Utah Motorcycle Endorsement Guide

What a motorcycle endorsement is, who needs one, and how to add it to your Utah driver license.

What Is a Motorcycle Endorsement?

In Utah the motorcycle privilege is an endorsement added to your regular driver license, not a separate license class. Utah law requires everyone operating a motorcycle on public roads to carry a valid driver license with a motorcycle endorsement (UT2).

Utah issues the endorsement on a tiered system: the engine size of the motorcycle you use for the skills test sets your restriction — 90cc or less, 249cc or less, 649cc or less, or unrestricted for a bike 650cc or larger. Testing on a three-wheeler restricts you to three-wheelers (UT3).

Endorsement vs. Motorcycle-Only License

	Endorsement	Motorcycle-Only License
Who it's for	Drivers who already hold an Utah license	Riders without a regular driver license
Added to	Your existing license	Issued as its own license
Knowledge test	Motorcycle knowledge test	Motorcycle knowledge test
Lets you drive a car	Yes — keeps your car privileges	No — motorcycle only

How to Add the Endorsement — Steps

Hold a valid Class D or commercial driver license and study the Utah Motorcycle Operator Manual.
Pass the vision test and the 25-question motorcycle knowledge test (80% to pass) and get your six-month learner permit.
Clear the two-month permit period (waived for under-19 riders by the Basic Rider Course), practicing under the permit restrictions.
Bring your own registered, insured motorcycle to a DLD office and pass all four parts of the on-cycle skills test — or have it waived by an approved Basic Rider Course.
Choose your bike size carefully: test on a motorcycle 650cc or larger if you want an endorsement with no engine-size restriction.

MSF Course Waiver

Utah offers two rider-training courses through the Department of Public Safety's Utah Motorcycle Rider Training Program, conducted at roughly 10 sites statewide: the 15-hour Basic Rider Course (BRC) for new riders, which furnishes the motorcycle and helmet, and the 5-hour Basic Rider Course 2 (BRC2) for experienced riders on their own bike (UT19-UT20).

If you apply for your motorcycle endorsement within six months of completing the BRC or BRC2, the DLD may waive the skills (road) portion of your test. The BRC also waives the two-month learner-permit hold for riders under 19. To ride a motorcycle over 650cc, you must complete the riding skills test on a 650cc-or-larger machine (UT19-UT20).

Cost & Renewal

Pay the learner-permit fee when you take the written test, and the endorsement fee when it is added to your license; confirm the current amounts with the Utah Driver License Division, since fees change.

The motorcycle endorsement renews together with the rest of your Utah driver license — there is no separate renewal cycle. Note that since January 1, 2018 Utah no longer requires a safety inspection for motorcycles (UT2).

Start With the Knowledge Test

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Source: Some test details are confirmed by the state agency; the rest reflect the consensus of major rider-education sources. 25-question closed-book test confirmed on the official page; 80% to pass per all third-party sources.