New Jersey Motorcycle practice
New Jersey 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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11 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 are turning left on a road built up higher in the middle than at its edges. What is the remedy?
Correct answer: Slow down before you make the turn
A crowned road banks a left-hand turn the wrong way, trimming foot-peg clearance and adding downhill pull to the outward force; reducing speed is the only cure, because it stands the machine up and eases that force.
2. You are stopped at the roadside and want to make a U-turn. How should the motorcycle be placed?
Correct answer: Angled across the road so both directions are easy to see
Angling the machine across the roadway lets a rider check both directions without straining, and that matters most in the moment before a U-turn.
3. When should you reduce your speed for a turn?
Correct answer: Before entering, keeping speed low until the turn is done
Slow down before the turn and keep your speed down until you have completed it, then accelerate gradually.
4. Why keep away from the outer edge of the road when taking a sharp turn at an intersection?
Correct answer: Loose dirt and gravel collect along the edges
Sand and gravel drift toward the sides of the roadway, so a rider swinging through a sharp turn, or joining and leaving a freeway at speed, should stay off that edge.
Source: New Jersey Motorcycle Manual — Handling Dangerous Surfaces
5. How can you get a better view through a curve?
Correct answer: Move to one side of the lane
Shift toward one edge of your lane to open a clearer line of sight around the curve.
6. In a slow, tight turn, how should the rider and motorcycle lean?
Correct answer: Keep your torso upright and lean only the motorcycle
During a slow, tight turn, keep your body upright while leaning only the bike; in ordinary turns rider and machine lean as one.
7. Which mistake does the manual say new riders often make in curves?
Correct answer: Entering far too fast, then panicking or braking hard enough to skid
Carrying too much speed into a bend brings on panic and lost control, and the hard braking that follows can break traction; judging a safe cornering speed is a skill a rider has to build.
8. What should you do with your head as you ride through a turn?
Correct answer: Turn it and look through the corner toward where you are going
Turning the head gives directional control and lets a rider see through the corner instead of staring at the pavement just in front of the wheel.
9. What makes a motorcycle need a greater lean angle?
Correct answer: More speed, or a tighter corner
The quicker you are traveling and the sharper the bend, the farther the machine has to lean to get around it.
10. To lean a motorcycle into a turn, in which direction do you push on the handgrip?
Correct answer: In the direction of the turn
To make the bike lean, push on the handgrip in the direction you want to turn.
11. To swerve quickly around an obstacle, what do you do with the handgrip?
Correct answer: Press the inside of the grip in the direction you want to go
Push the inside of the handgrip toward the way you want to head; the bike then leans and turns fast.
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