiltshire. Stuart showed his incredible talent on Saturday on the dry and dusty foxhill circuit delighting the crowds as he manouvered the sweet handling 250cc TM around the... read more

    Wet n' wild time for Josh Green at EWC GP of Turkey (Sep 6, 2010)

    Electraction TM rider Josh Green's hopes of repeating the podium topping result he scored at the recent GP of Greece came to a decidedly wet end on day one of the GP of Turkey as a drowned bike forced him out of the opening day's competition. Mid-way through the first lap, and having not yet reached the event's first timed special test, Josh arrived at a deep river crossing to find a rider stopped ahead of him. Trying to ride around the stopped rider Josh and his TM ended up going for a swim. Able to empty his bike of water and get it running before going on to place third in class on the... read more

    Gozzini and Chareyre Take TM Racing to First and Second in World Championship Standings (Sep 2, 2010)

    It was an excellent weekend for Davide Gozzini after winning his first GP of the season and becoming the new FIM SuperMoto World Championship leader. Second was Thierry Van Den Bosch and third was Andrea Occhini, who was on the podium for the first time in his professional career. Thomas Chareyre took the Superpole, but was just fourth due to a DNF in the first race. Teo Monticelli was first overall in the UEM European Championship Open class, while current Championship leader Nastran was second and Fabrizio Bartolini was third. Lukas Hollbacher dominated the S3 class and was proclaimed... read more

    Josh Green secures first EWC win at GP of Greece (Aug 30, 2010)

    Electraction TM team rider Josh Green has claimed his first ever Enduro World Championship victory, topping the competitive Enduro Junior class on the second day of the GP of Greece. Returning to the EWC competition having spent little time on a bike prior to the event as a result of a knee injury picked up at the fourth round of the series in Poland, Josh made a steady start to day one but ended the event in the best possible way, by claiming his maiden EWC victory. The opening day's competition was for many the hardest of the series so far. With temperatures soaring above 40 degrees... read more

    Edmonds Gets Prepared For The 2010 MXoN (Aug 27, 2010)

    TM UK Rider Stuart Edmonds is working hard in preparation for the upcoming Motocross Of Nations which is to be held at the Thunder Valley Motorsport Park facilty on the outskirts of Denver, Colorado in September. Stuart will be representing his native home of Ireland once more alongside team-mates Gordon Crockard and Martin Barr in this prestigious annual event. Stuarts TM 450 MX1 class machinery and necessary equipment will be heading off to the US next week to arrive there in time for some valuable set-up and practice. Before setting off for Denver on the 20th of September Stuart is... read more

    2011 Cobra models (Aug 26, 2010)

    Once again, the CX65 receives huge improvements for 2011. Starting off with a new transmission that has so many enhancements that we can't list them all. Some of the big ones include: A hard coated, super lightweight shift drum to reduce weight and friction, an improved shifting mechanism that adjusts the shifting leverage ratio for small feet making for super smooth shifting, and square cut gear dogs for more positive gear engagement. At the back end of the bike, three firsts for the industry: A full floating rear brake caliper that reduces friction and improves feel, a lighter and stiffer... read more

    Electraction TM's Josh Green ready for EWC GP of Greece (Aug 23, 2010)

    Electraction TM's Josh Green will make his return to Enduro World Championship (EWC) competition when the EWC resumes in Greece this coming weekend. Green, injured during the GP of Poland is now fully recovered from his knee injury that forced him to withdraw Polish GP and subsequently miss the GP of Slovakia the following weekend. After returning home to Australia to recover, the 20-year old is keen to return to the track and find the form which saw him finish on the podium during the GP of Portugal. Currently lying 9th overall in the Enduro Junior class but only seven points adrift of... read more

    British Championship Rd 6 - Farleigh Castle (Aug 16, 2010)

    The world famous motocross venue of Farleigh Castle played host to round 6 of the British Motocross Championships this past weekend, this former Grand Prix circuit steeped in history was a little out of the ordinary from what 'modern' MX facilities have become, a very natural track with no real man made jumps, hugely fast straights, off camber grassy turns and tighter wooded section certainly did its best to upset the 'norm' and provided and entertaining days racing for all that attended this big event. Team TM UK were there with riders represented in both classes, Irish ace Stuart... read more

    Cobra sweeps 50cc titles at Loretta's - And add Cobra's first-ever 65cc podium (Aug 13, 2010)

    Gage Linville wins the 4-6 AMA 2 title; Jackson Turpin's tops in 7-8 AMA 1; Chase Sexton's 3rd in 65cc 7-11 Mod The big news out of Hurricane Mills, Tenn., this past week was Cobra Motorcycles sweeping all of the 50cc titles at the 29th running of the AMA Amateur National Motocross Championships, presented by AMSOIL, at Loretta Lynn's Ranch in Hurricane Mills, Tenn. But possibly the biggest news for Cobra as a company was the CX65's first-ever 65cc overall podium at Loretta's with Illinois' Chase Sexton bringing home a 3rd place finish in the 7-11 Modified class, going 6th/3rd/5th.... read more

    Edmonds To Represent Ireland In The 2010 Motocross Des Nations (Jul 31, 2010)

    TM UK's Stuart Edmonds has been chosen to represent Team Ireland in the upcoming Motocross Des Nations to be held at Thunder Valley, Colorado, in September. Stuart made his Des Nations debut in 2008 and was then chosen to represent Ireland once more in 2009, unfortunately due to injury Stuart had to relinquish his place in the 2009 team and was forced to watch the Italian event from the sidelines. Spending 6 months over the latter part of 2009 and early 2010 recuperating from his injuries, the current MX1 and MX2 Irish champion, missed out on the crucial 'winter period' where the... read more

    Archie Hicks Claims The 2010 IOPD British Youth Enduro Championship (Jul 30, 2010)

    Pic: 'The Hurricane' leaves an 'orange' trail in his wake! TM UK's Cobra supported rider, Archie 'The Hurricane' Hicks, will take the title of 2010 IOPD British Youth Enduro Champion. The likeable 9 year old lad from Wiltshire has secured the 2010 championship title with rounds still remaining in the highly contested series. Piloting his ultra reliable Cobra CX65 machine in these gruelling Enduro events Archie has battled hard all season and the work has paid off, with a point's lead that is now uncatchable by his closest championship rivals young Archie can relax going into the... read more

    Cobra riders roll into Ponca City as the favorites in the mini bike classes - Includes Event Updates. (Jul 28, 2010)

    Cobra's all-star lineup on the 50s & 65s features Linville, Milam, Mumford, Rogers, Kobush, Robertson and Smith HILLSDALE, Mich., (July 27, 2010) - The NMA's biggest race of the season - the 2010 Ponca City Grand National - kicks off today with Cobra racers representing in full force in both the JR & SR (50cc) and 65cc classes on their American-made King 50s and CX65s. The "Stars of Tomorrow" as they've become to be known, factory-backed Cobra racers to keep an eye on in the 50cc and 65cc classes include: Number - Rider - Hometown 2010 - Accolades. 420 - Gage Linville -... read more

    British Motocross Championship - Rd 5 - Foxhill (Jul 26, 2010)

