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.
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
Written by AI from the sources listed above, checked automatically, not reviewed by a person. 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.