Arkansas Motorcycle Permit Practice Test

The State Police don't publish the number of questions or the passing score for the motorcycle knowledge exam. Our practice exam uses 25 questions with 20 to pass (80%).

The Motorcycle Operator Manual (18th edition) that the State Police post as the Motorcycle Endorsement Study Guide: gear and controls, lane position and following distance, intersections, crash avoidance, dangerous surfaces, passengers, group riding, alcohol and fatigue, three-wheelers and hand signals.

Only if you have no Arkansas Class D license. Then you pass the NCL knowledge exam on the rules of the road first, followed by the motorcycle knowledge exam. A passed knowledge exam is valid for one year.

You need 20 of the 25 questions right (80%). Always confirm the current test with the Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration, Office of Driver Services. Compare every state →

You can miss up to 5 of the 25 questions: you need 20 right (80%) to pass.

16 for a Class M license, which covers any motorcycle. At 14 and 15 you can hold a Class MD license, limited to motorcycles of 250 cc or less; it runs until one month past your 16th birthday.

Yes. A completed Motorcycle Safety Foundation RiderCourse waives the motorcycle or motor-driven cycle skills test if you show the completion card to a State Police examiner within 90 days. You still take the knowledge exam and vision test.

Book it through the State Police after passing the knowledge exam. Your motorcycle must be brought to the testing center on a trailer or ridden there by someone who holds an M endorsement.

A motorized bicycle certificate covers motorized bicycles and motorcycles of 50 cc or less. Anyone holding a Class A, B, C, D, M, MD, learner or intermediate license may already ride one.

Eight years, and you can renew it from 90 days before it expires. Restriction codes such as daylight only or corrective lenses may be added to the license.

Two knowledge exams, one on driving rules (with no driving test for that part) and one on motorcycles, plus a vision test and a motorcycle skills test. The Class MD is a restricted license for riders aged 14 to 16.

At any Arkansas Revenue Office. The State Police examiners give the knowledge, vision and skills tests, but the Class M endorsement, the motorcycle-only license or the Class MD license is issued by the Revenue Office once every requirement is done.

Besides the knowledge, vision and skills tests, you bring your original birth certificate, and a parent or legal guardian comes with you to sign the State Police Financial Responsibility Acceptance Form (ASP 33) in person.

If you don't already hold a Class D license, two knowledge exams (driving rules and motorcycles), a vision test and a motorcycle skills test. The certificate is a restricted one for ages 14 to 16, good only for bikes with an engine of 50 cc or smaller.

You bring your own motorcycle. The examiner checks that you can find its controls and that you can ride it safely on public streets and highways. Motorcycles and motor-driven cycles are tested under the same guidelines the State Police use for car skills tests.

Only if you are under 21: riders and passengers younger than 21 must wear protective headgear. Eye protection is required for everyone, whatever their age: glasses, goggles or a clear face shield. The same rules cover motor-driven cycles and motorized bicycles.

On a motor-driven cycle, a passenger needs either a sidecar or an extra seat with footrests, and no more than two people may ride at once. Every rider must sit on a permanent or regular seat attached to the bike.

At least 8. Arkansas makes it unlawful for a rider to carry a child younger than eight on a street or highway. Young riders have a limit of their own too: anyone under 16 may not carry a passenger on a motor-driven cycle or motorized bicycle.

Only in an open autocycle. If it lacks a fully enclosed metal or metal-reinforced cab with safety glass and mirrors, the driver and passengers follow the motorcycle rules on headgear and eye protection. Arkansas allows a child passenger in an autocycle that has such a cab.

No. An e-bike with working pedals and a motor under 750 watts, rated Class 1, 2 or 3, is treated as a bicycle, not a motor vehicle. Arkansas's rules on licenses, registration, insurance and titles don't apply, and it doesn't count as a motorized bicycle.

Riders 16 and older; someone younger may only ride along as a passenger on one built for two. Anyone under 21 on a Class 3 e-bike, which assists pedaling up to 28 mph, wears a bicycle helmet, and the bike must have a speedometer.

A bicycle with an automatic transmission and an engine of no more than 50 cc: the small moped the motorized bicycle certificate covers. Electric bicycles fall outside the definition and are treated as bicycles.

Not legally in most places. No motorized bicycle certificate is issued before 14, and the law also bars anyone under 14 from riding a motorized bicycle inside a city or town of 10,000 people or more.