    Round 5 of the British Motocross Championships took place this past weekend at the legendary Foxhill Moto Park. With the forecasted showers over Wiltshire making little impact it was up to the organisers to place copious amounts of water onto the circuit in the days leading up to the event, this still did little to touch the concrete like surface albeit creating a tacky surface for the qualifying session. TM UK rider Stuart Edmonds was there once again on his TM 450 MX machine to do battle in the highly competitive MX1 class against the huge crop of current and former GP riders. With... read more

    TM Racing Take European Kart Championships By Storm (Jul 25, 2010)

    In addition to producing some of the finest hand made high performance motorcycles for the disciplines of Motocross, Enduro and Supermotard TM Racing also manufactures an incredible range of engines for the highly competitive Kart racing scene at the highest levels of the sport. With an enormous list of victories in domestic, European and World Karting that spans three decades TM Racing can now increase their historic tally with not one, but four more, European 2010 championship Kart titles. Congratulations. read more

    Bossiere Out For Lommel (Jul 25, 2010)

    Anthony Boissiere will not race in Lommel because of all problems on his back caused by a bad fall suffered in the GP of Sweden. At the beginning of next week French strong TM factory rider will do some tests to evaluate the possibility of taking part in the GP of Czech Republic in Loket scheduled on August the 8th. Boissière reached by telephone said: ".... My back's problem was more serious than expected. I'm fine now and Doctors have given me the ok to do some tests. I will do my best to be able to race in Loket because I like the track very well and for the BONVER group who is... read more

    Cobra kids lead Team USA to overall victory in France at 8th annual MX Master Kids (Jul 18, 2010)

    Missouri's Austin Forkner on the Cobra CX65 and "Lightning" Lance Kobush on the King 50 both win overall titles. Meico Viettik from Estonia takes the 'little guy' title. American-made Cobra motorcycles were on centre stage this past weekend at the mini cycle version of the Motocross Des Nations - the eighth annual MX Master Kids held at the Commercy circuit in Lorraine, France. And as they have in the past, Cobra racers stepped up in the field of nearly 600 racers and dominated both the 50cc and 65cc Senior classes with the Missouri tandem of Austin Forkner and "Lightning" Lance Kobush... read more

    Chareyre Takes Superpole And A Hatrick Of Wins At The German Supermotard Grand Prix - TM 1st and 2nd in S1 World Rankings (Jul 18, 2010)

    After over two months pause restarts the S1 Supermoto World Championship from the German circuit in Sankt Wendel. TM riders Davide Gozzini and Thomas Chareyre, protagonists in the Italian GP which opened the season of this specialty, in this second round have dominated the scene leaving only the leftovers for their opponents. The man of the day was been Thomas Chareyre who has won everything that was possible to win. Superpole and three victories in the three heats scheduled with abysmal gaps allowing Thomas to win the race with perfect score and snatch the red plate of championship... read more

    Red Bull Pro Nationals and 2 Stroke Championship, Round 6 - Pontrilas (Jul 12, 2010)

    Round six of the Red Bull Pro National series and the addictive 125cc and Open class 2 stroke Championships took place this past weekend at Pontrilas near Hereford. The natural circuit with it numerous ascents, descents and sweeping cambers was baked hard from the previous few weeks of glorious sunshine and even after much watering and harrowing getting any moisture into the soil was difficult. With temperature and humidity high on Saturday it was the Open class 2 stroke Championship that witnessed the TM riders off Stuart Edmonds, Jim Davies and Ryan Pottenger in the thick of the dusty... read more

    TM Racing 250Fi Tested For The 'Bike Buyers Guide' (Jul 8, 2010)

    The small Italian factory TM has been quietly working hard behind the scenes to reinvent their four-stroke range and more specifically their 250f model. Going back to the drawing board and starting from scratch the TM Racing 250Fi MX has emerged from the Italian workshops with all guns blazing. As we've come to expect from TM their entire range of machinery arrive dressed out in the best of kit and the 250Fi is no exception. Aluminium billet machined hubs are laced to striking blue anodised Excel rims complete with Braking oversized 'wavy' discs both front and rear. Marzocchi 50mm forks are... read more

    British Masters - Round 5, Landrake (Jul 7, 2010)

    Round 5 of the British Masters series took place this past weekend at the awesome Landrake circuit and the Team TM UK riders of Stuart Edmonds and Jim Davies were there competing in both the Pro MX2 and Pro MX1 classes. In MX2 Stuart rode TM Racing's incredible new 250cc Fi 4 stroke machine whilst Jim rode his legendary TM 125cc 2 stroke machine, in MX1 Stuart rode his TM 450cc 4 stroke and Jim piloted his TM 250 2 stroke machine. It was to be a very busy day for both the riders and the team personnel with two riders competing in two classes, both riding different machines. Qualifying... read more

    Bad Fall for Bossiere (Jul 5, 2010)

    The double northern GPs of Latvia and Sweden was not the best for TM Team and its riders. For Anthony Boissiere is a trip to forget in a hurry as he was protagonist of a bad fall in the second heat that forced him to make a stop at the nearby hospital. Just from the qualifying race on Saturday Anthony was involved in a start fall . Started again from the back he however managed to recovery up to the thirteenth place. In the first heat scheduled for Sunday Boissiere was fast enough to start and manage to fit around the fifteenth position before recovering and closing in tenth place behind... read more

    Patchquick Trophy (Jul 1, 2010)

    The well known motocross facility of Whiteway Barton in Kingsteignton, Devon played host to the 60th annual Patchquick Trophy meeting this past Wednesday evening and TM rider, Stuart Edmonds, was there to pitch battle against some of the UK's top riders for one of the most prestigious Trophies in UK motocross. The recently re-vamped circuit, which now runs in the opposite direction, was certainly different to what many had become used to, the loose nature of the soil and the dust it can create would also play its part in proceedings this evening. Qualifying began for Stuart at 5.30pm... read more

    Whitby Warriors - Rd5 Red Bull Pro and 2 Stroke Championships (Jun 28, 2010)

    Round 5 of the highly contested Red Bull Pro National and 125cc/Open 2 Stroke Championship took place this past weekend at the incredible Skelder Bank circuit in Whitby, Yorkshire. This two day event which saw Team TM UK travel north on Friday was to be a weekend of mixed fortunes for the TM UK riders of Stuart Edmonds, Jim Davies and Ryan Pottenger, who is still suffering from an injury sustained the weekend previously and decided to sit out of Saturday's Open 2 stroke races and concentrate his efforts on Sunday's 125cc event. The weather was glorious but the track was not... read more

    New TM Racing 250Fi Ridden And Rated (Jun 23, 2010)

    TM Racing's all new 250cc Fuel injected four stroke machine has been put through its paces by former British and World Championship motocross rider Mark Hucklebridge from Hucklebridge Events. Mark was draughted in by TMX to test TM's latest machine and you can find out Mark's thoughts on the little baby blue thumper in TMX soon. read more

    Silverstone Moto GP - Red Bull Pro Nationals and 125cc 2 Stroke Championship (Jun 22, 2010)

