The permit, the rider course and the endorsement 17
A friend with a full endorsement asks to ride behind a Maine motorcycle permit holder. What does §1304(2)(G) say?29-A M.R.S. §1304(2)(G)
A Maine course completion certificate is stamped "passed 3-Wheel BRC" on the front. What does the stamp mean for its holder?29-A M.R.S. §1352(5)
A Maine learner's permit normally requires a licensed operator beside the driver. Does that rule apply while the permittee operates a motorcycle?29-A M.R.S. §1304(1)(E)
A Maine motorcycle permit holder has not completed the driving test within 2 years of the permit's issue. What must happen before a subsequent permit is issued?29-A M.R.S. §1304(2)(E)
A rider completes Maine's approved rider education course on a 2-wheel motorcycle. What may that rider be licensed to operate?29-A M.R.S. §1352(2)(F)
Besides a vision test, what must an applicant for a Maine motorcycle learner's permit pass under §1304(2)(B)?29-A M.R.S. §1304(2)(B)
Besides the Secretary of State, who may issue a Maine motorcycle learner's permit?29-A M.R.S. §1304(2)(I)
Does an ordinary Maine motor vehicle license authorize the holder to operate a motorcycle?29-A M.R.S. §1254(1)
For how long may a Maine rider education completion certificate be used as a temporary motorcycle permit?29-A M.R.S. §1352(5)
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The permit, the rider course and the endorsement, continued
How much time does §1304(2)(D) give a Maine motorcycle learner's permit before it runs out?29-A M.R.S. §1304(2)(D)
How old must an applicant be before Maine takes an application for a motorcycle or moped learner's permit?29-A M.R.S. §1304(2)(A)
Maine issues a motorcycle endorsement after waiving the road examination on a course certificate. What does that endorsement prohibit?29-A M.R.S. §1352(6)(B)
What must a Maine motorcycle rider education course consist of under §1352(2)(A)?29-A M.R.S. §1352(2)(A)
What must a person present before Maine issues a motorcycle learner's permit, license or endorsement under §1352(1)?29-A M.R.S. §1352(1)
Which examination may Maine's Secretary of State waive on receipt of a rider course completion certificate under §1352(6)(A)?29-A M.R.S. §1352(6)(A)
Which is a condition of riding in Maine on a course completion certificate used as a temporary permit?29-A M.R.S. §1352(5)
Which of these leaves a Maine rider restricted to 3-wheel motorcycles?29-A M.R.S. §1352(2)(H)
Headgear, lights, mirrors and brakes 17
A 30-year-old is operating a motorcycle in Maine on a learner's permit. Is protective headgear required?29-A M.R.S. §2083(1)(C)
A Maine motorcycle operator is one of those required to wear headgear. What does §2083(1)(D) say about that operator's passenger?29-A M.R.S. §2083(1)(D)
A motorcycle's headlight does not give an adequate beam. What does §1904(6) restrict it to in Maine?29-A M.R.S. §1904(6)
Besides the operator, who may not allow a passenger under 18 to ride in violation of Maine's headgear section?29-A M.R.S. §2083(2)
Does Maine's headgear requirement reach a passenger under 18 riding in an attached side car?29-A M.R.S. §2083(1)(A)
For how long after successfully completing a driving test must a Maine motorcycle operator keep wearing protective headgear?29-A M.R.S. §2083(1)(C)
How far behind must a Maine motorcycle's rear view mirror let the operator see the highway clearly?29-A M.R.S. §1913(3)
How high may the handgrips of a motorcycle's handlebars be on a Maine public way?29-A M.R.S. §2062(3)
How many mounted headlights must a motorcycle have under Maine's headlight section?29-A M.R.S. §1904(4)(B)
Maine's headgear statute covers every motorcycle operator younger than what age?29-A M.R.S. §2083(1)(B)
When must a motorcycle's headlight be on in Maine?29-A M.R.S. §2062(2)
Where is a Maine motorcycle's official inspection sticker affixed?29-A M.R.S. §1758(3)
Where may a Maine motorcycle registration plate NOT be attached?29-A M.R.S. §452(1)(B)
