West Virginia Motorcycle Permit Practice Test

The WV DMV doesn’t publish the size. Our practice exam uses 25 questions with 19 correct to pass, drawn from the West Virginia Motorcycle Operator Manual.

The West Virginia Motorcycle Operator Manual (the WV DMV’s edited 18th MSF edition, March 2023): gear and checks, control, lane position, SEE and intersections, crash avoidance, passengers and cargo, group riding, alcohol, drugs and fatigue, three-wheelers, hand signals and T-CLOCS. West Virginia Motorcycle Operator Manual p. 3–55

No. Once you hold the motorcycle endorsement or a Class F license, state law doesn't let the DMV make the motorcycle exam a condition of renewal. The exam itself covers riding a motorcycle and the traffic laws written for motorcycles, plus a demonstration that you can control one.

You need 19 of the 25 questions right (76%). Always confirm the current test with the West Virginia Division of Motor Vehicles. Compare every state →

You can miss up to 6 of the 25 questions: you need 19 right (76%) to pass.

Daylight riding only, no passenger, and it lasts 180 days with no renewal (retest if it expires). Under 18 you must complete Level II of the graduated driver’s license first.

After holding the learner’s permit for seven days, by appointment at a DMV regional office. Testing on a three-wheeler limits you to three-wheelers; testing on a two-wheeler lets you ride both.

Yes. Pass the Basic or Experienced Rider Course (about 17 hours over a weekend; training bikes under 300 cc are supplied for the BRC) and present the completion card. You need a motorcycle permit to register, and must bring a DOT or Snell helmet, eye protection, over-the-ankle boots, long sleeves and full-fingered gloves.

West Virginia Division of Motor Vehicles lists the current fees for the motorcycle permit, tests and license on its official fee page.

Yes. You can add the F endorsement to your driver's license, or hold a Class F license that covers motorcycles only; both take the knowledge test, the permit and the skills test or a rider course.

Yes. When a new resident swaps a valid out-of-state driver's license for a West Virginia one, the DMV carries the motorcycle endorsement over to the new license as well, for an additional fee.

Yes. Anyone getting a first West Virginia driver's license or a motorcycle-only (Class F) license completes a short DUI awareness course right after passing the road skills test, and receives a card or a stamp on the application to show it is done.

No. With a valid driver's license you can drive an autocycle, the three-wheeled kind with car-style seats, seat belts and rollover protection that's steered with a wheel, without the motorcycle test or endorsement. In a fully enclosed one, the helmet and eye-protection law doesn't apply either.

Being able to ride a bicycle (balance isn't taught), attending every session, and passing an online knowledge test and the on-cycle skills test. Courses run April to October, rain or shine, with 12 students to two coaches.

A 5-hour course on your own street-legal, registered and insured motorcycle, which must pass an inspection on site. It suits riders with about a year or 1,000 miles behind them, and doesn't meet licensing rules for anyone under 18.

Only if you cancel at least 10 days before it starts; between 5 and 10 days out you can still move to another class. Missing or arriving late to a session, turning up without the required gear or an unsafe act gets you dismissed with no refund.

Anyone 18 or older with a motorcycle instruction permit, or a 16- or 17-year-old who has met every Level 2 GDL requirement except the road skills test and holds the permit. To have the DMV skills test waived, you must have held the permit at least 7 days when you pass.

Only the Motorcycle Safety Foundation courses offered through the DMV's Motorcycle Safety Program: the Basic Rider Course and the Experienced Rider Course. Through the program's vendor, Basic course students can also be tested for the endorsement, so you learn to ride and get licensed in one place.

It can. The DMV says Basic Rider Course graduates may qualify for lower motorcycle insurance rates, and for offers from motorcycle makers and dealers. Ask your insurer what it gives.