    The famous Silverstone racing circuit played host to round four of the Red Bull Pro Nationals and the 125cc 2 Stroke Championship this past weekend, with good weather all weekend and with the MCF event timetable working around the British Moto GP round it was an all action weekend for everybody. The new MX track created on the outer edge of Silverstone's circuit was not to everybody's liking, but nevertheless in the time that they had to design and build a new circuit it was 'hats off' to them. With the TM riders of Stuart Edmonds, in the RBPN Championship MX2 class, and with Jim Davies... read more

    David Coates Wins the Red Bull SteepleX as TM Sweep the Stakes (Jun 22, 2010)

    TM's David Coates has won the inaugural Red Bull SteepleX held at Buttevant Castle, Cork, Ireland on Sunday June 20th. Home of the world's first ever Steeple Chase held some 340 years ago, Red Bull reinvented the sport but this time replaced horses with horse power. Replicating the original format of Steeple Chase racing saw riders race 7km point to point cross-country between the two villages of Doneraile and Buttevant before arriving in the castle grounds of Buttevant to complete three laps of the hare and hound loop in front of hoards of spectators. Under glorious sunshine, it was... read more

    Boissiere and Michek Down On Luck In German GP (Jun 22, 2010)

    Difficult week end for TM riders who failed to mark points in both races because of too many falls. In MX1 Anthony Boissiere had to deal with a difficult weekend with a track, the German one, who is surely not one of his favorites. On Saturday's qualifying race Anthony is ranked ninth, a result that allows him to go on the grid in the best positions. At the start of race 1 Boissiere is once again in the top ten and quickly goes up to eighth. Only Cairoli, Leok and Guarneri, who were comeback, passed him on the final finishing twelfth . Also in race 2 Anthony manages to take advantage from... read more

    Cobra Go 1-2 At Silverstone Red Bull Pro Nationals (Jun 22, 2010)

    Dylan Woodcock leads his Cobra teammate Ryan Vickers The 4th round of the Red Bull Pro Nationals was always going to be something different for Cobra as we rolled into Silverstone as part of the Air Asia British Moto GP. The all new Silverstone motocross circuit witnessed some incredible racing, particularly on Saturday night and although the track was far from ideal the event itself was a success with many plenty of the Moto GP fans enjoying their first motocross experience. The MCF and Silverstone knew it would be tough to get a brand new track perfect in its preparations as it... read more

    TM Riders Visit Silverstone Today (Jun 15, 2010)

    TM UK riders Stuart Edmonds, the current Irish MX1 and MX2 Champion, and Jim Davies, the Current British 125cc 2 stroke champion, were both invited to the Red Bull Pro National press day today at Silverstone. The famous racing circuit which plays host the the Moto GP this coming weekend is also hosting the latest round of the Pro Nationals and the 125cc Championship on its newly created MX track. Constructed on the outskirts of the racing circuit the new motocross circuit also features a Supercross style circuit which will entertain the Moto GP crowds this Saturday evening and the two... read more

    Maurizio Micheluz close to the podium at the GP of Poland (Jun 15, 2010)

    The Enduro World caravan moved in Eastern Europe for the double GP of Poland and Slovak Republic. Riders present at the GP of Poland had to deal with a very selective track with heavy sand and high speed special tests. Among TM riders present at this GP Maurizio Micheluz is that one who got the best result. Maurizio, now fully recovered from the two injuries suffered in 2009, is improving at every race as well as it’s growing the confidence in its TM EN 250F electronic fuel injection. Maurizio Micheluz only eighth on Saturday race, was able to finish in fourth place behind Johnny... read more

    Injury forces Green out of EWC GP of Poland (Jun 14, 2010)

    Electraction TM rider Josh Green was forced to withdraw from the opening day's competition at the GP of Poland, round four of the 2010 Enduro World Championship, following a crash on the event's second timed special test. Placing fourth in class on the opening extreme test, and hopeful of securing a podium result, Josh parted company with his TM machine in spectacular style on the first motocross test, ending his event having injured his knee and re-aggravating a previous thumb injury. Josh will also miss the GP of Slovakia, which takes place next weekend, June 19/20. Josh Green: "It's... read more

    Martin Michek take the podium at the MX3 Motocross World Championship in Holice (Jun 14, 2010)

    The World Championship Motocross MX1-MX2 has a weekend break and Martin Michek took the opportunity to take part in the sixth round of the MX3 World Championship scheduled at Holice (CZ). A good training in view of the second part of the season and a good opportunity to bring home a major achievement in front of thousands of his fans who came from all the country to cheer their favorite TM rider. Martin, even this is not his favorite track, came to this meeting aware that the great result was possible being able to transform the pressure into pure energy. In time practices Michek was... read more

    Stuart Edmonds Racing Diary - British Masters Rd 4 - Foxhill (Jun 7, 2010)

    The legendary Foxhill Moto Park played host to the fourth round of the British Masters Championship this past weekend where Irish ace Stuart Edmonds contested both of the Pro classes, riding his TM 450 MX in the MX1 class and TM Racings all new 250Fi machine in the MX2 class. Qualifying began on a rather claggy track for the MX1 class after overnight watering had broken the concrete like surface from the previous days action. Stuart got to work and managed to post a time on his practice bike that would see him sat in twelfth position as the timer counted down to zero. In MX2 class... read more

    Anthony Boissiere Takes Fifth Overall In The French GP (Jun 7, 2010)

    Race after race the bond strengthens between the French rider and his new TM MX 450Fi machine and continuously the results are improving too, the highest placed French MX1 rider in his home GP and whilst competing against the best riders in the world, this is the result achieved by Anthony Boisseire who has now joined the exclusive club of the world's best riders. Always followed closely by the technical Manager of the TM Racing Team Patriek Heydens, Anthony has everything necessary to make the big leap forward and aim for a world championship podium result, no doubt it will come soon.... read more

    'The Hurricane' Is Coming ! (Jun 6, 2010)

    Archie 'The Hurricane' Hicks who took the title of 2009 IOPD Junior British Enduro Champion is looking set for another superb season on his new 2010 Cobra CX65 machine. 9 year old Archie, who began riding Cobra machinery half way through last year in preparation for his transition to larger classes this year, is again sitting at the top of the 2010 IOPD Championship with a six point lead over his nearest rival. Well done Archie. read more

    More impressive results from Green at GP of Italy (May 24, 2010)

    Electraction TM rider Josh Green has moved into sixth place in the ’10 Enduro Junior world championship standings and now lies just seven points off fourth following two strong performances at the third round of the Enduro World Championship, the GP of Portugal staged in Lovere, northern Italy. With a massive 57 Enduro Junior class riders starting the Italian event Josh made a near perfect start to the race finishing second in class on the Friday night Super Test. Beaten only by Husaberg factory rider Benoit Fortunato, who would eventually place 10th at the end of the day, Josh then... read more

    Edmonds And Davies Top The 250's (May 23, 2010)

