| Motorcycle sports are thrilling spectacles to watch | | | | sports as it is not actually a race. Trialing as it is |
| and exhilarating events to take part in. The first | | | | also known, involves riders attempting to traverse |
| petrol-fuelled, internal combustion motorbike was | | | | a challenging course without putting a foot down |
| made in 1885 by German designers Gottlieb | | | | on the ground. Competitors must ride over rocks |
| Daimler and Wilhelm Maybach. The evolution of | | | | and obstacles and if they do place a foot on the |
| motorcycles in the 125 years between then and | | | | ground, they incur a penalty point. The rider with |
| now has been huge and there are a variety of | | | | the least number of penalty points at the end of |
| sports that make use of these developments, | | | | the competition is the winner. This sport is |
| and which encourage further improvements in | | | | extremely popular in the UK and Europe, though |
| motocross parts, trial bike parts and more. | | | | events are held elsewhere as well. |
| Motorcycle sports are huge in the UK and here | | | | 3) Moto GP |
| are three of the most popular: | | | | Moto GP or Motorcycle Grand Prix is the premier |
| 1) Motocross | | | | category of motorbike road racing. It is divided |
| This is an all-terrain racing sport in which | | | | into three classes which are as follows: |
| competitors battle it out on off-road circuits which | | | | 125cc - the bikes in this sport have two |
| feature jumps that racers fly over as they | | | | stroke engines and there is an upper age limit of |
| attempt to overtake other riders. Motocross has | | | | 28. |
| its roots in the British sport of scrambling and is | | | | Moto 2 - this class was introduced this year |
| now popular all over the globe, from Australia to | | | | by Dorna Sports and involves bikes with a four |
| South America. Bikes are highly tuned so the | | | | stroke engine with 600cc of power. |
| importance of quality motocross parts is huge, to | | | | Moto GP - this category is for 800cc four |
| give bikers a vital edge over the competition. | | | | stroke engines and as it is the most powerful |
| 2) Trials | | | | class, it is usually seen as the most exciting to |
| Motorcycle Trials differs from many motorbike | | | | watch. |