 Road Racing on (temporary closed) public roads Motorcycle sport is a broad field that encompasses all sporting aspects of motorcycling. The disciplines are not all "races" or timed speed events, as several disciplines test a competitor's riding skills. The FIM is the international sanctioning body for motorcycle racing and most nations have their own governing bodies. Other breakaway/independent bodies exist on both a national and an international level. Image File history File links Lydden05. ...
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Image File history File links Download high resolution version (641x959, 95 KB) Description: Joey Dunlop on his Honda RC30 after Kates Cottage on the Isle of Man Source: self-made Date: 1992 Author: Christof Berger Permission: GFDL Other versions of this file: File links The following pages link to...
Image File history File links Download high resolution version (641x959, 95 KB) Description: Joey Dunlop on his Honda RC30 after Kates Cottage on the Isle of Man Source: self-made Date: 1992 Author: Christof Berger Permission: GFDL Other versions of this file: File links The following pages link to...
Mika Kallios KTM125 racing motorcycle A motorcycle, also called a motorbike or just a bike, is a single-track, two-wheeled vehicle powered by an engine. ...
The Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM) is the governing body of motorcycle racing. ...
Motorcycles vary greatly in design for each different discipline. Broadly speaking, motorcycle racing can be divided into road racing or off road racing. Within each discipline there are usually sub-groups, including Classic machinery (ie non current to various extents), miniature machinery (eg Pocketbike Racing ), Sidecars and Quads / ATVs. Road racing can be a term involving road running, road bicycle races, or automobile races. ...
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Pocketbike racing, also know as Minimoto or Mini GP racing, is a category of racing where miniature racing motorcycles (known as pocketbikes or minimoto) are raced around kart tracks. ...
Tarmac
Road racing is the racing of sport bikes (derived from the typical road going machines) on tarmac, either on circuits or on closed public roads (sometimes called true road racing). MotoGP and Superbike are prime examples of circuit racing while events like the Isle of Man TT, North West 200 and the Macau Grand Prix are prime examples of closed public road racing. Within road racing there is a variety of sub-disciplines including endurance racing. Road racing can be a term involving road running, road bicycle races, or automobile races. ...
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Grand Prix motorcycle racing refers to the premier categories of motorcycle road racing. ...
Up until the late 1960s, motorcycles came in three basic formats: Working Bikes: Generally below 250cc, low powered for the average working gentleman to get to work General Bikes: Generally below 500cc/650cc, as working bikes but as they had higher power could also be used for fun at...
The late Joey Dunlop riding down from Kates Cottage towards Creg ny Baa. ...
Introduction Originally conceived in 1954 as an amateur event for local motoring enthusiasts, the Macau Grand Prix is today a race meeting to which the worlds leading riders and drivers vie for entries. ...
Endurance racing can refer to races involving persons running in events such as marathons or triathlons, long cross-country skiing events, the racing of horses or other animals, or motorsport. ...
Drag racing and/or sprints is a racing venue where two participants line up at a dragstrip with a signaled starting line. Upon the starting signal, the riders accelerate down a straight, quarter-mile long paved track where their elapsed time and terminal speed are recorded. The rider to reach the finish line first is the winner. This can occur upon purpose built venues (e.g. Santa Pod), temporay venues (e.g. runways or drives of country houses). In addition to "regular" motorcycles, top fuel motorcycles also compete in this category. Motorcycle drag racing (also known as Sprints) involves two participants lining up at a dragstrip with a signaled starting line. ...
Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (533x800, 31 KB) A motorcycle launches at a drag strip in Byron, Illinois on 2003-05-17. ...
Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (533x800, 31 KB) A motorcycle launches at a drag strip in Byron, Illinois on 2003-05-17. ...
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Clocked Speed = 314 mph (506 km/h), Kwinana Race Track, W.A., 2005 Top-Fuel Racing refers to a class of drag racing in which the cars are run on 85% nitromethane and about 15% methanol (90% nitromethane, 10% methanol under FIA) also known as racing alcohol, instead of gasoline. ...
