South Africa’s National Motocross season kicked off with a sandstorm in Port Elizabeth on Saturday. The country’s motocross titans lined up at the infamous Rover Raceway track for what proved to be an action-packed start to 2019.

Looking to lay down an early season marker was multiple national champion Kerim Fitz-Gerald. The Red Bull KT...

The opening round of the 2019 SuperBike championship at Dezzi Raceway sees the Pirelli supported bikes re-joining the premier national 4-wheeled championships after five years running as a stand-alone series.

The last time the SuperBikes raced at the circuit on the KwaZulu-Natal South Coast in a national championship event w...

Well-known Dakar Rally personality and local legend, Alfie Cox, has once again partnered with Motul and KTM to give a team of young Off-Road and Enduro riders the chance to make it to the very top of their sport.

While Alfie’s past off-road moto...

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14-16 June 2019 will host the annual festival of mototourism "Gagarin Cup-2019" which will be held in one of the most beautiful cities of Russia - sunsets city Nizhny Novgorod.

In th...

The newly elected FIM AFRICA Council, is pleased to advise that Mrs. Gillian Dykes has been appointed as a Director on the FIM AFRICA Council. Gilly is well known in the Motorcycle Community not only in Africa but also Internationally. Gilly has been involved with FIM AFRICA for over 12 years and has not only served as a Commission Member, but was also part of the first WIM Commission.

Council is confident that Gilly will be an asset to the CONU and we all look forward t...

FIM AFRICA held their General Assembly in Andorra on the 3rd December 2018, following the FIM 2018 GA and Awards. One of the items on the agenda was the election of Council members in the new format, which was approved at the recent EXOGA.

Eleven (11) FMN’s were present and following a vote, overseen by the newly elected FIM President, Mr. Jorge Viegas and the FIM Director for Beyond Sport, Mr. Damiano Zamana, the Council members were elected and appointed b...

Entries are open for the 2019 commemorative regularity rally which celebrates the 106th anniversary of the staging of the motorcycle road race between Durban and Johannesburg that was staged annually between 1913 and 1936. Motorcycles that are eligible to compete in this commemorative event are therefore limited to those manufactured before the end of December 1936.

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For more information and to register go to:  www.muddyfacebotswana.co.bw

Date Start Time Programme Title

• 20180915 7:00 FIM – Africa MXOAN
• 20180915 17:00 FIM – Africa MX...

MONACO (Principality of Monaco) 6 February 2018 – Youthstream is very pleased to have recently welcomed Indonesian Officials to its office in Monaco. The important visit comes just one month shy of the 2018 MXGP season opener in a year of racing that will visit the country of Indonesia twice. The 2 races scheduled for Indonesia, the MXGP of Indonesia and the MXGP of Asia, will be on two different Indones...

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Well, it’s getting to that time again for Nyami Nyami – the 6th one this year, in Kariba from the 27th -29th April.

• It will be held at Cutty Sark Hotel in Kariba -we have booked the hotel for 4 nights as Tuesday 1st May is a public holiday. You do not have to stay the 4 nights, but the option is there (at the same rate).
• The hotel has ful...

An epic battle for the Kingdom of Lesotho will unfold in just over two weeks. The annual Motul Roof of Africa will take place from 15-18 November.

This will be the 50th edition of the ‘Mother of Hard Enduros’, Africa’s largest and oldest offroad event, and it promises to be more exciting than ever.

Al...

The 2017 Motocross of African Nations (MXOAN) event, held this past weekend ended with a big bang on Sunday the 27th of August as eight African countries competed to take the championship trophy home. The President of Bostwana, His Excellency Mr. Ian Khama also attended, in support of the event.

The FIM Africa Motocross of African Nations C...

What Red Bull Romaniacs

Where Sibiu, Romania

When 24-29 July 2017

Husqvarna's Swanepoel 7th in hardest enduro

South African Husqvarna rider Brett Swanepoel rode home a fine seventh following what can only be termed as the hardest enduro on earth at the Red Bull Romaniacs in Sibiu, Romania on Saturday. Pepson Plastics Husqvarna man...

It was with shock and sadness that FIM AFRICA learnt of the passing on of Ray Wilson, President of the CONU on Saturday 17th June 2017 after a short illness.

Ray’s time with AMU then FIM AFRICA started out as a member of the Cross Country Commission and in 2010 he was elected VP Sporting. He served as VP Sporting (South) until his election as President of the...

Clint Seller (MiWay Yamaha Racing R1) claimed two comfortable race wins and set the fastest ever racing lap around the new Kyalami Grand Prix Circuit at the fourth round of the 2017 DEOD SuperGP Champions Trophy, which formed part of the SA Bike Festival for the first time on the weekend of 26 to 28 May.

Friday afternoon’s qualifying session saw Lan...

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Kenya’s Ben Spinks maneuvering through the slopes of Lake Mburo national park.

The first round of 2017 FIM Africa Central Africa Cross Country championship was a great milestone to local Enduro.

It took place on Sunday at Lake Mburo National Park in western Ug...

The Sporting and Non-Sporting Commissions of FIM AFRICA held there annual meeting in Johannesburg on Saturday 11th March, with a total of 30 members in attendance, representing 9 of the 14 current members of the CONU.

This was the first meeting of its kind that was staged independently of the annual General Assembly and near the beginning of the year and not the end.

In addition to the Conference of Commissions, which was preceded by the first Council Mee...

The 1st round of the National MX Championships kicked off in Port Elizabeth this weekend.

PE is a very sandy track and is regarded as the most trying track in the country. Preparation to ride this track is like no other track in SA and the fitness level required is unmatched on any of the 7 tracks throughout the series

One requires special tyres and sophisticated suspension settings to ensure the handling of the machine is optimise...

Once paralysed, Joey Evans races to the finish

• Who Dakar 2017
• What Joey Evans
• Where Paraguay-Bolivia-Argentina
• When 2 - 14 January 2017

Everyone knows that the Dakar Rally is an extreme event. Even if this year's race has been shortened by two days and a whole lot more stage mileage, it's still an epic challenge for the fi...