The International Motorcycling Federation (Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme, FIM for short) is the global governing/sanctioning body of motorcycle racing. It represents 123 national motorcycle federations, divided into six continental unions.
There are ten motorcycle-racing disciplines that FIM covers, encompassing over 90+ international championships as well as 188 secondary championships of circuit racing, enduro, speedway racing, trials, off-roading, motocross, supercross, snocross, sidecars, and e-bikes. FIM is also involved in many non-racing activities that promote the sport, its safety, and support relevant public policy. The FIM is also the first international sporting federation to publish an Environmental Code in 1994. In 2007, the FIM created a Commission for Women in Motorcycling to promote the use of powered two-wheelers and motorcycle sports among women.
History
The FIM was born from the Fédération Internationale des Clubs Motocyclistes (FICM), which itself was founded in Paris, France, on 21 December 1904. The BritishAuto-Cycle Union was one of the founding members. In 1906, the FICM was dissolved but was reborn in 1912, with its headquarters now in England. The Six Days Reliability Trial was held the following year, the first international event of the new incarnation.
The name was changed to the Fédération Internationale Motocycliste (FIM) in 1949, the same year that also saw the first race of the famed Road Racing World Championship Grand Prix. The headquarters were transferred to Geneva, Switzerland in 1959.
In 1994, the headquarters was relocated, this time to Mies, Switzerland, and occupied its own building for the first time, shaped like a stylized motorcycle wheel. The FIM moved to a new headquarters next door in 2024, while the original premises were converted into the Racing Motorcycle Museum, which opened on 18 February 2026.
The name was changed again in 1998 to the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme at the congress in Cape Town, South Africa. The same year, the FIM was granted provisional recognition by the International Olympic Committee, and gained full status in 2000 at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.
2004 marked the organization's centenary, and celebrations were held at the congress in Paris in October. Since 2018, Jorge Viegas (Portugal) has been President of the FIM.
Due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, on 6 March 2022, the FIM banned all Russian and Belarusian motorcycle riders, teams, officials, and competitions.
FIM motorcycle racing helmet testing and homologation
In 2019, the FIM decided to implement its own helmet testing regime. Helmet manufacturers must submit helmets for testing, and the FIM then lab tests them to ensure they are up to the job of protecting racers.[citation needed]
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