    TM Riders Stuart Edmonds and Jim Davies took time out of their usually hectic schedule along with fellow TM rider Ryan Pottenger to compete in the third round of the ACU British 2 Stroke Championship over 125cc class at Mepal this weekend. With 5 races held over 2 days it was going to be a gruelling event in the bottomless sand of the Mepal circuit, with temperatures hitting 27 degrees and with very little in the way of breeze or shade it was hard work for everyone involved but the effort paid off. Stuart, who was unlucky in two races whilst leading with one small crash and one tangle... read more

    Anthony Boissiere fantastic fourth in the first heat of the Spanish GP (May 13, 2010)

    The Spanish weekend was marked by bad weather which fortunately gave way to a timid sun that has warmed the Sunday races and all TM fans arrived from all the Spain. Anthony Boissiére was able to finally finish a race in top position showing that his feeling with the blue Pesaro’s bike grows every race as well as increase the performance of his TM MX450Fi that for this GP has been updated with a new cylinder-head. During the qualifying race on Saturday, raced under an heavy rain, Anthony was forced to recover after a bad start going back to seventeenth position. The first heat starts... read more

    Heights Of Determination For Davies (May 12, 2010)

    TM 125 pilot and reigning 125cc champion, Jim Davies, continued his title defence this weekend at the legendary Canada Heights circuit. With a mix of loose sand, hard pack and an extremely rough track after Saturdays racing the 'Heights' was going to be difficult to master during todays three race format. The 125cc qualifying was first out on the freshly watered track and Jim went about business as normal, after a few laps to familiarise himself he then began to wind the little TM up put in some quick laps, at the end of session Jim had managed to put himself into second position,... read more

    Maurizio Micheluz on the podium at Varzi (May 11, 2010)

    The second round of the Enduro Absolutes of Italy were an important test for French Rodrig Thain after the hand injury suffered during the Portuguese GP while he struggled with the Finn Mika Ahola for the win. Rodrig after two weeks or treatment appeared in good shape and managed to complete three of the four laps in program, stopping only to not tire too much his hand in view if the GP of Italy scheduled in two weeks. Good race of Friuli Maurizio Micheluz that brought his TM EN 250Fi to the second step of the podium. Still struggling with the best of this class Maurizio closed behind... read more

    Stuart Edmonds Racing Diary (May 10, 2010)

    In the last two weeks I reckon I have spent a good 30 hours just driving in the van alone, from last week travelling 8 hours up to Scotland and 8 hours back, to this weekend driving to Whitby which is another 5 hours up and 5 back, also my couple of days training on the bike during the week has been tiring but I am slowly starting to get the results I deserve and my fitness and bike time is coming to its prime, I still have a lot of work to be doing to get to where I want to be fitness wise and that will only show in time. Things like these cant be rushed because if it is we can easily burn... read more

    Davide Gozzini and Thomas Chareyre on the podium of the first GP of the season (May 9, 2010)

    Good World start for 747 Motosport -TM Racing Factory’s riders on the speedy track at Castelletto. Immediately fast on Saturday practices, Davide Gozzini and Thomas Chareyre took the second and third position in time practices a few tenths of a second behind the Aprilia’s French VDB, the fourth Ivan Lazzarini completes the first row. Same result in Superpole scheduled on Sunday morning where the "Gozzo" can further reduce the gap that separates him from VDB while Thomas remains in third place. In Race 1 Gozzini had a great start and pasted to the rear wheel of VDB which remain... read more

    RAPTOR 'Extreme' Titanium Footpegs Available For TM And Cobra Machines (May 8, 2010)

    TM UK is pleased to announce that the Raptor 'Extreme' Titanium footpegs are now available for our models direct from TM UK. Ultra strong, lightweight, an increased footprint area over stock and with exceptional mud dissapation the new 'Extreme' peg is an essential performance upgrade with looks to match. Please contact TM UK for prices and availabilty. read more

    Edmonds Efi Excitement (May 7, 2010)

    Young Irish Ace Stuart Edmonds Debuted TM Racing’s new 250 4t MX Efi machine at the Red Bull Pro Nationals held at the incredible Landrake Moto Park circuit this past weekend. With heavy rain on Saturday night and the early hours of Sunday morning it was going to be an uphill battle on a very wet and demanding track, qualifying did not go well for Stuart as the track degraded and became increasingly more difficult to pass his competitors, struggling to put in a quick lap in the traffic Stuart fought on and eventually set a time that would disappointingly see him only qualify in twelfth... read more

    Davies Solid At Soft Landrake. (May 6, 2010)

    Reigning 125cc British 2 Stroke Champion, Jim Davies, continued on with his title defence at round two of the 2010 Championship at Landrake Moto Park this past weekend. With rain overnight dampening the proceedings it was the 125cc machines that took to the sodden track first thing on Sunday morning. With a machine that had gained around 30 kilos in weight within the first two laps Jim eventually managed to put some sort of lap together in the horrendous conditions and traffic, screaming the little TM around the big circuit whilst continuously taking avoiding action to manoeuvre around... read more

    McLaughlin bounces back from injury to finish fifth and fourth at rounds 3&4 of ’10 BESC series (May 5, 2010)

    Electraction TM UK rider Phillip McLaughlin has showed that he is now all but over the crash that put him out of the opening round of this year’s Enduro World Championship, and sidelined him from the second round of the series, by placing fifth and fourth at the third and fourth rounds of the ’10 ACU British Enduro Sprint Championship, staged near Bere Regis, Dorset. Arriving at the event directly from the EWC in Portugal Phillip was initially unsure about competing but having decided to race enjoyed some impressive results in the competitive Elite class. Although feeling anything... read more

    Murro Takes A Clean Sweep At Condover (May 4, 2010)

    Road Land and Sea TM rider Jim Murro , scored a perfect hatrick of race wins at the recent Condover AMCA meeting run by SMX. The races had a host of exceptionally quick riders including some of the top championship boys all looking to take the honours on the day, including Jamie Dobson, Jamie Powell, Shaun Pearce, Darren Dobson, Ryan Jones , Race 1 , Murro took the holeshot with the rest in a tussle for the remaining places, his domination soon showed through with the lead being increased at the flag. Race 2, fast away Dobson took the initial lead with Murro managing to position himself in... read more

    2010 MX Grand Prix of Bulgaria (May 3, 2010)

    The 2010 Motocross World Championship started this past weekend in Sevlievo, the most beautiful MX circuit in the world, and in such good climatic conditions that it was a spectacle of the highest level. TM RACING Team were represented at the opening round by a new rider in the MX1 class, Anthony Bossiere, after the horrendous injury suffered by Aigar Leok only several weeks ago will force the young Estonian miss the majority of the season. Anthony, with just over three days testing the new TM MX 450Fi, proved immediately to be on the pace posting the eleventh fastest time in the MX1... read more

    Josh Green claims first ever Enduro World Championship podium (May 2, 2010)

    In only his second ever Enduro World Championship competition Australian Josh Green has claimed a podium finish, placing third in the Enduro Junior class at the GP of Portugal – round two of the ’10 EWC series. Making his EWC debut one week ago at the GP of Spain, where he placed eighth on day two following a day one DNF after he broke multiple spokes in his front wheel after over jumping an obstacle on the extreme test, Josh upped his pace in Portugal to finish with solid six/three results. Competing as the lone Electraction TM UK team rider following the withdrawal of Enduro 1... read more

