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Mike Hailwood – last 500cc title
Ronnie Moore awarded by John Surtees
Estonian rider in the Soviet Vostok team
Giacomo Agostini before MV Agusta
From motorcycle to car racing: Jean Behra
Women on wheels – not for long
Lining after lunch
From Racing to Race Direction: Dave Nicoll
Road Racing, World Records and ISDT: Ernst Henne
Luigi Taveri : a long and brilliant career
Top winning Trio: 1925 – 1967
Sidecar hero Jock Taylor
Following the creation of the International Commission for Motorcycle Tourism (CITM) by the FICM in 1934, the first official FICM Rally was held in...
In the world of observed trials, several riders have been developing the sport not only with their skills and riding technique but also working on the...
A New Zealander at the top
Motocross in the USA: the beginning
Early days of Trial… in Scotland
ISDT 1938 – Llandrindod Wells
Daytona Beach is one of the largest, world-known event in the motorcycling area, held regularly on the Atlantic coast of Florida since January 1937,...
Libero Liberati : a last title for Gilera
Bob Foster: a World Champion in early days
Off Road : pleasure and hard work…
Barry Sheene – First Champion of Modern Era
In 1959, Motocross was entering its second age, the 500cc class had been upgraded as a World Championship and the 250cc class was officially a...
Tom Phillis – The first Honda World title
Phil Read: a long champion’s life
Fighting in the mud
Last 350cc World Champion: Anton Mang
Eddy Lejeune and Honda: 3 Trial World titles
The Russians in Motocross: Moisseev Champion
An history of the 50cc class: Kreidler and Jan de Vries
Hugh Viney – Scottish Six Days, International Six Days…
A legendary battle in 1967
Speedway: two big Legends side by side
Patrick Pons – he would be 63 years old today
This picture is impressive: several events used to welcome huge crowds at all times even since the beginning of racing, but it was particularly the...
Honda Six – a legend of technology and a piece of art
Born in Castelnuovo Rangone – between Modena and Maranello, in the heart of Italian motor sport world – on 13 August 1943, Walter Villa started to...
Born on 28 December 1950 in Silsden (West Yorkshire, England), Martin Lampkin is the third son of a motorcycle dynasty. His father (Arthur Lampkin...
Andrew James « Jimmie » Guthrie was born on 23 March 1897 in Hawick (Scotland - UK). After a period as an apprentice engineer, he went to the army –...
Born in 1952, Jim Pomeroy is known as the first American rider to win an FIM Motocross World Championship race : it was the first heat of the 250cc...
Born in 1909 in Dresden, Germany, Ewald Kluge became a DKW factory rider in 1935. He clinched four German 250cc titles between 1936 and 1939, and two...
French Canadian Yvon Duhamel became well-known in the world of motorcycle racing in the early 70s when he was hired by the Kawasaki team in 1971 to...
September 2005, same place (Ernée), same event (Motocross of Nations).
On Saturday at the same table in the paddock, area of the Suzuki Team, we met...
This week-end of 10-20 September 2015 marks the return of the famous Endurance 24-hour event – the Bol d’Or started in 1922 - at the Paul Ricard...
Through a river – of mud
During the 20s the International Six Days Trial underwent their first period of development, and female riders and...
This picture was taken early 1965. On the left is Joel Robert, the new star of Motocross, who had just conquered his first Motocross world title in...
In the early times of the Road Racing Championship of the World (as officially called at that time), riders from two countries were dominating all the...
Among the riders competing before Second World War, German ace Georg Meier was one of the most talented. As member of the Bavarian Police Team, he...
1951 Swiss Grand Prix on the circuit of Bremgarten near Bern, September 26. Just after the start, Bruno Ruffo (12, Moto Guzzi) is in the lead,...
2006: Change of President* The first 2006 Management Council meeting was held on 17 February. Former Sporting Director of the RFME and FIM CTR...
