The best place to start once you’ve made the decision to ride. Covers the basics of operating a motorcycle and safety-oriented mental strategies. Motorcycles are provided for your use. Successful completion of this course is your best path to a motorcycle license. Course completion can also earn you a discount on insurance.

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The online course is a key component of the full hands-on Basic RiderCourse, but can also be completed as a stand-alone program without enrolling in a hands-on course. Graphics and videos illustrate the lessons to help you understand principles of motorcycling and determine whether motorcycling is right for you. The Basic eCourse alone is NOT accepted as a license waiver by any state’s DMV, or as a motorcycle license or learner’s permit. Spanish language option also available.

BRC On-Motorcycle Overview

Here is a List of the 14 Hands-on Riding Exercises in the Course:

1. Motorcycle Familiarization

  • Review T-CLOCS pre-ride inspection

  • Identify location and operation of important controls and major parts

  • Review mounting/dismounting procedures

  • Review elements of good posture

2. Using the Friction Zone

  • Become skilled in using the clutch friction zone for control

3. Starting & Stopping Drill

  • Coordinate the friction zone, throttle, and brakes to control the motorcycle

  • Start out and stop with precision and control

4. Shifting & Stopping

  • Shift gears and stop smoothly

5. Basic Skill Practice

  • Refine low-speed maneuvering skills

  • Refine throttle use and brake manipulation for corners

6. Pressing to Initiate and Adjust Lean

  • Understand the maneuvering elements needed for negotiating curves

  • Experience the effects of handgrip pressure and handlebar movement to initiate and adjust lean

7. Stopping More Quickly & Tight Turns from a Stop

  • Develop a feel for progressive braking pressure to stop more quickly without skidding

  • Practice making a sharp turn from a stop

8. Stopping Distance Demonstration

  • Observe a demonstration of the reaction/braking parts of total stopping distance

  • To understand effects of speed on braking distance

  • To relate the results to intersection strategies

9. Limited-Space Maneuvers

  • Refine maneuvering skills to allow turns in limited spaces

  • Learn the counterweighting technique

10. Stopping in a Curve

  • Learn to maintain control while stopping in a curve

  • Understand traction management

11. Curve Judgment

  • Improve skills for negotiating multiple curves

  • Understand the “search-setup-smooth” strategy

12. Multiple Curves & Lane Changes

  • Practice negotiating curves and lane changes

  • Understand safety margins and gap selection

13. Crossing an Obstacle & Swerving

  • Learn techniques for crossing over obstacles

  • Execute a basic swerve

  • Practice turning from a stop

  • Refine slow-speed weaves

14. Skill Practice

  • Capstone exercise that combines a variety of maneuvers

15. Skill Test

  • To assess basic skills using a cone weave, normal stop, turning from a stop, U-turn, quick stop, obstacle swerve, and cornering maneuver

  • To demonstrate basic motorcycle control skills and ability to avoid an obstacle

  • To demonstrate ability to use the proper technique to negotiate a curve