Hill Climb In hill climbing, a single rider climbs or tries to climb a road going up a hill in the fastest time and/or the furthest up the hill before ceasing forward motion. These events are typically on closed public roads and private roads. The same concept is also used off-tarmac, usually on steeper hills. Hillclimbing (also known as hill climbing, speed hillclimbing or speed hill climbing) is a branch of motorsport in which drivers compete against the clock to complete an uphill course. ...
Rally A road rally is a navigation event on public roads whereby competiors must visit a number of checkpoints in diverse geographical locations while still obeying road traffic laws (not to be confused with car rallies such as WRC). Stephane Sarrazin driving a Subaru Impreza WRC on the Monte Carlo Rally Carlos Sainz driving a Toyota Corolla WRC on the Monte Carlo Rally The World Rally Championship (WRC) is a rallying series organised by the FIA, culminating with a champion driver and manufacturer. ...
 A Supermoto rider on a tarmac section Supermoto is a racing category that is a crossover between road-racing and motocross. The motorcycles are mainly motocross types with road-racing tires. The racetrack is a mixture of road and dirt courses (in different proportions) and can take place either on closed circuits or in temporary venues (such as urban locations). Backing it in A Supermoto rider hits the road Supermoto (also called Supermotard due to its strong foothold in France) is a cross-over of motocross and road racing. ...
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The riding style on the tarmac section is noticeably different from other forms of tarmac-based racing, with different line in corners, sliding of the back wheel around the corner, and using the leg straight out to corner (as opposed to the noticeable touching of the bent knee to the tarmac of road racers).
"Off Road"
 Start of a Motocross race The direct equivalent of road racing, but off road - i.e. a number of bikes on a closed circuit racing. motocross (or just MX) circuits are constructed on a variety of non tarmac surfaces (sand, mud, grass, etc but tend to incorporate elevation changes either natural or artificial). Advances in motorcycle technology (especially suspension) have lead to the predominance of circuit with added "jumps" on which bikes can get airborne. Motocross has another noticeable difference from road race (as well as jumps) in that the starts are done en mass, alongside each other, propelling around 40 riders into the first corner in a "destruction derby" fashion. The winner is the first rider across the line (generally after a given amount of time or laps or combination) A rider cornering during a motocross race in Australia Motocross (often shortened to MX or MotoX) is a form of motorcycle sport or all-terrain vehicle racing held on enclosed off-road circuits. ...
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Motocross has a plethora of classes based upon machine displacement (typically 125cc/250Fcc MX2 or MX Lites and 250cc/450Fcc MX1 or MX), age of competitor (typically for youth), sidecars, quads/ATVs, ability and machine age (classic for pre 1965/67, Twinshock for bikes with two shock absorbers, etc)
Supercross (or SX) is simply indoor motocross. Typically situated in a variety of stadiums and open or closed arenas, it is notable for its numerous jumps. In North America this has been turned into an extremely popular spectator sport, regally filling large baseball stadiums, leading to Motocross being now termed the "outdoors". However, in Europe it is less popular, as the predominate focus there is on Motocross. Supercross is an exciting, highly-competitive sport in which athletes race high-performance off-road motorcycles on man-made dirt tracks consisting of steep jumps and obstacles. ...
Beachcross Beachcross is simply Motocross held on a beach. It generally consists of a giant straight along the beach (which is susceptible to the tides) with a return to the start through a variety of dunes and man-made jumps (like Supercross). Due to the sand the ruts become very large when compared to typical motocross or supercross. The number of competitors is much larger than a motocross or enduro - often amounting to several hundreds.
Notable examples are the Weston Beach race (Weston-super-Mare, in the UK) and Le Touquet in France. Weston-super-Mare is an English seaside resort town in North Somerset, population 65,000 (1991 estimate). ...
Le Touquet Paris-Plage Golf Le Touquet-Paris-Plage, commonly referred to as Le Touquet, is a coastal town and commune of the Pas-de-Calais département, in northern France. ...
Snowcross The racing of snowmobiles, also known as "Snocross" A snowmobile tour at Yellowstone National Park, note the snowdust in the air (NPS Photo) A 1997 Arctic Cat ZR 580 Snowmobile A snowmobile (or snow scooter, often referred to by enthusiasts as a sled and in the Canadian north and Alaska as a snowmachine, or as the genericized trademark...
