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Vermont 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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12 sample Turning & Cornering questions with the correct answer, a short explanation, and the official handbook reference. Read through them, then take the quiz above.
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1. You want the motorcycle to lean and go to the right. Following the manual's PRESS step, what do you do?
Correct answer: Press the right handgrip
Press the handgrip on the side you want to go: press right, lean right, go right.
Source: Vermont Motorcycle Manual — Basic Vehicle Control, Turning
2. You take Vermont's two-wheel skills test on a 750cc motorcycle. During the left U-turn in the Turn From a Stop & U-Turn exercise, which boundary must your tires stay off?
Correct answer: The solid line marked at 24 feet
The U-turn boundary depends on engine size. Motorcycles of 600cc or more must keep off the solid 24-foot line, while bikes under 600cc must keep off the dashed 20-foot line. Touching or crossing the boundary, stalling, or putting a foot down all cost points.
Source: Vermont Motorcycle Manual — Two-Wheel Motorcycle Exercises
3. The manual's diagrams show several kinds of curves. What is a decreasing curve?
Correct answer: A curve that gets tighter as you ride through it
The manual labels decreasing curves as tighter turns: the curve gets sharper as you go through it. Other types are constant, widening, and multiple curves.
Source: Vermont Motorcycle Manual — Crash Avoidance, Curves
4. During the LOOK step of a turn, how should you move your head and eyes?
Correct answer: Turn just your head, with your eyes held level to the horizon
Aim your gaze through the turn toward your intended path, turning only your head and holding your eyes level with the horizon.
Source: Vermont Motorcycle Manual — Basic Vehicle Control, Turning
5. While you swerve, what should your body be doing?
Correct answer: Staying upright while the motorcycle leans underneath you
Keep your body upright and let the motorcycle lean beneath you, with knees against the tank, feet solidly on the footrests, and eyes on your escape route.
Source: Vermont Motorcycle Manual — Crash Avoidance, Swerving or Turning Quickly
6. On a three-wheel motorcycle or sidecar rig, why should you enter a curve toward the outside of your lane when it is safe?
Correct answer: It widens your view and lowers tip-over forces by easing the curve's effective radius
On these vehicles, riding the center of the lane can raise tip-over forces. Entering toward the outside lets you see farther through the curve and makes its effective radius smaller.
Source: Vermont Motorcycle Manual — Three-Wheel Supplement, Cornering & Curves
7. Using the outside-inside-outside path through a curve with no traffic, what do you do once you pass the center of the curve?
Correct answer: Move back toward the outside to exit
Start at the outside, move toward the inside as you turn, and after passing the center move back toward the outside to exit.
Source: Vermont Motorcycle Manual — Crash Avoidance, Curves
8. According to the manual, should your path through a curve always follow the curve of the road?
Correct answer: No, change lane position based on traffic, road conditions, and the curve
Not always. Adjust where you ride in the lane based on traffic, the road surface, and how the curve bends.
Source: Vermont Motorcycle Manual — Crash Avoidance, Curves
9. How can a passenger help you through turns and curves?
Correct answer: By leaning with you and looking over your shoulder toward the turn
Your passenger should sit directly behind you and lean along with you through turns; looking over your shoulder toward the turn also helps.
Source: Vermont Motorcycle Manual — Carrying Passengers and Cargo, Preparing Your Passenger to Ride
10. To swerve around an obstacle to the left and then return to your original path, which handgrips do you press, in order?
Correct answer: Left, then right
To swerve left, press the left handgrip, then press the right one to recover once you clear the obstacle.
Source: Vermont Motorcycle Manual — Crash Avoidance, Swerving or Turning Quickly
11. On a three-wheel motorcycle, what makes the inside wheel more likely to lift in a turn?
Correct answer: Higher speed and a tighter curve
The tendency of the inside wheel to lift grows with higher speed and tighter curve radii, as the center of gravity shifts outward toward the tip-over line.
Source: Vermont Motorcycle Manual — Three-Wheel Supplement, Turning
12. When turning a three-track motorcycle, when should you release the brakes?
Correct answer: Before you enter the turn
Slow with the brakes to a speed you can hold safely through the turn, and let off the brakes before you enter it; then lean your upper body slightly, steer, and roll on the throttle.
Source: Vermont Motorcycle Manual — Three-Wheel Supplement, Turning
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