Not affiliated with the California DMV. Original questions based on the California Motorcycle Handbook (DL 665, Rev. 2/2024).
California motorcycle permit test: practice test with original questions from the motorcycle handbook
Practice for the California motorcycle (Class M1/M2) knowledge test with 69 original questions written from the California Motorcycle Handbook (DL 665, Rev. 2/2024), in English and Spanish.
These 69 practice questions were written from California Motorcycle Handbook (DL 665) (Rev. 2/2024) and checked against it on Oct 28, 2026.
69 questions · Modes: Study, Topic drill, Daily 5
About this test
Practice for the California motorcycle knowledge test with original questions written from the official California Motorcycle Handbook (DL 665, Rev. 2/2024). Every correct answer is backed by a passage of the handbook and checked by two independent verifiers.
- Study: every question with a short explanation.
- Topic drills: licensing and the law, gear and preparation, control and riding skills, riding in traffic, hazards and emergencies, alcohol, drugs and fatigue.
- Mock test: not offered, because the handbook does not publish the number of questions on the test.
The questions are written in our own words in English and Spanish; this is not the DMV question bank. The test also covers the California Driver’s Handbook, which this page does not.
Topics
- Alcohol elimination · 1
- Animals in the road · 1
- Assume others will enter · 1
- Being passed · 1
- Biggest impairment factor · 1
- Blind intersections · 1
- Brake technique · 1
- Braking and swerving · 1
- Bright clothing · 1
- Carpool lanes · 1
- Carrying loads · 1
- Class M1 license · 1
- Collision report deadline · 1
- Daily riding distance · 1
- DL 389 validity · 1
- Drinking fast · 1
- Earphones · 1
- Evading an officer · 1
- Face shield versus goggles · 1
- Following distance · 1
- Foot position · 1
- Front brake power · 1
- Gearing before a turn · 1
- Gear when stopped · 1
- Group size · 1
- Handling a wobble · 1
- Head checks · 1
- Headlight use · 1
- Helmet benefit at low speed · 1
- Helmet law · 1
- Helmet survival odds · 1
- Helmet types · 1
- High beam at night · 1
- Intersection collisions · 1
- Knee position · 1
- Larger space cushion · 1
- Leaning in turns · 1
- Leg protection · 1
- Locked front wheel · 1
- Looking through a turn · 1
- Merging traffic · 1
- Motorized scooter · 1
- One drink · 1
- Parking at the curb · 1
- Passing parked vehicles · 1
- Permit restrictions · 1
- Posture · 1
- Press to turn · 1
- Rear brake in U-turns · 1
- Required gear · 1
- Riding over obstacles · 1
- Seat position · 1
- Setting your mirrors · 1
- Sharing a lane · 1
- Staggered formation · 1
- Stimulants and fatigue · 1
- Stopping in a curve · 1
- Stuck throttle · 1
- Tailgaters · 1
- Throttle check · 1
- Tinted eye protection · 1
- Towing and distance · 1
- Towing trailers · 1
- Training under 21 · 1
- Turn signal timing · 1
- Vehicles alongside · 1
- Who should carry passengers · 1
- Windshield and glasses · 1
- Wrist position · 1
Sources and version
- California Motorcycle Handbook (DL 665)Covers: Rev. 2/2024
Covers: DL 665 (Rev. 2/2024) · Verified current as of Oct 28, 2026
How this page was made
Built from the sources listed above and reviewed before it was published. Where the source licence allows it the questions keep the source wording; otherwise they are original questions based on the source. Every answer shows its source. This is not legal, immigration, medical or financial advice.