Motorcycle permit
practice test.
Free, with answers.
14 riding lessons and sign sets plus a practice exam: 232 original questions, each with an explanation. Open your state for its exam simulator.
Original practice questions · confirm current rules with your licensing agency
Which message does this sign give to drivers?
A red circle with a slash across a symbol bans the action shown, and here the symbol is an arrow bending left. Continue straight or choose a different route instead of turning left at this spot.
Motorcycle modules.
Take them in any order. They are untimed, and each answer comes with an explanation. All practice questions with answers
Lessons
Protective Riding Gear
Helmets, eye protection, jackets, gloves and boots that guard you in a crash.
Fit, Controls and Pre-Ride Checks
A motorcycle that fits you, its controls, and the checks to make before every ride.
Posture, Shifting, Braking and Turning
The core control skills: how to sit, shift gears, brake and lean through turns.
Lane Position and Space Cushion
Using the three lane positions and a cushion of space to keep escape routes open.
See and Be Seen
Scanning ahead, checking mirrors and blind spots, and making yourself easy to notice.
Intersections and City Streets
Riding safely through intersections and blind corners and past parked cars.
Road Hazards, Weather and Night Riding
Riding in rain, heat and darkness, and over tracks, gratings and obstacles.
Emergencies and Mechanical Failures
Quick stops, swerves, locked wheels, flat tires and other mechanical failures.
Passengers, Loads and Group Rides
How a passenger or a load changes your riding, and how to ride safely in a group.
Fit to Ride: Alcohol and Fatigue
How alcohol, fatigue and cold weaken the skills you need to ride safely.
Rules of the Road for Riders
Traffic lights, turn signals, lanes, passing limits, mopeds and crash reports.
Road signs
Regulatory Signs
Signs that state what you must or must not do: turns, entry, parking and speed.
Warning and Work Zone Signs
Signs that warn of curves, hills, merges, crossings, road surface and road work.
Guide and Service Signs
Route markers and guide signs that point the way to destinations and services.
Practice exam
Motorcycle Practice Exam
This exam mixes 30 questions drawn from every module, from protective gear and basic control to group riding, alcohol and road signs. Some questions present lesson facts in new ways, so passing shows that you understand the rules rather than recall a particular wording. Take it after the lessons to check that you are ready for the knowledge test.
Road signs
Every sign and signal with what it means, plus practice questions.
Permit test by state
Question counts and pass marks by state, side by side.
Car permit
Lessons, sign sets and a practice exam for the written permit test.
Pick your state.
Add its questions.
Each state adds a motorcycle exam simulator that uses the state's question count and pass mark when we have them on file, plus its motorcycle handbook when available.
- Alabama motorcycle testAL
- Alaska motorcycle testAK
- Arizona motorcycle testAZ
- Arkansas motorcycle testAR
- California motorcycle testCA
- Colorado motorcycle testCO
- Connecticut motorcycle testCT
- Delaware motorcycle testDE
- District of Columbia motorcycle testDC
- Florida motorcycle testFL
- Georgia motorcycle testGA
- Hawaii motorcycle testHI
- Idaho motorcycle testID
- Illinois motorcycle testIL
- Indiana motorcycle testIN
- Iowa motorcycle testIA
- Kansas motorcycle testKS
- Kentucky motorcycle testKY
- Louisiana motorcycle testLA
- Maine motorcycle testME
- Maryland motorcycle testMD
- Massachusetts motorcycle testMA
- Michigan motorcycle testMI
- Minnesota motorcycle testMN
- Mississippi motorcycle testMS
- Missouri motorcycle testMO
- Montana motorcycle testMT
- Nebraska motorcycle testNE
- Nevada motorcycle testNV
- New Hampshire motorcycle testNH
- New Jersey motorcycle testNJ
- New Mexico motorcycle testNM
- New York motorcycle testNY
- North Carolina motorcycle testNC
- North Dakota motorcycle testND
- Ohio motorcycle testOH
- Oklahoma motorcycle testOK
- Oregon motorcycle testOR
- Pennsylvania motorcycle testPA
- Puerto Rico motorcycle testPR
- Rhode Island motorcycle testRI
- South Carolina motorcycle testSC
- South Dakota motorcycle testSD
- Tennessee motorcycle testTN
- Texas motorcycle testTX
- U.S. Virgin Islands motorcycle testVI
- Utah motorcycle testUT
- Vermont motorcycle testVT
- Virginia motorcycle testVA
- Washington motorcycle testWA
- West Virginia motorcycle testWV
- Wisconsin motorcycle testWI
- Wyoming motorcycle testWY
Common
questions.
Is motorcycle practice different by state?
The lessons and sign sets here are the same everywhere. Each state page adds a motorcycle exam simulator. Check your state's motorcycle manual for local rules.
Are these the real DMV questions?
No. They are original practice questions written by our team. They cover the topics the knowledge test covers, with an explanation for every answer, but they are not copied from any state test.
Is it available in Spanish?
Yes. Every question, answer and explanation is also in Spanish. Use the language link in the header to switch.