Arizona Progressive
School of Riding
SKILL AND KNOWLEDGE AT ITS BEST
Basic RiderCourse
Rider education is a
life-long pursuit.
What You'll Learn
In the Basic RiderCourse, you will learn:

  • To have more fun by riding your motorcycle safely.
  • The basics:  what to wear, how to start and stop you motorcycle, and motorcycle
    controls.
  • Street strategies to avoid trouble and stay safe.
  • How to maneuver your motorcycle in tough situations, lane changes, passing, and
    avoiding hazards.
Classroom Training
In the classroom, you will lean about the different kinds of motorcycles, their controls and
how they operate.  An important segment of the course will show you how to create a
strategy for dealing with normal as well as critical traffic situations.  The importance of
protective gear will be discussed.

Generally, you will take a portion of the classroom and then the first on-motorcycle day,
followed by a second portion of the classroom and the second on-motorcycle day.

There is a knowledge test at the end of the second portion of the classroom, and a riding skills
at the end of the second on-motorcycle day.  Passing these two tests earns you an MSF
completion card and a licensing waiver for the State of Arizona.
On-Motorcycle Training
Approximately half of the course is on-motorcycle instruction.  Motorcycles and helmets are
provided.  You are taught techniques such as:

  • Basics of motorcycle operation
  • Straight-line riding, turning, shifting and stopping.
  • Cornering, maximum braking, and swerving.

Your RiderCoaches are certified by both the Motorcycle Safety Foundation and the State of
Arizona and are there for your safety.  Before starting the range exercises, your RiderCoach
will review the range signals and hand signals that will be used in the riding portion of the
course.
Students are required to
supply the following:

Full-fingered gloves.
Over-the-ankle footwear.
Long sleeved tee-shirt,
shirt or jacket.
Long pants.
Eye protection
No steel toes boots or
tennis shoes of any kind.

You may ware your own
helmet as long it meet
DOT requirements and is
3/4 or full face helmet.
BRC COURSE SCHEDULE
Classroom Training
  • Thursday Nights:  5:00 p.m.- 9:30 p.m.

On-Motorcycle Training
  • Saturday (all day):  5:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
  • Sunday:  5:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.