The motorcycle is a two-wheeled or three-wheeled bicycle driven by a gasoline engine and operated by a handlebar to steer the front wheel. It is light, flexible, and fast. It is widely used in patrol, passenger, and cargo transportation, and also used as sports equipment.
In 1885, German Gottlieb Daimler installed an engine into a frame machine, and the world's first motorcycle was born. Motorcycle sport is a kind of competitive sport that uses motorcycles as the equipment. It is divided into two models with two wheels and three wheels. Each model has several grades according to the working capacity of the engine cylinder.
The competition forms can be divided into cross-country races, multi-day races, road races, track races, travel races, and other events, ranked by speed or skill.
The United States is one of the first countries to manufacture motorcycles, famous companies such as Harley-Davidson and India. Harley has become an icon of a nostalgic era.
The motorcycle has the characteristics of small size, fast speed, strong mobility, good crossing the wild, easy to operate, and so on. Motorcycle sport has become an active sport all over the world.
As early as the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century, some industrially developed countries in Europe held some informal international motorcycle competitions to compare the performance quality of their motorcycles, thus gradually forming the sport of competition.
In 1904, an international race was held in the suburbs of Paris. The race route was a circular road with a circumference of 54 kilometres, covering a total of 270 kilometres over five weeks. The five countries participating in the event launched the International Federation of Motorcycle Sports Clubs.
In 1907, the union disbanded but was reinstated five years later at the suggestion of the British Automobile Federation. It was based in London, and in 1949, it was renamed the International Motorsport Federation. In 1959, its headquarters moved to Geneva, Switzerland.
Motorcycle competition is not only the competition of athletes' driving skills but also the competition of various new motorcycles. The quality of motorcycle products is constantly improved through competition. And high-quality racing car promotes the continuous improvement of people's driving skills. The primary purpose of the original motorcycle racing activities was to test and compare the performance quality of motorcycles.
In competition practice, driving technology plays a great role in the good performance of vehicles. People began to pay attention to the technical training of motorcycle riders, and gradually formed the unique specialized technology of motorcycle competition. To meet the growing needs of this technology and sports competition, various new racing motorcycles have been produced. All kinds of large motorcycle races are held around the world.
There are many items, and the race content is thrilling, tense, and fierce. The spectators for major games sometimes number in the hundreds of thousands. In many countries in Europe and the United States motorcycle sport is very popular, and some countries hold hundreds of domestic and international competitions every year.
Grand Prix motorcycle racing is one of the most important events in motorcycle road racing. It is as important to two-wheeled racing as Formula One is to four-wheeled racing. It is organized by FIM, and the host country is responsible for each specific race. The specific management and dispute arbitration are carried out by the Motorcycle GP Race Committee.
