Utah Rider Education News

Our courses in Ogden, Salt Lake, and Provo are now done for 2008. Courses will start up again the first weekend in March 2009.

We will start taking reservations for our 2009 classes on January 19th.

If you would like to give one of our courses as a gift this Holiday season we have gift certificates. Certificates are available for either the BRC or ERC, and are good for the 2009 training season (March - November).

We are running courses in St George over the winter. For information on St Geaorge classes or gift certificates please give us a call at 801-394-6564.

Thank you, and have a safe holliday season.

Starting July 8, 2008 Utah will be using a tiered licensing system for motorcycle endorsements.

• If a rider tests on a 90cc or less motorcycle or scooter they will be restricted to 90cc or less.


• If a rider tests on a 249cc or less motorcycle or scooter they will be restricted to 249cc or less.


• If a rider tests on a 649cc or less motorcycle or scooter they will be restricted to 649cc or less.


• If a rider tests on a motorcycle or scooter larger than 650cc they will be allowed to ride any motorcycle or scooter.

If you take a motorcycle safety class on a 250cc, successful completion will waive the riding part of the license test for an up to 649cc endorsement. To get an endorsement for motorcycles above 649cc you must use your larger motorcycle in our class. To use your bike in our class you must have a permit, registration, and insurance.

If you currently ride a motorcycle over 649cc you may also obtain a skill test waiver by successfully completing our License Waiver Experienced Rider Course (ERC). The cost for this 5 hour course is $85.

Many folks call or email and ask why there are no dates listed on this site. We list the days of the week that courses are scheduled to run. If we listed dates, they would need to be changed a few times a day as classes fill. People often change their reservations creating openings in previously full classes.

The Wed-Sat-Sun runs every week in Ogden and SLC. A new Sat-Sat starts every week in Salt Lake, and every other week in Ogden. Sun-Sun is typically once a month, and weekday evening classes, Mon-Thurs, are every week starting in late April. Every week means just that, typically including hollidays, March - October.

Please take a look at the schedules listed, then check your calendar, and give us a call at 801-394-6564. We will let you know the next available openings. If none of the listed schedules work for you, maybe we can customise one for you.

We also have some special options that are created from time to time, such as Spring Break weekday classes, that are sometimes available.

We have expanded our office hours to 9am - 6pm to better serve you, but with this being the busy season, please leave a message if we are on the phone helping someone else.

Thank you for visiting,
the Utah Rider Ed team.

A new "Start Seeing Motorcyclists" Public Service Announcement (PSA) has been produced, and while you may never have the opportunity to catch it on the tv, we have procured a web-playable copy of this great little spot. Simply click on the image to watch the 30-second commercial. Then feel free to send it to your car-driving friends.

Utah Rider Education was a major part of a recent KSL TV news story that aired Wednesday, July 13th. Reporter Samantha Hayes did a great job explaning the value of motorcycle rider eduction in the television news spot. Hayes inverviewd rider coach extraordinaire, Twila, as well as several of our students. All of them did an outstanding job and gave some fanstastic interviews! The cool thing is that you can see the news story yourself. Watch the report titled Motorcycle Safety Stressed In Light of Recent Fatalities!

Have you recently taken one of our courses? We now have complimentary class photo's posted in our Photo Gallery. Feel free to peruse, and if you find your photo, its free to download. Just think! You wailing through the U-turn box (affectionately known as the "Box-of-Love") proudly displayed on your computers background. You're coworkers will be ultra-jealous!

Classes typically run rain or shine, but in the event of questionable weather, students can find the most current information about class postponements or delays by calling our phone number. Weather related messages are typically posted by 7am the morning of class, and then updated if or when conditions improve. Our numbers are 1-801-394-6564 and 1-888-RIDE-UT-1.

This area of the website will now allow us to post up to the minute changes to the website, photo updates (in the new gallery) and other important information.