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Louisiana Motorcycle Knowledge Test Cheat Sheet

The fastest way to review before your OMV motorcycle test — the numbers and rules most likely to appear.

🪪 Endorsement & License

  • Motorcycle authority is an endorsement on your basic Louisiana license
  • Pass a written knowledge test and an on-cycle skills test
  • The state Motorcycle Safety course can waive the skills test
  • Carry your license with the motorcycle endorsement while riding
  • Keep proof of liability insurance in the motorcycle at all times
  • Under 17: no riding on public roads 11 p.m.–5 a.m. unattended

🔢 Most-Tested Numbers

  • Following gap2 seconds minimum
  • Wet / night / heavy traffic3 seconds or more
  • Front brakeAt least 70% of stopping power
  • Scan aheadAbout 12 seconds
  • Adult BAC limit0.08%
  • Under-21 BAC limit0.02%

🪖 Helmet & Gear

  • Helmet required — every rider and passenger, every age
  • Approved eye protection required unless a windshield is fitted
  • Eye protection used at night must not be tinted
  • A face shield protects your whole face; goggles only your eyes
  • Helmet must fit snugly with no cracks or frayed straps
  • Leather offers the most crash protection for clothing

✅ Remember This Answer

  • Quick stop? Use both brakes together
  • Front brake? Squeeze firmly — never grab
  • Curve? Slow, Look, Press, Roll
  • To lean/turn? Press the handgrip toward the turn
  • Swerve? Brake before or after — never during
  • Front wheel locks? Release the brake, then reapply

✅ Remember This Answer (2)

  • Starts to rain? Ride in cars' tire tracks, not the center
  • Railroad tracks? Cross straight, within your lane
  • Tailgater behind you? Let them pass
  • Cut reaction time? Cover the clutch and both brakes
  • Daytime visibility? Headlight on — 2x as likely to be seen
  • Stopped in traffic? Stay in first gear

⚠️ Common Test Traps

  • "Stop fastest" → Both brakes — not front alone, not rear first
  • "No room to stop" → Swerve — don't just brake harder
  • "Brake while swerving" → Wrong — brake before or after only
  • "Made eye contact" → Driver still may not yield
  • "Following distance" → 2 sec; 3+ in poor conditions
  • "Lane splitting in LA" → Prohibited

⚠️ More Test Traps

  • "Curve too fast" → Slow before — don't brake hard mid-curve
  • "Lane sharing with a car" → Not allowed — each needs a full lane
  • "Motorcycle wobble" → Close throttle gradually — don't brake
  • "Carrying a passenger" → Bike responds slower — ride slower
  • "Waited an hour per drink" → Side effects can still remain
  • "Two motorcycles abreast" → Allowed — but never three

🚨 Emergency Situations

  • Tire goes flat → Hold grips, ease off throttle, keep straight, edge off the road
  • Stuck throttle → Engine cut-off switch + pull in the clutch
  • Wobble → Close throttle gradually — don't brake, don't accelerate
  • Rear wheel locks (straight) → Keep it locked until stopped
  • Obstacle you must cross → Slow, straight, rise onto the pegs
  • Engine seizes → Squeeze the clutch, pull off the road

🌧️ Surfaces, Weather & Night

  • Pavement is most slippery in the first minutes of rain
  • Slippery surface: slow before it, no sudden moves, both brakes gently
  • Front brake still works on slick roads — squeeze it gradually
  • Ice forms in low, shaded areas and on bridges and overpasses
  • Night: ride slower and open a 3-second-plus following gap
  • Cross tracks and grooves riding straight within your lane

🏍️ Motorcycle Control

  • Press left grip → lean left → go left
  • Use both brakes every stop — the front gives 70%+ of the power
  • Corner in four steps: SLOW · LOOK · PRESS · ROLL
  • Slow tight turn: lean the bike only, keep your body upright
  • Gear pattern is 1-N-2-3-4-5; change gears before a turn
  • Pick the lane third that helps you see and be seen

🍺 Alcohol & Impairment

  • Legally intoxicated0.08% BAC
  • Under 210.02% BAC
  • Alcohol clears~1 drink per hour
  • Rest breakAt least every 2 hours
  • As little as one drink hurts judgment and balance
  • Nearly 40% of riders killed in crashes had been drinking

🎯 Last-Minute Before the Test

  • Both brakes to stop — front brake = 70%+ of power
  • Every curve: SLOW · LOOK · PRESS · ROLL
  • Press the grip toward the turn to lean
  • Brake OR swerve — never both at once
  • Follow at 2 seconds — 3+ when wet, dark or crowded
  • Helmet + eye protection always; headlight always on
  • SEE = Search, Evaluate, Execute · 25 questions, 20 to pass

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Source: Some test details are confirmed by the state agency; the rest reflect the consensus of major rider-education sources. The official page confirms 80%; the 25-question count comes from third-party sources.