Other Motorcycle Rider Courses

Courses include: Advanced RiderCourse and First Ride

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 Schedule of Motorcycle Courses

Course Details

Advanced RiderCourse

A one-day course that complements your basic skills and helps with personal risk assessment. It includes a fast-paced classroom segment with several fun interactive activities to improve perception and hazard awareness. Range exercises enhance both basic operating skills and crash-avoidance skills. Improving your braking and cornering finesse is emphasized. The course is beneficial for riders on any type of street motorcycle.

You will need to bring the following with you to the course:

  • Proof of current insurance and registration.
  • Valid NYS driver’s license with motorcycle endorsement.

Prerequisites: Must possess a valid NYS driver's license AND a valid NYS motorcycle license. Must own a street-legal, registered and insured motorcycle or scooter

Advanced RiderCourse Additional Information
Includes important information related to this course, including a listing of required protective riding gear.


First Ride

This course is designed for the student who has no riding experience and isn't sure whether or not they should take formal training. It is a unique opportunity to get a feeling for the physical requirements of operating a motorcycle and is a no-pressure way to experience how a motorcycle clutch works and is different from that of a car/truck. Many students find the First Ride course beneficial in determining their next steps in their motorcycle education journey.

You will not learn how to ride a motorcycle/scooter, but you will experience a its operational characteristics through an initial hands-on experience, allowing you to consider the possibility of formally learning to ride. You should consider yourself successful in this course regardless of you choose to learn to ride or not.

This experience does not guarantee success in the Basic RiderCourse (BRC). Group size is limited to four students.

Prerequisite: None

First Ride Additional Information
Includes important information related to this course, including a listing of required protective riding gear.

Get in Touch

Office of Workforce Development and Community Education

Fitzgibbons Health Technologies Center, Room 334

Fax: (518) 629-8103

Office Hours: Monday - Friday, 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. (excluding college holidays and vacations)