Which Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard does §2083(3) name for protective headgear in Maine?29-A M.R.S. §2083(3)
Which vehicle does 29-A M.R.S. §2083(1) take out of Maine's protective headgear requirement?29-A M.R.S. §2083(1)
Which vehicle does Maine's parking brake requirement except?29-A M.R.S. §1902(3)
Within what distance must a motorcycle's brakes stop it from 20 miles per hour under Maine's brake standards?29-A M.R.S. §1902(2)(C)
Passengers, seats and side cars 5
A side car attached to a Maine motorcycle was designed with 3 permanent seats. How many passengers may it carry?29-A M.R.S. §2062(1)(C)
A side car on a Maine motorcycle has one permanent seat. May two children share it?29-A M.R.S. §2062(1)(D)
On what kind of seating may a motorcycle passenger ride in Maine?29-A M.R.S. §2062(1)(D)
What is the most persons who may ride on a motorcycle in Maine?29-A M.R.S. §2062(1)(B)
Where may the operator of a motorcycle ride under Maine's motorcycle section?29-A M.R.S. §2062(1)(A)
Lane use, passing and riding between rows 10
How many motorcycles may be operated abreast within the same lane in Maine?29-A M.R.S. §2062(4)(B)
How much of a lane may the operator of a motorcycle other than a moped use in Maine?29-A M.R.S. §2062(4)(A)
How must a moped be operated on a Maine way under §2062(4)(D)?29-A M.R.S. §2062(4)(D)
May a car be driven in Maine in a way that deprives a motorcycle of the full use of a lane?29-A M.R.S. §2062(4)(C)
May a person operate a motorcycle between lanes of traffic or between adjacent rows of vehicles in Maine?29-A M.R.S. §2062(6)
May an autocycle be operated abreast with another motor vehicle within the same Maine lane?29-A M.R.S. §2062(4)(B)
To whom does Maine's ban on passing within the overtaken vehicle's lane not apply?29-A M.R.S. §2062(5)
What does §2062(7) forbid a Maine motorcycle operator to do intentionally or knowingly on a public way?29-A M.R.S. §2062(7)
When may a Maine moped leave the right side of the way under §2062(4)(D)?29-A M.R.S. §2062(4)(D)
Which may a Maine motorcycle operator pass within the lane that the overtaken one occupies?29-A M.R.S. §2062(5)
Mopeds, scooters and autocycles 13
A scooter's wheels in ground contact are less than 10 inches in diameter. What does 29-A M.R.S. §101(41-B) call it?29-A M.R.S. §101(41-B)
Above what engine size is a 2- or 3-wheeled vehicle a motorcycle, not a moped, in Maine's definitions?29-A M.R.S. §101(38)
After a Maine moped's power drive is engaged, what does §101(36) say the operator need not do?29-A M.R.S. §101(36)(C)
An autocycle under Maine's §101(6-C) is a motorcycle of how many wheels?29-A M.R.S. §101(6-C)
At what age may a person apply for Maine's moped license under §1254(2)?29-A M.R.S. §1254(2)
Is a motorcycle endorsement the only license that lets a person operate a moped in Maine?29-A M.R.S. §1252(3)(A)
May Maine's Secretary of State require a motorcycle or moped endorsement to operate a motorized bicycle or motorized scooter?29-A M.R.S. §1254(3)
On which Maine roads may a moped or motorized scooter NOT be operated?29-A M.R.S. §1252(3)(B)
What electric motor capacity puts a vehicle in Maine's definition of a motorcycle?29-A M.R.S. §101(38)
What is the fastest a motorized bicycle or motorized scooter may be operated in Maine?29-A M.R.S. §2063(6)
What wheel size appears in Maine's definitions of both a motorcycle and a moped?29-A M.R.S. §101(36), (38)
Which license must a person hold to operate an autocycle on a Maine public way?29-A M.R.S. §2089-B(1)
Which of these must a vehicle have to meet Maine's §101(6-C) description of an autocycle?29-A M.R.S. §101(6-C)