A competition based upon points for acrobatic ability on a MX bike over jumps. Freestyle Motocross (also known as FMX) is a recent variation on the sport of motocross. ...
Enduro Enduro is a form of off road motorcycle sport that primarily focuses on the endurance of the competitor. In the most traditional sense ("Time Card Enduros"), competitors complete a 10+ mile lap, of predominately off road going, often through forestry. The lap is made up of different stages, each with a target time to complete that stage in exactly, there are penalties for being early and late, thus the goal is to be exactly "on time". Some stages are deliberately "tight", others are lax allowing the competitor to recuperate. There are also a variety of special tests, on variety of terrain to further aid classification, these are speed stages where the fastest time is desired. A normal event lasts for 3 to 4 hours, although longer events are not uncommon. Some events, particularly national and world championship events take place over several days, requiring the competitors motorcycles to kept securely and thus any maintenance work has to be carried out within a very limited window of time or during the event. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1943x3000, 602 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Yamaha Motor Company Enduro User:Pickle UK Stefan Merriman ...
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Former World Enduro Champion Stefan Merriman on a Yamaha. ...
Stefan Merriman, a former World Enduro Champion on a Yamaha Enduro is a form of motorcycle racing run on courses that are predominately off-road. ...
There is a World Enduro Championship (WEC) that has events across Europe, with a few excursions to North America. The most significant event in the Enduro calendar is the International Six Day Enduro ISDE (formerly the ISDT), where countries enter teams of riders (i.e. Enduro's "World Cup"), as well as club teams - the event combines amateur sport with the professional level sport, it also takes place in a much more geographically dispersed range of locations. The FIM World Enduro Championship. ...
The International Six Days Enduro (ISDE) is the oldest off road motorcycle event on the FIM Calendar. ...
In addition to traditional Time Card Enduros held over a long lap, a variety of other forms of sport have been taken up; notably "Short Course Enduros", a shorter (in lap length) form of Time Card Enduros and "Hare and Hounds".
Hare and Hounds / Hare scrambles Hare and Hounds (also known as Hare scrambles) are more of an extended Motocross, over Enduro type terrain. Officially the competitors are trying to chase a target number of lap within a time limit (often significantly shorter than a Time Card Enduro), however in practise it involves racing in the Motocross sense, with mass starts and a definitive finish line. Results are east to calculate and for the riders to follow, thus the competitors feel they are racing each other rather than the clock as in Time Card Enduros. Due to the simplicity of the event format, its low land use requirements and easy cross over nature with Motocross, this branch of the sport is experiencing tremendous growth. A Hare and Hound is a type of off-road racing event where the entrants compete on dirt bikes over a marked course of natural rugged terrain. ...
Hare scramble is an off-road motorcycle race conducted on a closed course typically between 5 and 40 miles in length. ...
Rally Raid At the other end of the scale, Rally Raid are much bigger than enduros. Typically using larger bikes than other off road sports, these events take place over many days, travelling hundreds of miles across Highways but primarily open off road terrain. The most famous example is the Dakar Rally, travelling from Western Europe (often Paris) to Dakar in Senegal, via the Sahara desert, taking almost two weeks. A FIM World Rally championship also exists encompassing many events across the world, typically in desert nations. These events often run alongside "car" rallys (under the FIA). A support truck during the 2004 Dakar The Dakar Rally (or simply The Dakar; formerly known as The Paris Dakar Rally) is an annual off-road race, organised by the Amaury Sport Organisation. ...
 Trials commonly take place on roacky terrain Known in the US as "Observed Trials", it is not racing, but a sport never the less. Trials is a test of skill on a motorcycle whereby the rider attempts to traverse an observed section without placing a foot on the ground (and traditionally, although not always, without ceasing forward motion). The winner is the rider with the least penalty points. Montesa Cota 4RT Motorcycle Trials, also termed Observed Trials or Observed Motorcycle Trials, is a non-speed event on specialized motorcycles. ...
