Nevada Motorcycle Safety Course
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In Nevada, riders under 18 must complete a motorcycle safety course before they can get the license. This page covers who runs the course, what it costs, how long it takes, and exactly which tests completing it can waive.
Nevada's motorcycle safety course requirements — including a course fee of $150 and completion waiving the state skills test if age 18+ — are verified against Program for the Education of Motorcycle Riders (see NRS 486.372 (Program for the Education of Motorcycle Riders: establishment, approval of courses)), current as of 2026-07-28.
Nevada Motorcycle Safety Course at a Glance
| Program | Program for the Education of Motorcycle Riders |
|---|---|
| Who runs it | Nevada Department of Public Safety, Office of Traffic Safety, which develops, administers and manages the Program as directed by the DPS Director |
| Delivery model | Run by the stateThe state agency itself runs the ranges. |
| Typical cost | $150 |
| Course length | 12 hours |
| Mandatory under age | Yes, under 18 |
| Waives the riding skills test | Yes, if age 18+ |
| Waives the knowledge test | Yes, if age 18+ |
Nevada Rider also runs a license-waiver-track Basic RiderCourse 2 and non-waiver BRC2, plus advanced and returning-rider classes, at statewide sites including Las Vegas/Henderson, Reno/Sparks, Carson City, Elko, Winnemucca, Hawthorne, Silver Springs and Tonopah.
NRS 486.374(1)(b)(3) sets a minimum of 8 hours of on-motorcycle instruction for an inexperienced operator and 4 hours for an experienced operator; total course length including classroom time is not fixed in statute. NRS 486.373(2) caps the Program fee at $150, and Nevada Rider's own site states its BRC2 license-waiver and advanced classes cost $150. Training motorcycles are supplied through the annual $6 motorcycle-registration surcharge that funds the Program's bike fleet.
What Nevada’s course covers
Nevada 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.
How Nevada differs: Nevada Rider also runs a license-waiver-track Basic RiderCourse 2 and non-waiver BRC2, plus advanced and returning-rider classes, at statewide sites including Las Vegas/Henderson, Reno/Sparks, Carson City, Elko, Winnemucca, Hawthorne, Silver Springs and Tonopah.
Once you complete the course, see license requirements in Nevada.
Source Notes
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- Licence, permit, fee and test rules come from the Nevada Revised Statutes. Training facts come from the Program for the Education of Motorcycle Riders, publicly branded Nevada Rider, run by the Department of Public Safety's Office of Traffic Safety. Helmet rules come from the Nevada Revised Statutes.
- Nevada's DMV website could not be reached to verify this record; every figure here is drawn from statute instead. A permit fee, exact test question counts and passing scores are not published in statute and are not shown here.
- Nevada allows either a standalone motorcycle driver's license or a motorcycle endorsement added to a regular driver's license — the two carry the same riding privilege under state law.
Sources
Data last verified: 2026-07-28 (verified by: agent) | Source: NRS 486.372 (Program for the Education of Motorcycle Riders: establishment, approval of courses)