2000: Agreement and disagreement over four strokes* The annual conference took place from 25 to 28 February at the Hotel Crowne Plaza near Geneva...
1996: New president, new style* The executive board met on 12 January in the FIM offices in Mies. With president Zerbi, Deputy president Youngblood,...
1993: A true prize-giving ceremony for world champions* The council met on 16 and 17 January. The president reminded those present that in accordance...
1990: The calm before the storm* The management council met for the first time under Jos Vaessen’s presidency on 13 and 14 January. Mr Vaessen...
1985: Political Problems* The spring meetings took place between 28 February and 5 March. President Schmit informed that an additional period of time...
1980: Confrontation at every level* The central board met on 3 and 4 March in Geneva. First on the agenda was the approval of the minutes from the BC...
1976: The Tourist Trophy cast out* The first meeting of the year was held in Torremolinos (Spain) early February. The central board met at the hotel...
1970: A Propaganda film for the Olympic Games!* The spring meetings took place in Geneva in April 1970. The new FIM office in the avenue de Champel...
* Activities resumed in January 1920 with the first Congress after the World War I A membership request was made in early 1920 by the Motor Cycle and...
1965: War is declared* During the autumn of 1964, president Nortier was informed by Mr Lenfranc that a certain number of federations had contacted Mr...
1960: The revision of the Statutes* The spring congress began in April in Geneva with the finance commission’s session. The 1959 accounts gave rise to...
1955: Complicated membership* The 64th congress was held in Düsseldorf (Germany) from 10 to 13 May 1955. The International Sporting Commission...
1950: Germany is re-admitted* The Madrid congress was held over four days, a duration which now became official: from 9 to 12 May 1950. Fifteen member...
1948: New Statutes and Headquarters in Geneva?* In the spring of 1948 the session was opened on 13 April at the Hotel Cosmopolite in Brussels in the...
1940 – 1945: Speedway Races for the Red Cross* In the archives of the British ACU there is mention of a commission meeting held on 2 May 1940: this...
1935: An International Rally* At the beginning of January, Mr Loughborough sent all the national motorcycle clubs an explanatory letter concerning the...
1930: * The official FICM papers mention at the beginning of 1930 that there were 24 countries represented within the FICM: Argentina, Austria,...
1925: the future F.I.A. recognises the F.I.C.M.* The Congress in Paris opened on Tuesday 21st April and was chaired by President Count Bonacossa....
* Activities resumed in January 1920 with the first Congress after the World War I A membership request was made in early 1920 by the Motor Cycle and...
The Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM) was founded on December 21, 1904, in the rooms of the restaurant Ledoyen in Paris, under the name...
Long distance races started at a very early stage - when the internal combustion engine was invented at the end of the 19th century - with races...
Throughout recent years, there is a type of event that met a growing success – it was already quite successful, in fact, but the growth was...
In 1972, the first edition of the 200 Miglia di Imola was held on April 23. Launched at the initiative of Francesco “Checco” Costa, father of doctor...
An International Vintage Motocross event was held recently in Lugnorre, Switzerland. The event, which took pace in early September, has been a...
Imatra circuit and Motor Club celebrate anniversaries with former Grand Prix stars – Tribute to Jarno Saarinen
On August 4 and 5, the Imatra...
Vintage motorcycle events – and riders from the past – are really booming more and more in Europe. After the Moto Légende Cups in Dijon last month, it...
Last weekend (26-27 May), the 20th edition of the “Moto Legend Cups” took place at France’s Dijon-Prenois circuit. According to the organisers, 28 000...
Contrary to the International Six Days’ Enduro and the Motocross of Nations, the Trial des Nations has a shorter history. The first Trial des Nations...
Entering the modern eraA period of economic crisis during the sixties, together with a lack of technological evolution in the UK motorcycle industry...
The 1923 AffairAt the Congress held in Geneva in August 1922, the Swiss delegate, Mr Jules Neher, FICM Vice-President, received congratulations from...