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New Hampshire 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. Using the PRESS technique, what happens when you press on the left handgrip?
Correct answer: The motorcycle leans left and goes left
A motorcycle must lean to turn. Pressing the left grip leans it left so it goes left; pressing the right grip does the opposite.
Source: New Hampshire Motorcycle Operator Manual — Turning
2. When no traffic is present, where does the manual suggest starting a curve?
Correct answer: At the outside of the curve
Starting on the outside improves your line of sight and increases the effective radius of the turn. Move toward the inside as you turn, then back out to exit.
Source: New Hampshire Motorcycle Operator Manual — Curves
3. During the SLOW step, how should you reduce speed before a turn?
Correct answer: Close the throttle and, if necessary, use both brakes
Get your speed down before the turn by rolling off the throttle and applying both brakes if needed.
Source: New Hampshire Motorcycle Operator Manual — Turning
4. What four-step sequence does the manual recommend for controlling a turn?
Correct answer: Slow, look, press, roll
SLOW before the turn, LOOK through it, PRESS on the handgrip to lean, and ROLL on the throttle through the turn.
Source: New Hampshire Motorcycle Operator Manual — Turning
5. How does the needed lean angle change with speed and turn sharpness?
Correct answer: The faster you go or the sharper the turn, the more you must lean
Higher speed in a turn, or a tighter turn, calls for a greater lean angle.
Source: New Hampshire Motorcycle Operator Manual — Turning
6. What does the manual name as a primary cause of single-vehicle motorcycle crashes?
Correct answer: Drifting wide in a curve and striking the roadway or a fixed object
Many single-vehicle crashes happen when riders run wide in a curve and collide with the roadway or something fixed alongside it.
Source: New Hampshire Motorcycle Operator Manual — Curves
7. In a slow, tight turn, how should you position your body?
Correct answer: Keep your body upright and lean only the motorcycle
For slow, tight turns you counterbalance: the motorcycle leans while your body stays straight up. In normal turns, you and the motorcycle lean together.
Source: New Hampshire Motorcycle Operator Manual — Turning
8. Why can't a conventional three-wheel motorcycle be countersteered?
Correct answer: It cannot lean, so you point the front wheel where you want to go
Because conventional three-wheelers don't lean, they are steered by aiming the front wheel in the desired direction.
Source: New Hampshire Motorcycle Operator Manual — Three-Wheel Supplement: Steering & Tip
9. Why does the manual say to roll on the throttle during a turn?
Correct answer: Keeping or slightly increasing speed helps stabilize the motorcycle
In the ROLL step you maintain or gently build speed through the turn, which steadies the motorcycle.
Source: New Hampshire Motorcycle Operator Manual — Turning
10. What does the manual say often happens when riders take turns or curves too fast?
Correct answer: They drift into another lane or off the road, or brake too hard and skid
Riders who enter too fast may be unable to hold the turn and cross into other traffic or leave the road, or they overreact with hard braking that causes a skid.
Source: New Hampshire Motorcycle Operator Manual — Turning
11. If you must shift gears while already in a turn, what should you remember?
Correct answer: Shift smoothly, since an abrupt surge or drop in power to the rear tire can make it skid
It's best to change gears before a turn, but if you must shift mid-turn, do it smoothly to avoid a skid.
Source: New Hampshire Motorcycle Operator Manual — Shifting Gears
12. After starting at the outside of a curve, what path through it does the manual describe?
Correct answer: Drift toward the inside as you turn, then back toward the outside past the midpoint to exit
The path widens the turn: outside at entry, inside at mid-curve, and back to the outside for the exit.
Source: New Hampshire Motorcycle Operator Manual — Curves
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