• Missouri offers safety training classes that allow you to waive your riding test.motorcycles image by Artur Blaszak from Fotolia.com
  
  Motorcycle training courses improve your skills, both in riding and in coping with dangers on the road. The state of Missouri has developed a Motorcycle Safety Program that lists courses approved by the Motorcycle Safety Foundation and the state. Basic rider training will help you obtain your license, but you can also get additional training to boost your skills.
  
  

St. Charles Park Motorcycle Training

• The city of St. Charles, Missouri, offers the Beginning Rider Course (BRC) and the Experienced Rider Course (ERC) through its parks department. The motorcycles are provided by Central Missouri State University and a local business. At the end of the course, you receive a card that waives the driving portion of your motorcycle license test and also may give you a discount on your insurance. Classes are no larger than 12 riders. As of 2010, St. Charles had begun construction of a custom off-highway motorcycle training range and classroom in DuSable Park.
  
  St. Charles Parks and Recreation Department
  
  Blanchette Park
  
  1900 Randolph Street
  
  St. Charles, MO 63301
  
  636-949-3372
  
  stcharlesparks.com
  
  

Rolling Wheels Riding School

• Rolling Wheels riding school in Independence, Missouri, offers basic, experienced and advanced rider courses. It also offers a Premium Basic Rider Course with more riding and more classroom training. The school has a group riding seminar and can sell you a helmet and gloves. You can bring your own bike or use the school's motorcycles. The school offers classes during the week, on weekends and in the evenings, and you may also hire a private instructor. If you pass the BRC, your completion certificate will let you waive the riding portion of the licensing test in Missouri.
  
  Rolling Wheels Riding School
  
  4804 Noland Rd. Suite B
  
  Kansas City, MO 64133
  
  816-478-3677
  
  rollingwheels.org
  
  

Bootheel Motorcycle Training

• Bootheel Motorcycle Training in New Madrid, Missouri, offers the BRC and the ERC. Successful completion of the BRC will allow you to waive your Missouri riding test and may give you discounts on insurance. You take the BRC on bikes supplied by the school, but you should bring your own bike for the ERC. The BRC is a weekend class, with five hours in the classroom and 10 hours of riding. The school allows groups to schedule their own ERC. Bootheel trains riders at Malden Airport in the city of Malden.
  
  Bootheel Motorcycle Training
  
  PO Box 134
  
  New Madrid MO 63869
  
  573-748-5756
  
  2wheeln.com