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