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Oklahoma Motorcycle: Turning & Cornering practice test
Countersteering, the slow-look-press-roll technique, and choosing the right line through a curve at motorcycle speeds.
Content reviewed against official driver handbooks · August 12, 2026
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1. A good lane choice for a curve is to do what before entering?
Correct answer: Move to the center of the lane and stay there through it
Moving to the center of your lane before a curve, and staying there through it, lets you see approaching traffic sooner.
Source: MSF Motorcycle Operator Manual (18th ed.), Oklahoma edition — Crash Avoidance
2. Because every curve is different, what should you watch for as you approach one?
Correct answer: Whether it stays constant, widens, tightens, or has multiple turns
Be alert to whether a curve stays constant, widens, tightens, or contains several turns.
Source: MSF Motorcycle Operator Manual (18th ed.), Oklahoma edition — Crash Avoidance
3. Pressing on the right handgrip makes the motorcycle do what?
Correct answer: Lean and go to the right
Pressing the handgrip on one side leans the bike that way, so pressing right leans and steers you to the right.
Source: MSF Motorcycle Operator Manual (18th ed.), Oklahoma edition — Turning
4. Riders who enter a curve too fast and cannot hold their line often end up doing what?
Correct answer: Crossing into another lane or going off the road
Taking a curve too fast can lead to crossing into another lane or running off the road.
Source: MSF Motorcycle Operator Manual (18th ed.), Oklahoma edition — Turning
5. As your speed or the sharpness of a turn increases, the lean angle needs to do what?
Correct answer: Increase
The faster you go or the tighter the turn, the more the motorcycle must lean.
Source: MSF Motorcycle Operator Manual (18th ed.), Oklahoma edition — Turning
6. A leading cause of single-vehicle motorcycle crashes is what?
Correct answer: Running wide in a curve
Riders running wide in a curve or turn is a primary cause of single-vehicle crashes.
Source: MSF Motorcycle Operator Manual (18th ed.), Oklahoma edition — Crash Avoidance
7. In a normal turn, how should the rider and the motorcycle lean?
Correct answer: Together at the same angle
During an ordinary turn the rider leans together with the machine at the same angle.
Source: MSF Motorcycle Operator Manual (18th ed.), Oklahoma edition — Turning
8. During the 'look' step of a turn, what should you turn?
Correct answer: Just your head, with eyes level to the horizon
You should turn just your head, keeping your eyes level with the horizon and looking where you want to go.
Source: MSF Motorcycle Operator Manual (18th ed.), Oklahoma edition — Turning
9. Your best path through a curve will always follow the curve of the road. True or false?
Correct answer: False; it may not always follow the road's curve
The ideal line through a curve may not match the road's curve; you adjust for traffic, surface, and the shape of the bend.
Source: MSF Motorcycle Operator Manual (18th ed.), Oklahoma edition — Crash Avoidance
10. For a motorcycle to change direction in a turn, what must it first do?
Correct answer: Lean
A motorcycle has to lean in order to turn.
Source: MSF Motorcycle Operator Manual (18th ed.), Oklahoma edition — Turning
11. What should you base your speed for a curve on?
Correct answer: Your skill level and the posted speed limit
Choose a curve speed that stays within your own skill level and the posted speed limit.
Source: MSF Motorcycle Operator Manual (18th ed.), Oklahoma edition — Crash Avoidance
12. What are the four steps for taking a turn, in order?
Correct answer: Slow, look, press, roll
The manual teaches a four-step approach to turning: slow, look, press, and roll.
Source: MSF Motorcycle Operator Manual (18th ed.), Oklahoma edition — Turning
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