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Public Safety:  Motorcycle Safety Training

Learn How to Ride & Earn Your Motorcycle Lincense Endorsement!

Motorcycle Safety Foundation - Basic Rider Course:

E-Course: Highly interactive 5-hour online program that provides riders of all skill levels with the basics of motorcycling is REQUIRED for the Basic Rider Course.

MSF-RIDERCOACH:  11.5-hours of hands-on riding exercises on the riding range. These exercises will guide you through the basic skills of straight-line riding, stopping, shifting, and turning, gradually progressing to swerving and emergency braking.

MOTORCYCLES:  Provided for all the students enrolled in the Basic Rider Course

Course Requirements
Attendance:  You must attend the entire course. If you are late, you will be dismissed and forfeit your registration fee.

Ability & Safety:  You must be able to ride and balance a bicycle. You must be able to safely control the motorcycle during every exercise.  The instructor may dismiss you from the course if, they feel you are a danger to your own safety or the safety of other students. 

Responsibilities:  You are responsible for your own safety and learning.  Discuss all questions or concerns with your instructors. If at any time during the course you experience fatigue, dizziness, disorientation, excessive physical or mental stress, or continued difficulty performing any exercise, stop immediately and notify your instructor. Notify them immediately of any hazards that you become aware of during the course.

Permits  -  Permit Info: motorcyclesafety.org
Adults (18+)                                                                                                     
Present a valid motorcycle permit to your instructor, this must be obtained prior to the course.
Expired permits are accepted if they have been expired for less than one year.   

Minors (16-17) 
Valid vehicle driver's license REQUIRED.
If you pass the course, you will receive course completion cards to allow you to take the motorcycle permit and skills test at a state exam station.

NOTE: Riders who have already failed a state and/or MMSC skills test twice are not eligible for the state skills test waiver and must skill test at a DVS exam station.       

 
Helpful Links:
Minnesota Dept of Public Safety for licensure information
Motorcycle Safety Center

Registrations accepted by:
Mail: MN West Customized Training, 1593 11th Ave Granite Falls MN 56241
Fax: 507-537-7081

Online: register and pay online by selecting a class and clicking Add to Cart 
at the bottom of the page.
PLEASE do not fax or email credit card information. Call 507-537-7530 
to make payment arrangements.

Questions?

Amber Knapper, Support Staff
320-564-5020
amber.knapper@mnwest.edu