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Time and Observation Time and observation trials are trials with a time limit. The person who completes the route the quickest sets the "standard time" and all other competitors must finish within a a certain amount of time of the standard time to be counted as a finisher (they received penalty points for every minute after the quickest finisher). This is combined with the penalty points accrued from the observed sections to arrive at a winner, who is not alway the quickest rider or the rider who lost the less marks on observation but the rider who balanced these competing demands the best. One of the most famous time and observation trials is the "Scott" trial held annually in North Yorkshire. North Yorkshire is a non-metropolitan or shire county, located in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England in the United Kingdom, and a ceremonial county in that region and also partly in North East England. ...
Indoor Trials Indoor Trials are trials held in stadiums (not necessarily with a roof) which by their very nature use man made artificial sections in contrast to outdoor trials with rely heavily on the natural terrain.
Long Distance Trials See also Trail riding which is non competitive. Trail riding is riding on trails as opposed to riding on roads or courses. ...
Track Racing
Flat Track Flat Track racing is done on quarter-mile, half-mile, and one mile dirt ovals, typically held at fairgrounds and speedways. It also includes TT courses which include at least one right turn and a jump. It is the oldest form of American motorcycle racing. Speeds of over 100 miles per hour are common on mile and half mile tracks. The American Motorcyclist Association has been the sanctioning body of Flat Track racing in the United States, each year awarding the coveted #1 plate to their Grand National Champion. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2048x1536, 885 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Motorcycle sport Dirt track racing Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or...
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The American Motorcyclist Association is a US organization of over 250,000 motorcyclists which organizes numerous motorcycling activities and campaigns for motorcyclists legal rights. ...
Indoor Short Track & TT Racing Indoor races consist of either a polished concrete floor with coke syrup or other media sprayed or mopped onto the concrete for traction for the tires of the motorcycles, or on dirt that has been moistened and hard packed, or left loose often called a cushion. Motorcycles race on an oval track, or over a single jump with a right hand turn called a TT track. Similar to size of the Arenacross Arenas or sometimes smaller the riders must have accurate throttle control to negotiate these tight Indoor Race Tracks.
Stadiums in Northern Europe and Australasia, professional sport. Motorcycle speedway, or more often just Speedway is a motor racing sport that uses specially made motorcycles that have no brakes, run on methanol, use only one gear and must weigh a minimum of 80 kg. ...
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Grasstrack is "outdoor" speedway. The track are longer (400m+, hence it is often also refereed to as Long Track at world level), often on grass (although other surfaces exist) and even feature elevation changes. Machinery is very similar to a speedway bike (still no brakes, but normally two gears, etc) Motorcycle Grasstrack racing takes place on a flat oval track usually constructed in a field. ...
Ice Speedway
Beach Racing Track racing (most like grass track) on a beach, not to be confused with Beachcross.
Auto Race is a Japanese specific type of track racing held on an asphalt oval course and seen as a gambling sport. Auto racing (also known as automobile racing or autosport) is a sport involving racing automobiles. ...
Hill Climb As per tarmac but often steeper (eg Pikes Peak in the US) but not necessarily (eg the classic reincarnations such as Red Marley, in the UK). The Pikes Peak International Hillclimb is an annual tarmac/gravel hillclimb to the summit of Pikes Peak in Colorado. ...
This discipline brings together riders from the motocross and track racing fraternity making a classification somewhat irrelevant.
To classify
Land Speed is where a single rider accelerates over a 1 to 3 mile long straight track (usually on dry lake beds) and is timed for top speed through a trap at the end of the run. The rider must exceed the previous top speed record for that class or type of bike for their name to be placed on the record books. See—[1] for an example.
External links
Sanctioning bodies - Fédération Internationale de Motocyclismo (FIM) - World governing body
- Auto Cycle Union - UK governing body
- American Motorcyclist Association (AMA) - US governing body
- Motosport South Africa (MSA) - South African governing body
- Federation Francaise de moto (FFM) - French governing body
- MCUI Southern Centre - "governing body of motor cycle sport in Leinster, Munster and Connacht" (ie Republic of Ireland)
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