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The FIM Women in Motorcycling Commission is very pleased to launch its first Newsletter on that day!Enjoy riding and... reading! FIM CFM Newsletter - Issue 1

On the occasion of International Female Ride Day, the sixth edition of which will be celebrated tomorrow Friday 4 May, the FIM is pleased to announce the introduction of a logo for the Commission for Women in Motorcycling (CFM).The Commission for Women in Motorcycling was created in 2006 in order to develop and promote women’s motorcycling at sporting level as well as for road users. Its target is...

Dubai, Poland, Canada, England, India, Australia, United-States, Greece, Italy, Russia... women riders from the around the world are preparing to celebrate the sixth annual International female Ride Day© planned for Friday 4 May 2012. Nearly every hour, women riders post activities planned for this globally synchronized ride event on facebook. “We have a very real global phenomenon going on!” says...

Here is a list of all riders World Champions in the different FIM World Championships through history who have clinched three or more FIM World Championship titles, all disciplines combined. This list is now updated with the 2011 titles and two of 2012 (Toni Bou in X-Trial and Nikolai Krasnikov in Ice Speedway Gladiators). - Giacomo Agostini (Italy) - Road Racing Grand Prix - 15 titles7 in the 350...

On 16 April in Washington DC (USA), the United Nations Road Safety Collaboration members voted to accept the FIM as a new member. Established in 2004, the Collaboration is an informal consultative mechanism whose members are committed to road safety efforts, in particular implementing the recommendations of the World Report on road traffic injury prevention. FIM Director of Public Affairs John Cha...

The 2012 edition of the FIM Meritum Rendez-Vous, originally scheduled to take place in Latvia from 12 to 14 July, has been cancelled. However, the FIM Touring and Leisure Commission is pleased to announce that the 2013 edition of the FIM Meritum Rendez-Vous will take place in the southwest of Germany the weekend before the 2013 FIM Rally to be organised in France. Further information will be commu...

A delegation from the Automobile General Association Macau-China (AAMC), made up of Patrick Castro, Jose Chan and Carlos Gonçalves Mendoça Barreto, visited the FIM headquarters this Wednesday. During a trip to Europe, the AAMC representatives took the opportunity to meet the FIM’s new CEO, Stéphane Desprez, for the first time since he took up the post in January 2012. The Automobile General Associ...

In what can be viewed as a timely boost to the sport of Women’s Motocross, Team Honda’s Ashley Fiolek is the focus of a feature article in the April 2012 issue of Vogue magazine. Vogue magazine focuses on the world of entertainment and fashion with 12 issues published each year, and over 1.2 million copies in circulation monthly. The four-page feature gives an inside look at how Fiolek has not onl...

Intertek, a leading provider of quality and safety solutions to a wide range of industries worldwide, has become an official partner of the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM), and will provide fuel testing services for FIM race events.Starting with the FIM 2012 motorcycle race season, Intertek is the exclusive provider of testing services related to fuel quality and compliance, suppor...

Former FIM Trial World Championship rider Diego Bosis died this morning in Italy. Diego Bosis was among the top Trial riders in the ‘80s and ‘90s, and won the Trial des Nations with the Italian team in 1987.Born in Bergamo in 1967, Diego Bosis started to ride when he was very young, winning the 50cc Cadet Italian Championship twice, in ‘82 and ‘83. He entered the World Championship in 1984 and rea...