Learn To Ride Alaska

SCHEDULE & REGISTER

OUR COURSES

ABATE of Anchorage has proudly offered Motorcycle Safety classes since 1991

Classes begin the last weekend in April and continue through the entire summer ending in September depending on weather.

Read our Frequently Asked Questions.

To sign up for MSF classes, including 3 Wheel Basic Rider Course and Sport bike Courses, in the MatSu Valley, click here

If you have any questions regarding classes (old or new), contact the Rider Education Coordinator at anc.ridered@abateofalaska.com or call the information line at 907-562-2339

Learn to Ride
IME—FIRSTRIDE

A two-hour, first-touch motorcycle experience. Designed to familiarize you with a motorcycle’s primary parts and controls, and help you determine whether motorcycling is a good personal choice. You are given the opportunity to ride a motorcycle in a controlled area. This is an excellent way to explore motorcycling. It will give you valuable clutch and throttle practice to help you keep up with the fast pace of the basic rider course. This is not a licensing class.

BASIC RIDERCOURSE

The Basic RiderCourse Licensing program provides the basic entry-level skills for a new rider to begin practicing and developing the mental and motor skills important for safer street operation.

3 WHEEL COURSE

This program is designed to teach the novice or experienced sidecar or trike rider the skills necessary to safely operate a three-wheeled vehicle on the street, even if you have never ridden any kind of motorcycle.

Learn to Ride
Advanced RiderCourse
Improve your ride
BASIC RIDERCOURSE 2

For the rider who knows what he or she is doing, or thinks they know. Most riders who have never taken a class will be surprised how much they’ll learn. You are taking this course on your own motorcycle, improving your skills on your own machine.

BASIC BIKE BONDING RIDERCOURSE

The BBBRC is a five-hour riding course designed to help you develop basic riding skills. Exercises focus on a variety of cornering skills and limited-space maneuvers.

ADVANCED RIDERCOURSE

The ARC is an action oriented class geared to introduce concepts in time and space management. The overarching goal is to provide sufficient technical information, dynamic performance feedback, and peer group interaction to achieve an increase in perceptual filtering capacities to reduce risk while riding.

ADVANCED RIDERCOURSE - SKILL PRACTICE

Skill Practice is a partial-day course consisting only of riding exercises. Range exercises will go deeper into crash-avoidance skills. Improving your braking and cornering finesse is emphasized. The course is beneficial for riders on any type of street motorcycle. You must bring your own motorcycle.

FEATURED PROGRAMS

IME—FIRSTRIDE

It consists of 3 hours of basic “on bike” riding instruction. No tests, no pressure, no worries. Student to instructor ratio is very low.

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BASIC RIDERCOURSE

The Basic RiderCourse is the premier course for learning to ride a motorcycle and understand the safe practices for operating a motorcycle.

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