Prior to Receiving Your Motorcycle License You Must

There was a time when one of our employees at our firm took a motorbike riding course at Ray Cost Harley Davidson located in Raleigh. When he came back, he mentioned to me that he didn’t know that a riding section was required when obtaining your motorcycle endorsement in North Carolina. I figured it would be not bad to get over exactly what y’all need to know before going to the Department of Motor Vehicles in your respected metropolis and earning your motorcycle endorsement. Earlier we get into the requirements, let me mention that the grade he took at Ray Cost, which included a riding section that he had to pass to complete the form, omits him from having to consummate the riding course at the DMV.

The following is direct from the NC DMV website on Motorbike endorsements:

Who can apply for a motorcycle endorsement or motorcycle learner permit?

A motorcycle endorsement or motorcycle learner’south permit may exist obtained upon initial issuance of a driver license, or at any time thereafter, if you possess a:

• full conditional (level iii) license;
• a regular license;
• or a commercial commuter license.

What steps are involved in getting a motorbike endorsement or motorcycle learner permit?

The steps to utilize for a motorcycle endorsement or motorcycle learner allow are initially the aforementioned as the steps in applying for a North Carolina driver license, but with boosted requirements, fees and tests.

Motorcycle Requirements

To apply for a Motorbike Learner Permit:

If the applicant is at least
xvi years onetime simply less than 18 years quondam, the applicant must possess a full provisional license issued by the DMV. In improver a parent or guardian’south signature is required and successfully complete a motorbike safe course offered by the Motorcycle Condom Foundation or N Carolina Motorbike Prophylactic Didactics Programme.

If the applicant is 18 years of age or older, the bidder must possess a license issued by the DMV.

To apply for a Motorbike Endorsement:

To obtain a motorcycle endorsement you must possess:

• a full provisional license
• a regular or commercial license
• pass both a motorcycle knowledge exam and and so an off-street motorcycle skills examination

Motorbike Fees

The fees for an original N Carolina driver’s license and learner permit are as follows:

• Endorsement or Permit Fee
  
• Learner Allow Motorbike
  $21.50/ 12 months
  
  
• Motorcycle Endorsement
  $ii.55/ twelvemonth.*
  

Your license will be issued for a period of
5 or 8 years
depending on your age. Ages 18 through 53 will be issued for 8 years. Ages 54 and older volition be issued for 5 years. The toll of your license and any endorsements volition be computed based on the yearly charge.

Motorcycle Tests

To go your Motorcycle Learner Allow y’all have to pass iii tests:

• vision
• traffic signs
• and motorcycle knowledge.

If you program on getting a full Motorbike Endorsement you’ll have to laissez passer four tests:

• Vision
  
• Traffic Signs
  
• Motorcycle Knowledge
  
• Motorcycle On-Cycle Skills (Road Test)

Notation:
Motorcycle skills tests are given on
Tuesday, Wednesday, and Th
at express office locations. You can check the
online appointment scheduler
for availability. The noesis test must be completed earlier the skills exam is given.

If y’all are applying for your Driver’s License at the same time as your Motorcycle Endorsement or Motorcycle Learner Permit yous will only accept to accept the vision and traffic signs tests once.

So at that place you have it. The Due north Carolina DOT provides a
Motorcyclists’ Handbook
for study of the exams.

For questions regarding motorbike accidents, contact Hardison & Cochran online or by telephone (800-434-8399) today.