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Wyoming Motorcycle Knowledge Test Cheat Sheet

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

🪪 Permit & License

  • Class M license — or 'M' added to a Class A/B/C license
  • Instruction permit at 15: 90 days, then 1 year after a riding test
  • No passengers allowed on a motorcycle permit
  • Pass a written test, vision screening and on-cycle skills test
  • Approved safety-course card waives the skills test (good 2 years)
  • Wyoming Novice Rider Course waives BOTH written and skills tests

🔢 Most-Tested Numbers

  • Following gap2 seconds minimum
  • Poor conditions / night3 seconds or more
  • Front brake3/4 of stopping power
  • Scan ahead12 seconds
  • Blind intersection15 mph or less
  • Adult BAC limit0.08% (0.05% with evidence)

🪖 Helmet & Gear

  • Helmet required only for minors (under 18)
  • Riders 18+ are not required to wear a helmet
  • Eye protection is NOT required by Wyoming law
  • A windshield is no substitute for a face shield or goggles
  • Never wear tinted eye protection at night
  • Headlight on at all times, day and night

✅ Remember This Answer

  • Quick stop? Use both brakes together
  • Front brake? Squeeze firmly — never grab
  • Curve? Slow, Look, Lean, Roll
  • To lean/turn? Press the handgrip toward the turn
  • Swerve? Brake before or after — never during
  • Strategy? SIPDE — Scan, Identify, Predict, Decide, Execute

✅ 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 get in front
  • Cut reaction time? Cover the clutch and both brakes
  • Daytime visibility? Headlight on — 2× as likely to be seen
  • Blind intersection? Slow to 15 mph or less

⚠️ Common Test Traps

  • "No room to stop" → Swerve — don't just brake harder
  • "Stop fastest" → Both brakes — not front alone, not rear first
  • "Brake while swerving" → Wrong — brake before or after only
  • "It starts to rain" → Slow down, ride in the tire tracks
  • "Following distance" → 2 sec; 3+ in poor conditions
  • "Made eye contact" → Driver still may not yield

⚠️ More Test Traps

  • "Curve ahead, too fast" → Slow before — don't brake hard mid-curve
  • "Lane sharing" → Prohibited; never ride between rows
  • "Chased by a dog" → Approach slowly, then accelerate away
  • "Carrying a passenger" → Bike responds slower — ride slower
  • "Turn signals required?" → No — they're optional in Wyoming
  • "Large animal ahead" → Brake and prepare to stop

🚨 Emergency Situations

  • Tire goes flat → Hold grips, ease off throttle, keep straight, edge off the road
  • Stuck throttle → Twist it; if still stuck, kill switch + pull in clutch
  • Wobble → Grip firmly, close throttle gradually — don't brake or accelerate
  • Rear wheel locks → Keep it locked until stopped if straight and upright
  • Obstacle you must cross → Hit it at 90°, 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
  • Cross parallel seams or tracks at 45° or more
  • Wet road: slow at least 5–10 mph · Packed snow: slow by half · Ice: a crawl
  • Night: ride slower and open a 3-second-plus following gap
  • Can't see past ~100 ft in fog/snow? Pull off and wait

🏍️ Motorcycle Control

  • Press left grip → lean left → go left (press right to go right)
  • Use both brakes every stop — the front gives 3/4 of the power
  • Corner in four steps: SLOW · LOOK · LEAN · ROLL
  • Slow tight turn: lean the bike only, keep your body upright
  • Stay in first gear while stopped, ready to move
  • Head-check your blind spot before every lane change

🍺 Alcohol & Impairment

  • Adult limit (per se)0.08% BAC
  • Conviction possible0.05% BAC with evidence
  • Under 210.02% BAC
  • Leaves the body~1 drink per hour
  • Only time sobers you — coffee, showers and exercise don't
  • Alcohol wrecks Identify, Predict, Decide and Execute

🎯 Last-Minute Before the Test

  • Both brakes to stop — front brake = 3/4 of the power
  • Every curve: SLOW · LOOK · LEAN · 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 for minors only · eye protection not required · headlight always on
  • SIPDE = Scan, Identify, Predict, Decide, Execute · 0.08% BAC

Confirm every number against the official Wyoming Motorcycle Manual (2021) before test day. Full helmet law →

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Source: Some test details are confirmed by the state agency; the rest reflect the consensus of major rider-education sources. WYDOT confirms all written tests require 80%; the 25-question count comes from third-party sources. Wyoming's manual is WYDOT's own document — it teaches SIPDE (not SEE), helmets are required only for minors, eye protection is not required by law, and motorcycle applicants may take the written test twice in one day.