Australia has won the Nations Trophy at the 2009 FIM Junior World Motocross Championship, in Taupo New Zealand, ahead of Italy and New Zealand.

Jay Wilson became the 85cc World Championship and Tye Simmonds finished 2nd in the 125cc World Championship.

There's hardly anywhere to ride legally in NSW.

Land developers, policy exclusion, clowns and noise has resulted in closure of nearly all available areas.

Now there are Environmental problems as riders push into areas they would not have used previously.

Erosion from new track creation, grooving of water diversion banks (roll-overs), creek bank destruction and spreading of weeds and diseases from unwashed machines are all problems now.

Federal Chamber of Automotive Industry Top 10 selling motorcycles.

1. Kawasaki 250 Ninja
2. Honda CT110
3. Suzuki DR-Z400E
4. Yamaha WR450F
5. Honda CRF250R
6. Honda CRF450R
7. Honda CRF230F
8. Yamaha PW50
9. Yamaha YZ250F
10. Yamaha YZF-R1

We can try to deny it until the sky turns green and they open golf courses to bikes on Saturday mornings, but the fact is that riding dirt bikes is a risky business. Two small patches of rubber groping for traction on mud, sand, leaf mulch or gravel isn’t exactly sensible, now toss in a power-to-weight ratio that race car drivers would kill for, and you’ve got real potential for trouble. Granted, this is a major part of the attraction of dirt riding, but we need to acknowledge the risks so that we can take steps to minimise them.