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02/08/10 - 15:49
Riders with the greatest number of FIM World Championship titles
Here is a list of all riders World Champions in the different FIM World Championships through history who have clinched five or more FIM World Championship titles, all disciplines combined. In the cas...
13/07/10 - 09:54
1913 Six Days Reliability Trial – the first one
The FICM – Fédération Internationale des Clubs Motocyclistes – was officially founded in December 1904. However, it went through some difficulties in the early days and it was necessary to wait until ...
28/06/10 - 14:01
FIM Commissions’ History
In 2010, the FIM counts with 9 Commissions (5 sporting and 4 non sporting) and 3 Panels. This has not been always the case. At the time of the Creation of the International Competitions Committee (CSI...
01/06/10 - 11:09
History of Individual Motocross World Championships
The history of Motocross begins in the early 20th century when the first events took place in Great Britain, specifically during the 20s when the first “scrambles” were held, different from the Trials...
26/05/10 - 16:28
Jim Redman at the FIM
Former 250cc and 350cc Road Racing World Champion Jim Redman visited the FIM headquarters today. Redman, who won four World Champion titles in the 350cc class from 1962 to 1965 and two World Champion ...
19/04/10 - 10:36
Honda in Road Racing Grand Prix
During the 50s, Soichiro Honda had brought his company to a good level in Japan, but as of 1954 he was convinced that his target should be to reach other markets, essentially Europe and the United Sta...
31/03/10 - 14:50
History of Ice Racing
It is quite difficult to know with precision when and where someone had the idea of putting a motorcycle on ice. This was obviously held in countries where climatic conditions allowed this practice. T...
22/03/10 - 15:39
Vintage section on the FIM website
A new section is now opened on the FIM website which is dedicated to vintage stories linked with the FIM, the motorcycle sport and motorcycle in general.Our readers can already find a couple of articl...
22/03/10 - 10:03
A trip to Eastern Germany in 1964 (IV)
Former 500cc Motocross rider, and well-known today as FIM Motocross Grand Prix Race Director, Dave Nicoll was a 20 year old Motocross rider in 1964 when he went to Erfurt as member of the British Vase...
19/03/10 - 09:14
A trip to Eastern Germany in 1964 (III)
Roger de Coster: five times FIM 500cc Motocross World Champion, the Belgian rider took part in the ISDT in 1964 in Erfurt. There he met the American riders for the first time:“These were my first Six ...