Motorcycle Trials
Motorbike balance sport — cross rocks, logs and streams through observed sections without putting a foot down.
👥1 per team🌤both
What is Motorcycle Trials?
Motorcycle trials is a slow-speed off-road motorbike balance sport. Riders cross prepared "sections" — through rocks, streams, logs and steep banks — without touching the ground with a foot (a "dab"). Each dab costs one point; a fall costs five. The rider with the fewest points at day's end wins. The FIM Trial World Championship is the sport's pinnacle.
Quick facts
Category
Motor Sports
Type
Individual
Players
1 per team
Where played
both
Country of origin
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Estimated origin
Early 1900s Scottish Six Days Trial (SSDT since 1911)
Olympic
No
Popularity
major
Sources & provenance
Last verified 2026-08-24.verified