Alaska Motorcycle Safety Course
Verified against Alaska Division of Motor Vehicles ·
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Alaska does not require any rider to complete a motorcycle safety course before getting the license. This page covers who runs the course, what it costs, how long it takes, and exactly which tests completing it can waive.
Alaska's motorcycle safety course requirements — including completion waiving the state skills test if the applicant completes a Motorcycle Safety Foundation course and presents the completion certificate to DMV; the certificate waives the road test only for the current calendar year or the calendar year immediately before it, not a fixed number of months from completion — are verified against Alaska Division of Motor Vehicles (see Alaska Division of Motor Vehicles — Motorcycle License (road-test locations and Motorcycle Safety Foundation waiver)), current as of 2026-07-28.
Alaska Motorcycle Safety Course at a Glance
| Program | — |
|---|---|
| Who runs it | Alaska Division of Motor Vehicles |
| Delivery model | No statewide programThe state runs no identifiable statewide rider-training program. |
| Typical cost | — |
| Course length | — |
| Mandatory under age | No — not required at any age |
| Waives the riding skills test | Yes, if the applicant completes a Motorcycle Safety Foundation course and presents the completion certificate to DMV; the certificate waives the road test only for the current calendar year or the calendar year immediately before it, not a fixed number of months from completion |
| Waives the knowledge test | No |
Alaska runs no statewide rider-training programme, which is not the same as having no training: A.B.A.T.E. of Alaska chapters in Anchorage, the Mat-Su Valley and Juneau, and Harley-Davidson dealerships on the Kenai Peninsula and near Denali each independently run Motorcycle Safety Foundation courses on their own schedule and at their own price. The Division of Motor Vehicles lists those sites as places to take a motorcycle road test and accepts a Motorcycle Safety Foundation completion certificate from any provider for the road-test waiver, but it does not license training sponsors, set tuition or publish a list of approved training providers.
What Alaska’s course covers
Alaska teaches the Basic RiderCourse (BRC), developed by Motorcycle Safety Foundation. Full detail here.
The Motorcycle Safety Foundation's Basic RiderCourse is designed for beginning riders aged 16 and up, pairing about five hours of classroom or online learning with about ten hours of on-motorcycle training, and it ends in a written knowledge test and a rider skills test.
Once you complete the course, see license requirements in Alaska.
Source Notes
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- Licence classes, ages, fees and testing requirements come from the Alaska Division of Motor Vehicles. Training facts come from A.B.A.T.E. of Alaska and its regional chapters, which the Division names as approved training and road-test sites. Helmet requirements are stated on the Division's own motorcycle licensing page.
- Alaska has no single statewide motorcycle training programme. Courses following the Motorcycle Safety Foundation curriculum are run independently by A.B.A.T.E. of Alaska chapters in Anchorage, the Mat-Su Valley and Juneau, and by two Harley-Davidson dealerships, each setting its own schedule and price.
- Completing a Motorcycle Safety Foundation course waives the DMV road test, not the written knowledge test, and the completion certificate is only accepted in the current or the immediately preceding calendar year.
- Alaska's helmet exemption applies only to a licensed operator 18 or older. Every passenger, every permit holder, and anyone taking the road test must wear a helmet regardless of age.
means no primary source publishes that figure — left blank on purpose rather than estimated or copied from an unverified aggregator.
Sources
Data last verified: 2026-07-28 (verified by: agent) | Source: Alaska Division of Motor Vehicles — Motorcycle License (road-test locations and Motorcycle Safety Foundation waiver)