    Davies And Edmonds Flying High At Foxhill (May 1, 2010)

    Current British 125cc Champion Jim Davies and current Irish MX1 and MX2 Champion, Stuart Edmonds, got off to a flying start in their 2010 British 2 stroke Championship campaigns at the legendary Foxhill Moto Parc this weekend. Jim riding the incredible TM 125 machine crashed early on in qualifying after he tangled with a fellow competitor but still managed to regain his composure and pushed on with twisted handlebars to finish the session with the third fastest time. Race one saw Jim mid pack after an average start but battling his way through the pack he had fought his way to second... read more

    Electraction - TMUK 2010 Enduro Racing Team (Apr 1, 2010)

    Following on from a number of successful seasons at BEC / WEC level the Electraction TM team are pleased to announce their rider line-up for the 2010 season. At the forefront of private teams, Electraction have always been keen to run a junior rider in the WEC series and as Philip McLaughlin will move to the E1 class on the new TM Racing 250Fi En, team manager Nick Craigie announced that young Australian rider Joshua Green will join the team for the 2010 season, campaigning the 300cc 2 stroke TM machine. Gordon Clarke will continue to do selected events on a 250 / 300 2t machine also.... read more

    Maxima Oils Teams Up With The Electraction / TM UK Enduro Squad for 2010 Season (Mar 31, 2010)

    Maxima Oils will be teaming up with the Electraction / TM UK Enduro team for the 2010 season. The American company with over 40 years of history and technological achievements behind them will support the team with the necessary equipment to keep the TM machinery in perfect mechanical condition. With names such as Ricky Carmichael, Ryan Villopoto, Grant langston and Pro-Circuit Racing on Maxima's results list over the years, the pedigree of their lubricants has been proven at the highest levels in our sport, as well as in many other motorsport disciplines form powerboating to top fuel... read more

    Davide Gozzini Wins New Zealand Supermotard Championship (Mar 30, 2010)

    Italian sensation, Davide 'Gozzo' Gozzini mounted on a TM 450 SMX machine writes himself into the history books at the famous Wanganui Cemetery Circuit. A prestigious event first run in 1951 and this year forming the jewel event in the Suzuki International Tri Series. TM rider Gozzini and his fellow countryman Lazzarini stunned a massive Wanganui crowd with a display of riding never seen before at the 'cemetery', an on form Gozzo dominating both Tri-Series events and then clean sweeping the Wanganui races, earning himself the title of 'Speedy Gozzini' with the New Zealand fans.... read more

    TM Racing 250 2t MX is Moto Magazine's '2010- 250 Of The Year' (Mar 29, 2010)

    TM Racing's incredible 250cc MX 2 stroke machine has taken the tilte of Moto Magazine's '250 Of The Year'. The 2010 TM 250 was tested along with the competition at a very cold, wet and snowy Essex MX in Decmeber last year and was victorious in this 2010 model 'shootout'. The Moto magazine test rider commented on the TM..... "The engine is madly strong, its torquey, it revs and the 38mm Keihen carb keeps it fuelled to perfection in the all important mid-range, a cool, top quality piece of kit that is simply blazingly fast and brings the fun back to motocross, we love it, and so will... read more

    Team TM UK 2010 MX Riders (Mar 28, 2010)

    2010 will see TM UK once again supporting a number of riders in the UK domestic Championships this year, with events such as the Maxxis British Championships, The British 2 Stroke Championships, The Red Bull Pro National series and selected other events it will be a busy season for all involved. The big news, to settle the rumours that surfaced later last year, is that the likeable Irish ace Stuart Edmonds, who has been competing on TM machinery his entire career from his 85cc days to present, will again pilot TM machinery in 2010. The current Irish MX1 and MX2 Champion will be competing... read more

    TM Racing Win 2009 World Supermoto Championship (Mar 28, 2010)

    TM Racing has recorded its maiden Supermoto Wolrd Championship win by taking the S1 class title for 2009. With the combination of TM Racing's incredible 450smx machine and its pilot, 35 year old Frenchman Thierry Van-Den-Bosch, the pairing have had a fairy tale season. With Thierry being signed to TM only a week prior to the first round there was little time to fully prepare, having only ridden the machine a number of times it was a true testament to both Thierry and TM when he went on to take the overall win at this years first World Supermoto Championship round in Viterbo, Italy.... read more

    Best Ever Result For McLaughlin At The 'Natterjack' (Mar 27, 2010)

    Despite Philip McLaughlin finishing third overall at the end of the opening day's competition there was delight and frustration in equal measure within the Electraction TM UK team at the end of the final round of the 2009 British Enduro Championship. With McLaughlin claiming his highest ever BEC overall result with a solid third place on day one, behind visiting Frenchman Christophe Nambotin and former World Champion Paul Edmondson, the TM UK teams youngest member Jamie Paget impressively ended the event as 2009 Enduro 3 Champion. Disappointingly, a carburettor problem on day two prevented... read more

    Davies Is The Champion (Mar 26, 2010)

    With one round of the series still remaining TM 125 rider Jim Davies has scored enough points this season to secure himself the title of 2009 British 125cc Expert Champion. Davies, who gives TM Racing its second consecutive 125cc championship title, will gain his crown at the final round of the series to be scheduled for the start of October, a crown handed over from fellow TM rider Jonathan Pettitt who took the 2008 title on his TM 125cc machine. Davies' season has not been an easy one but consistency, hard work and dedication has paid its rewards. With numerous injuries sustained... read more

    Pettitt and Davies 1-2 At British 2 Stroke Championship 125cc Expert Class, Round 8. (Mar 26, 2010)

    The penultimate round of the British 2 Stroke Championship took place this past weekend at the Wakes Colne circuit near Colchester and TM 125 Pilots Jonathan Pettitt and Jim Davies were both stood on the podium at the days conclusion, Pettitt taking a clean sweep with three race victories and with a championship consolidating ride Davies took third overall, a TM 1- 2 in the 125cc Expert class. With qualifying starting on a slightly overwatered track and with a large numbers of riders circulating finding a 'clean' lap was not the easiest, however Jonathan found the lap he needed to take... read more

    Positive End To 2009 WEC Series For McLaughlin (Mar 25, 2010)

    Electration TM UK rider Philip Mclaughlin has brought his participation in the 2009 World Enduro Championship to a positive end with a seventh place result in the Enduro Junior Class at the GP of France. With the penultimate round of the series, the GP of Greece, having ended with a day two DNF after Philip crashed heavily on the event's extreme test, the eighth and final round of the series saw the Irishman perform well against a stacked Enduro Junior Class, earning him and end-of-season 12th position in the EJ Class final standings. With French riders dominating the Enduro Junior Class... read more

    Davies And Pettitt Perform At Pontrilas (Mar 24, 2010)

