How to enter Royal Enfield's Slide School Cup, and what it costs

What the Slide School Cup is, and who can enter

Royal Enfield runs flat track racing in India as a two step ladder. The first step is Slide School, a training day where a certified instructor teaches riders to control a motorcycle sliding on a dirt oval. The second step is the Slide School Cup, a race series. You cannot register for the Cup without first completing a Slide School session and getting Royal Enfield to certify it.

For the season that ran from November 2025 to March 2026, Royal Enfield set the age limit at 18 years and above, calculated as on 1 January 2026, and asked for a valid government issued driving licence. No separate FMSCI competition licence was needed, which makes this an easier entry point than most Indian racing categories. You also do not need to own a Royal Enfield to take part.

Step one, book a Slide School session

Slide School sessions run at partner venues including Big Rock Dirt Park in Bengaluru, Autologue Ranch in Pune and the Royal Enfield Kukas track near Jaipur. Each session lasts about three hours, split into 120 minutes of riding and an hour of classroom work and gearing up. Royal Enfield offers three options, priced differently depending on the motorcycle.

Riding your own motorcycle on the oval costs ₹1,500. Riding a stock BS6 Himalayan that Royal Enfield supplies, with fuel included, costs ₹2,000. Riding the customised FT411, a flat track prepared Himalayan with its front brake removed, costs ₹2,500, also with fuel included. None of the three prices cover breakfast, lunch or riding gear. Every rider has to bring a full face helmet rated ECE 22.05 'P', JIS T8133 or Snell, along with riding boots, gloves, pants with knee guards and a chest protector or riding jacket. Royal Enfield's rules do not let anyone on track without this gear.

Step two, enter a regional round

Once Royal Enfield has your Slide School record on file, you can register for a Cup regional round through the same partner venues, on a first come basis. The venue checks your name against its Slide School attendance list, then sends a payment link valid for 24 hours. The entry fee for a regional round is ₹999 plus 18% GST.

Royal Enfield supplies the race bike for regional rounds, the FT411, a race prepared Scram 411 with an 18 inch front wheel, flat track tyres and an exhaust built with S&S Cycles. Each regional round runs as a knockout, with one on one five lap heats narrowing the field to four riders, who then race three motos of seven laps each to settle first, second and third.

The final, and what you can win

The season that just finished held four regional rounds, at Goa, Bengaluru, Pune and Jaipur, feeding 12 riders, three from each round, into a final at the Royal Enfield Kukas track in Jaipur. The final's entry fee was ₹3,999 plus 18% GST, and riders competed on the FT450, a flat track motorcycle built on the Guerrilla 450 platform. Sreeraj Harshan won that final, with Kayan Patel second and Sultan Shaikh third.

The prize money scales up sharply between the two stages. A regional round winner gets a Slide School number board and ₹40,000, with ₹30,000 for second and ₹20,000 for third. Win the final and the payout is ₹2,00,000, with ₹1,50,000 for second and ₹1,00,000 for third, plus a trophy. Royal Enfield has not yet announced dates for the next season, but the structure above, one Slide School session, one regional entry and a shot at the final, is the template the brand has used so far and is likely to repeat.

Sources

• Royal Enfield Slide School Cup, official page
• Royal Enfield Himalayan Flat Track, registration and cancellation
• ZigWheels: 2026 Royal Enfield Slide School Cup concludes with a worthy champion
• Autocar India: Royal Enfield Slide School Cup concludes its first edition