Motorcycle Courses
Get Ready to Ride
WCTC offers motorcycle classes for riders of all skills levels, from beginner basics to advanced skills. Taking a motorcycle course at WCTC can:
- Help lower your insurance premiums.
- Exempt you from taking the Wisconsin Motorcycle In-Traffic (MIT) skills test to get your motorcycle license.
Classes are offered May through September. You will get hands-on training on WCTC's Vehicle Training Track located at the Pewaukee campus.
Timothy Holloway, Associate Dean
How to Register:
Choose a Class
Choose one of the courses below that best fits your needs and schedule.
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Course Options
Basic RiderCourse (BRC)
Designed for novice motorcycle riders, this course includes six hours of classroom time and ten hours of on-cycle instruction to learn the skills you'll need to operate a motorcycle safely.
- Focus on motorcycle controls, basic riding skills and maneuvering, and basic street riding.
- Learn using materials from the Motorcycle Safety Foundation. Please note: All students enrolled in the Basic Rider Course (BRC) are required to purchase a copy of the BRC Student Handbook before class.
- Motorcycles are provided for students in this course.
- Please print and complete the Motorcycle Student Information and Liability forms, and bring them to your first day of class.
Upon successful completion of this course, you will receive a waiver form exempting you from taking the Wisconsin Department of Transportation MIT skills test to obtain your motorcycle license.
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Basic RiderCourse 2 (BRC2)
An excellent refresher course for riders with some experience, this eight-hour course includes both in-classroom and on-cycle instruction. In this course, the speeds are higher and students ride their own motorcycles.
- Focus on street strategies and rider decision making based on past riding experiences and current knowledge.
- The on-cycle instruction component of this course includes a skills test for a Class M license waiver.
- Please print and complete the Motorcycle Student Information and Liability forms, and bring them to your first day of class.
Upon successful completion of this course, you will receive a waiver form exempting you from taking the Wisconsin Department of Transportation MIT skills test to obtain your motorcycle license.
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Ultimate Bike-Bonding RiderCourse (UBBRC)
This advanced eight-hour course is patterned after police motorcycle training courses. The exercises and skill circuits are designed to improve a rider's overall riding performance through smooth and precise control operation, body positioning on the motorcycle and the development of a rider's crash avoidance techniques.
- Students ride their own motorcycles in this course and must have driven at least 2,500 miles on their current bike.
- Students must show proof of registration and insurance.
- A completion card is issued to all course participants.