    Round 7 of the British 2 Stroke Championships took place this past weekend at the incredible Howton Court venue at Pontrilas, near Hereford and the naturally shaped, earth circuit provided one of the best days of 2 stroke action we have seen this year. 2009 Championship series leader, TM 125 pilot Jim Davies, was joined for the first time this season by long standing TM campaigner and reigning British 125cc 2 Stroke Champion Jonathan Pettitt, Jonathan who was injured at the start of the year made his comeback at this event and showed he has not lost his touch with TM Racing's incredible... read more

    Cobra Clean Up At Loretta's (Mar 23, 2010)

    Cobra racers continued to write the chapters of the most successful American-made motorcycle in the history of motocross racing this past week, led by California's Stilez Robertson and Florida's Jordan Bailey, sweeping the premier 50cc class races at the 28th annual AMA Amateur MX National Championships held at Loretta Lynn. Beginning with the 50cc AMA Stock class, Bailey led a Cobra King 50 charge that secured Cobra the first 24 places, a total of 37 Cobra machines in a race totalling 42 riders, a domination that was enjoyed by all at Cobra motorcycles. Joining Bailey in the 50cc AMA... read more

    McLaughlin On The Podium at Inaugural 'Elite Sprint Enduro' (Mar 22, 2010)

    Electraction TMUK rider Philip McLaughlin claimed the last step of the podium at the inaugural 'Elite Sprint Enduro' this weekend which took place at the Cwymthig Hill venue in Rhayader, Wales. This new type of event saw a field of riders competing against each other by recording times from 10 separate laps and combining them to give a total event time, the lowest accumulated time wins. This may sound relatively simple but with a lap of some 4 miles which contained huge elevation changes, wet grass, big off camber turns, slippery rocky climbs and also the motocross circuit with its... read more

    2010 TM Racing Range Breaks Cover (Mar 21, 2010)

    TM UK is pleased to announce to you the 2010 range of competition motorcycles from TM Racing. Once again the small Italian concern will produce an incredible range of over 30 motorcycles for the disciplines of Motocross, Enduro and Supermotard, featuring both 2 stroke and 4 stroke engines in numerous capacity classes. TM Racing have pledged their continuance to further develop and manufacture both the 2 stroke and 4 stroke engines and are currently working on many new projects, including emission controlling systems for the 2 stroke range as well as new engines in both 2 stroke and 4... read more

    Carl Tiley Racing...Training Schools and Events (Mar 21, 2010)

    TM UK will be joining forces with Enduro legend Carl Tiley to assist him in his new venture, Carl Tiley Racing. Carl, who is currently leading the Metzeler British Enduro Championship Veteran Class on his TM machine and has over 20 years of national and international competition experience, is going to share his wealth of knowledge by running his own training schools. Novices, clubmen and experts through a wide age range will be catered for in the disciplines of MX, Enduro and Cross Country, learning valuble tips and improving their techniques from a man who has done it all. TM UK wil... read more

    Cobra Is Here (Mar 20, 2010)

    TM UK is pleased to announce Cobra has come to Corsham. A healthy Spare parts inventory has been established, full workshop facilities are available and we have now a selection of 2009 machines available for demonstration. TM UK and selected dealers will be joining forces with Cobra UK to organise some Cobra test days where you may come along and try these exicting machines. If you would like to experience these incredible machines first hand please contact for more information and to register yourselves for these upcoming events. Cobra @ TM UK read more

    Birthday Girl !! (Mar 19, 2010)

    TM UK owner and long time TM fanatic, Nick Craigie, recieved a new edition to the family this week. After hearing, through the TM 'grapevine', that this machine was coming up for sell Nick set to work and managed to track the owner down. A private collector in the United States had purchased this bike many years ago but sadly he was having to let his collection go, soon a deal was done and the machine was lovingly crated and on its way. The machine arrived this week and Nick is now the very proud owner of a very rare 1979 TM Racing 'factory' 125mx, one of first machines produced by... read more

    Davies Consolidates Championship Lead (Mar 18, 2010)

    TM 125 rider Jim Davies extended his championship points lead at round 6 of the 2009 British 2 Stroke Championships which took place at Canada Heights this weekend. With a series of calculated rides, to ensure enough was done to strengthen his championship standing without taking any uneccessary risks whilst still recovering from several broken ribs, Davies increased his championship points lead over his rivals once more. With substantial rain fall during the tail end of the week the sandy circuit was extremely wet come Friday evening, however, Saturday morning greeted us with glorious... read more

    Cobra Motorcycles (Mar 18, 2010)

    TM UK is pleased to announce that it has recently been appointed dealer for Cobra Motorcyles, spare parts and accessories covering the areas of Wales, Gloucestershire, Wiltshire, Hampshire, and the South West through Devon and Cornwall. Since their humble beginnings in 1993 when 'Cobra' founder Bud Mamione designed, manufactured and assembled the first racing motorcycle for his son to compete on, Cobra Moto has become a huge success that has taken the United States by storm. To date Cobra Moto can boast and incredibly impressive tally of having over 200 youth titles to their credit and a... read more

    Tiley Wins Shillingstone Forest Enduro (Mar 17, 2010)

    Long standing TM campaigner and veteran Enduro rider Carl Tiley showed he still has the class even at the ripe age of...well definately ripe anyway!, piloting his TM 300 EN to win the SCEC Hare and Hounds event last weekend held in the wonderful Shillingstone forest in Dorset. The near 8 mile lap consisted of a good mix of enjoyable terrain, varying ascents and descents, tighter woodland sections, fire roads and some excellent trails were there to challenge all the competitiors. With 10 laps completed and with all, bar the 'fuel pitting' lap, around twenty minutes Carl's consistancy was... read more

    British 2 Stroke Championship, Round 5 (Mar 16, 2010)

    The incredible circuit of Skelder Bank, overlooking the famous seaside fishing town of Whitby, was to play host to round five of the British 2 Stroke Championships this weekend. The challenging course with its large tabletops, fast uphill and downhill jumps and numerous rhythm sections was to create some exciting 2 stroke racing once again. TM 125cc expert rider Jim Davies, who was currently leading the championship by 35 points after round four of the series, went to Whitby with little hope of a good result after a crash in the previous weekends British Motocross Championships... read more

    Gozzini And TM Take Third Consecutive Italian National Supemoto Championship Title (Mar 15, 2010)

    Tm rider Davide Gozzini took his third consecutive Italian National Supermoto Championship title this weekend in Pomposa, Italy. With one round still left remaining in the series Gozzo has done enough to take the number one plate yet again, and doing it the only way he knows how, by winning. In race one Gozzini recovered from a bad start to pass the finish tied with Gaspadone, a photo finish awarded Gozzini second place with a detatchment from the winner, Gaspardone, of 0.016 seconds as they crossed the line. Race two was a whole different story however, Gozzini got the start he... read more

    Thierry Van Den Bosch Leads World Championship, Davide Gozzini Second (Mar 14, 2010)

    The second round of the FIM Supermoto World Championship, the Grand Prix of Great Britain, was held at Mallory Park in conjunction with the seventh round of the Motocross World Championship. Given the number of participants for this round the format for the Saturday evening race schedule would see both the S1 and S2 classes combined over two heats, with the capacity classes scored separately. The official practice sessions on Friday started in the worst way possible for TM Racing with the fall of the young rider Andrea Occhini who was left with a bad fracture in his left wrist. Van den... read more

