FIM R ALLIES

Planning a holiday on your bike this summer? Why not try one of the FIM touring events. There’s a choice of destinations –Spain in June, Lithuania at the eastern end of the Baltic Sea in August or Tunisia in October.

The FIM Rally will be held in Zaragoza in eastern Spain from 23rd to 25th June, with a choice of hotel or camping accommodation, which will be open from 20th June for those who want to arrive early. You can choose your own route to and from the Rally, either exploring parts of France on the way down, or taking one of the ferries from Portsmouth or Plymouth to northern Spain, only a day’s ride from Zaragoza.

Then in August, the FIM Motocamp will be held near Kaunas in Lithuania. This will be an event for campers, 3rd to 6th August, with the site open for early arrivals from 1st August. It’s a longer run than to Spain, but you have the chance to explore northern Germany and Poland on the way.

Then in October, once the temperatures in North Africa become more reasonable, there’s the FIM Mototour of Nations in Tunisia from 11th to 15th. This will be a hotel-based event starting at the resort town of Zarzis, with two days 4* accommodation before the event moves on to the island of Djerba for two more days, also based at a 4* hotel. There will be escorted ride-outs each day to points of interest. Ferries to Tunisia can be taken from Marseilles in France or Genoa in Italy.

In all of these events, all meals are included in the price and will be taken together with the other riders taking part, from a variety of nations. You are free to plan your route to and from the rally, travelling at the pace you want and taking in places that interest you on the way.

Details of these FIM touring events are now available on the BMF website. www.britishmotorcyclists.co.uk/events