How this list was compiled: Written from the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 29-A (Motor Vehicles and Traffic), sections 101, 452, 1252, 1254, 1304, 1352, 1758, 1902, 1904, 1913, 2062, 2063, 2083 and 2089-B, each read on the Maine Legislature's own site, https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/29-A/title29-Ach0sec0.html, on 2026-10-04 (the site's pages say their text was extracted on 10/20/2025). Each question names its section and links to that section's page. That a written test is part of the permit is 29-A M.R.S. §1304(2)(B) (a knowledge test related specifically to the safe operation of a motorcycle or moped) with §1352(1) and (6)(A) (the rider education course and examination; the Secretary of State may waive the written examination on a completion certificate). The Bureau of Motor Vehicles' own motorcycle license page returned 404 on 2026-10-04 and its driver's license exam page gives a question count and pass mark only for the Class C test, so no test length or pass mark is used here. On 2026-10-05 the bureau's Car and Motorcycle License page, https://www.maine.gov/sos/bmv/driver-licenses-and-ids/car-license, and the Maine Motorcycle Operator Manual it links, https://www.maine.gov/sos/sites/maine.gov.sos/files/inline-files/motorcyclemanual.pdf, were opened to confirm two things only: the manual's title and its sentence that knowledge test questions are based on information, practices and ideas from the manual. Neither prints a question count or pass mark for the motorcycle test, and no question, choice or explanation here was drawn from the manual. Licence: Own work. Questions, answer choices and explanations were written for this site from the statute text; nothing is copied from the state's motorcycle manual, the Bureau of Motor Vehicles' test, the Motorcycle Safety Foundation or another practice test.
How it works
This unofficial Maine motorcycle permit test practice has 62 questions from Title 29-A of the Maine Revised Statutes, with the section under each. It covers the law only; riding technique is in the Maine Motorcycle Operator Manual.
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The permit, headgear and the lane
29-A M.R.S. §1304 opens the motorcycle permit at 16, runs it 2 years and bars a passenger. §2083 asks for headgear under 18, on a permit and for one year after the driving test. §2062 gives a motorcycle the full lane, allows 2 abreast and bans riding between rows of vehicles.
What Maine law says about the test
§1304(2)(B) asks for a vision test and a knowledge test on the safe operation of a motorcycle or moped. §1352 requires a rider education course first, and lets the Secretary of State waive the written examination on a completion certificate. No agency page giving a question count or pass mark for the motorcycle test was read in October 2026, so none is shown.
§1352 uses 60 days twice: a course certificate is a temporary permit for 60 days, and a road-test waiver bars passengers for 60 days.
Questions and answers
Is there a motorcycle helmet law in Maine?
For some riders. 29-A M.R.S. §2083 requires protective headgear for an operator or passenger under 18, an operator on a learner's permit or within one year of the driving test, and the passenger of an operator who must wear it.
What is on the Maine motorcycle license test?
§1304(2)(B) describes a knowledge test on the safe operation of a motorcycle or moped. The Maine Motorcycle Operator Manual says the questions are based on that manual. This page asks only what Title 29-A says: the permit, headgear, passengers, equipment and lane use.
Can you carry a passenger on a Maine motorcycle permit?
No. §1304(2)(G) says the learner's permit does not allow the holder to carry a passenger. An endorsement issued after a road examination waiver also bars passengers for 60 days (§1352(6)(B)).
Is this the state's own Maine motorcycle test?
No. It is an independent practice page, not a government website and not affiliated with the Maine Bureau of Motor Vehicles or the Maine Secretary of State, whose questions it has never seen. Each question was written from Title 29-A on the Legislature's website.