Bermuda's motorcyclists will be flying the Island flag in Canada later this year.

Several members of the Bermuda Motorcycle Racing Club will be making the trek across the Atlantic to a track outside Halifax, Nova Scotia, in August.

"We have been invited by the Canadian Motorcycle Association to compete in a fully sanctioned event, a Transcontinental Invitational 125cc race," said BMRC spokesman Grant Goudge.

"It will feature members of the American and Canadian Motorcycle Associations and is promoted by Autotrader and is televised in Canada."

The race will be on a 1.6 mile circuit and most of Bermuda's Grand Prix Class riders will be competing.

"I would imagine there will be between six and eight riders going," Goudge said. "We have to take our own bikes and it looks as though Bermuda Forwarders will give us a container."

Goudge said the BMRC had been in touch with the North American Motorcycle Union (NAMU) in the hope of becoming affiliated.

"A representative came over about three years ago when we didn't have any Grand Prix bikes," he said. "But we now we have they wanted to know if we wanted to go over and compete. Everybody is pretty gung-ho about it."

Goudge said he believed the Islanders could put on a good showing.

"I think we can be competitive," he said. "We have got some good riders, myself, David Jones, Shannon Caisey, Ray (Patch) Masters, to name a few."

To perform well, though, the riders will have to overcome a distinct disadvantage.

"Our bikes are not set up for the real world," said Goudge in reference to the facilities riders currently have here. "If we can get enough track time to get ourselves set up then I think we can be competitive. If we can't then it might be a question of being so busy getting the bikes right, we don't really have time to learn the track properly."

Goudge said it was an important moment in the history of the BMRC.

"I think it's the first step as far as exchanging riders is concerned and them coming over here once our promised facility is up and running," he said.

Travelling to Canada doesn't come cheap and Goudge said the BMRC were actively seeking sponsors. "Obviously we are looking to see whether anyone would be willing to help us out financially," he said. "We are talking about $2,000 per person."