    Clarke And McLaughlin Dominate The Opening Round Of The Irish Enduro Championship (Mar 13, 2010)

    Electraction TM UK riders Gordon Clarke and Philip McLaughlin showed their WEC experience by finishing 1st and 2nd at the opening round of the Irish Enduro Championships held at a very wet Glendalough last weekend. Heavy rain for the preceeding weeks and on the event made for a very wet route but the ground held up well and there were only a few parts of the course that cut up badly. A 40km lap with 3 checks, ridden 3 times and a test which was very fast at the start and more technical at the end greeted the riders. Gordon now back to something like full fitness following a series of... read more

    Thain On The Podium At Pievebovigliana (Mar 12, 2010)

    TM Rider Rodrig Thain who participates in the Italian National Enduro Championships as training for the WEC secured another podium in the 'Foriegners class' ranking. Finishing third behind only Ahola and Meo, with Remes and Seistola fourth and fifth respectively, Thain battled the dry dusty conditions to place himself in third place on both days of the competition. Returning from injury that has basically not allowed him to compete for most of the year, Friuli policeman Maurizio Michelez fought hard on both days, finishing the event in respectable placings for his comeback event. On... read more

    Davies And TM On Top At Landrake (Mar 11, 2010)

    Landrake Moto Park played host to the fourth round of the British 2 Stroke Championship this weekend and despite some horrendous weather through Saturday night and Sunday morning, we were still treated to an awesome day of 2 stroke action once more. TM rider Jim Davies flew the flag once more for the small Italian marque today and took the overall victory after a days hard fought racing. As the qualifying sessions began the rained continued to fall, the circuit which looked perfect on Saturday evening, and was obviously prepared well, stood up to the torrents of rain and although tricky... read more

    TM Racing's Thierry Van Den Bosch And Davide Gozzini Dominate In The Italian Supermoto Champs (Mar 10, 2010)

    A day to remember for TM Racing, its riders and their technicians as they look forward in preparation to the Supermoto Grand Prix of Great Britian. Thierry Van Den Bosch showed his intentions with a dominant display at the Italian Supermoto Championship held in Latina, Italy. Fastest in practice and throughout qualifying Thierry then swept the board by taking wins in both S1 class races on his TM 450 SMX as well as being victorious in the International race. It was also a great day for S2 class pilot Davide Gozzini who recorded his third consecutive victory on his TM 660 SMX. Taking... read more

    TM Racing 1st And 2nd In S2 At Busca (Mar 9, 2010)

    At the second round of the Italian national Supermoto Championship, held in Busca, the TM paring of Davide Gozzini and Andrea Occhini took first and second places in the highly competitive S2 class aboard their mighty TM 660cc SMX machines. Gozzini opted for a second place finish in race two to secure the overall result after his win in race one, whilst Occhini finished with two fourth places. In the S1 class Thierry Van-Den-Bosch, who is still adjusting to the new TM 450 SMX Fuel Injected machine, finished fourth and second respectively in the S1 class races. read more

    Davies Rises Above (Mar 8, 2010)

    Thoresway near Caistor, Lincs, was to be the venue for the third round of the 2009 British 2 Stroke Championship. The extremely fast circuit set in its own natural valley was bathed in sunshine as the qualifying sessions began, the 125's were split into two groups as per normal with Jim once again in qualifying group two. Jim took to the track for his session and used the few minutes available before the 'clock' began to acclimatise himself to his surroundings and to explore and find the best lines, at the end of the group two qualifier he had posted a time good enough to give himself... read more

    McLaughlin Claims Best Ever WEC Result At GP Of Italy (Mar 7, 2010)

    Electraction TM UK rider Philip McLaughlin has claimed his best ever World Enduro Championship result with a hard fought fifth place in the Enduro Juniior class on day two of the GP of Italy held in Iglesias, Sardinia. Claiming World Championship points at the opening two rounds of the '09 WEC series, Philip was confident he would gain more valuable points in Sardinia with another good performance, although the opening day didn't go as planned on day two he claimed the highest class result of any British rider. Frustratingly for Philip day one ended prematurely when a wire worked its way... read more

    TM Racing's 660cc SMX Machine's Dominate The Podium At 'Maximoto'. (Mar 6, 2010)

    TM Racing machinery dominated the 'Maximoto' class at the European Championship. The UEM 'Maximoto' European Supermoto Championship which ran in conjunction with the World Supermoto Championship in Viterbo, Italy was dominated by TM machinery. TM Racing's customer's took their mighty 660cc SMX machines and swept the board clean taking all three podium positions. The win was taken by Bulgarian rider Kalin Kulev, second position to Elio Marchetti, although on equal points, and the third step of the podium went to Fabrizio Fiorucci. read more

    Philip Takes Podium Position At UEM (Mar 5, 2010)

    Electraction TM UK rider Philip McLaughlin travelled to the opening round of the UEM European Enduro Championship held high in the mountains of Rion De Montage in southern France. Having already recorded some impressive results at the first two rounds of the World Enduro Championships in Portugal and Spain, Philip was hopeful and confident that his run of good form would continue. Unfortunately the rain that was forecast arrived and the 400 strong entry of riders were greeted with steady rain and foggy skies on Saturday morning that never relented throughout the course of the weekend.... read more

    Davies Continues To Impress (Mar 5, 2010)

    TM rider Jim Davies continued to impress onlookers once more at round two of the British 2 Stroke Championships held at the spectacularly fast Cusses Gorse circuit near Salisbury, Wiltshire, today. With rain forecast and with the clouds above threatening to dampen proceedings, we were once again treated to the awesome sound of forty screaming 2 strokes taking to the track for qualifying. By the end of his timed session Jim had placed himself and his TM 125 machine into second spot, which was also the second fastest recorded time of both groups combined. Race 1: With the rain holding... read more

    Aigar Leok Takes Fourth Place In First GP (Mar 4, 2010)

    TM Racing factory rider Aigar Leok brought his TM 450cc 4t machine home in fourth place at the opening round of the motocross world championship held in Faenza, Italy. After finishing twelfth in Saturday mornings qualifying race Aigar felt at ease, was 100% confident in his machine and was pleased with the result after such a short amount of time on the bike, only recently recovering from a collarbone injury sustained in winter practice.During the afternoon however the heavens opened and rain fell nigh on continuously throughout Saturday night and into Sunday leaving the track saturated.... read more

    Rodrig Thain On The Podium At WEC Grand Prix Of Portugal (Mar 3, 2010)

    with a typical summer climate to begin the Enduro World Championship in Penafiel near Porto and with Michelez and Kvarnstrom still recovering fron injury, Rodig Thain was to defend the colours of the Pesarese team excellantly, bringing his Factory TM 450cc machine to third place in the E2 standings. Thanks to the hard work over the winter months, Rodrig was able to be competitive right from the first special test where he recorded the fastest overall time. fighting for the podium position, Thain penalized himself in the extreme test by losing vital seconds after contact with Johnny... read more

    TMX Win A Sponsored Ride Competition (Mar 3, 2010)

    Lance Harland the winner of the Trials and motocross news competition to win a TM racing sponsored ride has collected his prize, and what a prize it is ! Lance, who will compete in the 2009 British 2 Stroke Championships, decided his weapon of choice would be the awesome TM 250 2t MX machine. The bike arrived from the sunny shores of Italy last week to a rather cold and white Wiltshire !, Lance was keen to say the least to travel the 9-10 hour round trip during the most horrendous weather conditions that the UK has seen for some time to collect his prize. Braving the elements was well... read more

    TM Racing Debut New 250cc 4t Machine (Mar 2, 2010)

    TM Racing's new 250cc 4t machine made its debut at the 3rd round of the Italian National championships. both TM Racing and the young Czechoslovakian rider Martin Michek were more than impressed with the new machines performance. Having spent the winter months with the new machine logging hour upon hour of testing time on the bench and on the track to gain valuable performance and reliability data, the new machine was unveiled, and its first outing was a success. Michek, who has been competing on TM 450cc 4t for the past 2 seasons had only ridden the new 250cc 4t machine a few times... read more

    TM Racing go to Nascar (Mar 2, 2010)

    TM Racing recently visited America to compete at the famous Nascar and Indycar circuit Homestead International Speedway, Miami. Obviously this was a 2 wheeled adventure for TM and the challenge was to partake in a round of the Championship Cup Series, an event more used to seeing superbikes as opposed to supermoto bikes!. With a line up of Ducati 900cc/1000cc/748 Rs, Bimota 1000cc, Suzuki and Kawasaki 650cc machinery the TM Racing 660 SMX single cylinder supermotard machine was the odd one out for sure but that didn't stop them. TM rider Vito Candela commented " we had to set the bike up... read more

    Davies Impresses At The British 2 Stroke Championship (Mar 1, 2010)

    Jim Davies done TM proud at the opening round of this years British 2 Stroke Championship with an incredible 2nd overall. With the absence of long term TM pilot and 125 supremo' Jonathan Pettitt, still out due to injury, it was privateer Jim Davies who stood up to the challenge and impressed all with his current show of form. The venue for the first round of this years Championship was Mildenhall, conditions were perfect, the sun was shining, but best of all the was the incredible sounds and smells that mean one thing, and one thing only, 125cc 2 stroke machines, unbeatable!. Jim who... read more

    McLaughlin Finishes 2nd In Pro Class GBXC round 1 (Mar 1, 2010)

    Philip McLaughlin continued his impressive form at the opening round of the GBXC Championships with a brilliant hard fought 2nd place aboard the 450cc TM. Young Irishman Philip's impressive form continued as he headed an all star cast of top British Enduro and MX riders at the weekends opening cross country series, held at the excellent Coney Green Farm venue. With the exception of David Knight the huge Pro/Experts field included all of the top names: Sagar, Wakely, Evans, Woods, Braybrook, Bolter, etc. Sat ready for the 13.15 start of the 2.30 hr race, the rain clouds gathered. Off the... read more

    Trials and Motocross News 'TM' Competition. (Mar 1, 2010)

    TM UK has teamed up with TMX to give one of their readers a chance to win a 'sponsored' TM ride for 2009. the lucky winner of this unique competition will receive any bike of their choice from the TM 2009 MX or Enduro range, a £1000 parts allowance, an oil and lubes package from ELF, a set of Renthals in their preferred bend, a set of kit from FOX, a cleaning kit from Pro-Clean, and 6 tyres from Pirelli/Metzeler, all in all probably the biggest prize ever to be given away in a TMX competition. For a chance to win this fabulous prize please pick up a copy of TMX, entries are starting... read more

    Jonathan Pettitt and TM dominate DEP (Feb 28, 2010)

    Congratulations to Jonathan Pettitt who took the DEP sponsored British 125cc 2 Stroke Championship title for 2008 aboard his amazing TM 125cc MX machine. Jonathan dominated this years championship with 8 overall victories from 9 rounds and a staggering 20 wins from 25 starts, his worst place finishing was a fourth after a start line tangle which left him way off the back of the pack!. congratulations also go out to privateer Jim Davies on his TM 125 machine who upon changing over to TM machinery for the 2008 season saw a return to form and finished a very creditable fourth overall in... read more

    Gozzini does the double with TM (Feb 28, 2010)

    Davide 'Gozzo' Gozzini gave TM its second consecutive title in the highly contested Italian National Supermotard Championship, piloting his TM 660 SMX 'Gozzo' thrilled the Italian crowds and took to the podium once again to be crowned national champion for 2008. Sadly for Gozzini the hapiness was soon to turn to sorrow as the young Italian rider who has also been one of the favourites to take the World Supermotard S2 Championship this year was robbed of his maiden world title when a puncture halted his progress to score the few points needed to overhaul a narrow points margin gained by... read more

    McLaughlin gives TM consecutive titles (Feb 27, 2010)

    Talented young Irishman Philip McLaughlin has secured the overall victory of the British Enduro Championship Expert class aboard his TM 250cc 2t machine. Philip who only recently became an 'Enduro' rider after switching over from a motocross background has shown much promise this year in both domestic competition and on the world stage in the 'WEC' events. The final round of the 'BEC' held on Longmoor camp, known as the 'Natterjack',was to see Philip secure the title for 2008 and for TM and its astonishing 250cc 2t Enduro machine its second consecutive British Enduro Championship Expert... read more

    Gozzini And TM Win Supermotard Of Nations (Feb 27, 2010)

    Davide Gozzini once again showed the Supermotard world that the combination of his talents and his astonishing TM 660 SMX are a forced to be reckoned with. After last years success for 'Gozzo' and the TM 660 SMX in the Supermotard of Nations where he was the highest individual points scoring rider the still reigning Italian National Champion and 2008 World Championship Runner-up again stamped his mark on proceedings this year in Pleven, Bulgaria. Together with his team mates Lazarrini and Pignotti they managed to overthrow the competion and with an incredible convincing win by Gozzini... read more

    Lewis King TM 144cc MX (Feb 27, 2010)

    TM UK would like to congratulate Lewis King on his 2008 season, during 2008 the talented young Welshman piloted a TM 144cc MX machine in both the BYMX Championships and the British Under 21's Championship with great success. Supplied by TM UK and maintained and run by Gary Pottenger and his team the 144cc TM had a faultless year and with Lewis at the controls secured 3rd overall in the BYMX Championship and an incredible 8th overall in the highly competetive and essentially 'factory 4 stroke' dominated British Under 21's Championship. well done all. read more

    Thain And TM lead Team France To 'Six Days' Victory (Feb 25, 2010)

    Former motocross star turned Enduro star Rodrig Thain helped France take the team title at the 2008 Internationl Six Day Enduro. Thain competing in his first ever ISDE event piloted his TM 450 EN to victory for team France as well as finishing runner up in the E2 category, narrowly missing out on a class win and a top five finish overall after a bad fall on day four of the event Thain posted the fastest times on many tests and was pleased with his performance and that of his machinery. " The Six Days was good for me and the French team, my first ever Six Days and a win at the end !, i... read more