Western Australia, motorcycle licence
Free Western Australia motorbike licence practice test
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Free Western Australia motorcycle learners test practice starts here. The 8 motorbike licence practice tests draw from 70 original questions in 12 topics.
Western Australia publishes the longest filtering prohibition list of the eight and the only fixed penalty for breaching it, a $100 fine and 2 demerit points. It also names figures the others leave out: 150 kilowatts per tonne and 660cc for a combustion learner motorcycle, 25 kilowatts for an electric one, and 22.5 tonnes for the heavy vehicles a rider cannot filter between. The original questions here are written around those figures and the Computerised Theory Test, Hazard Perception Test and Practical Driving Assessment sequence, cited to the Ride Safe handbook and the Road Traffic Code 2000 (WA). The Department of Transport publishes no rider question bank.
Where these questions come from
Department of Transport does not publish a motorcycle question bank. The 70 questions here are original practice questions written for this site against the current Western Australia road rules for riders, with the rule cited on every answer. They are not the official questions and nothing on this page says otherwise.
The road sign questions, and the sign artwork with them, were written and drawn for this site as well.
What the WA rider bank covers
70 original questions in 12 topics, written 28 August 2026. Each topic is readable in full, correct answer marked, on its own page.
- Lane use and filtering, 5 questionsCrossings, school zones, shared zones, roads posted at 40 km/h or below, roundabouts, merges and the 22.5 tonne heavy vehicle rule all sit in the prohibition list, and a sidecar outfit or three wheeled motorcycle cannot filter at all.
- Learner approved motorcycles, 5 questionsTwo sets of limits, one for combustion and one for electric, checked against the Transport for NSW approved list. The questions keep them apart the way the rule does.
- Weather, animals and distance, 5 questionsAnimals on the road sit in the topic name here, which the Victorian and Queensland banks do not carry.
- Every WA rider question by topicThe other 9 topics: Protective gear and helmets (7), Licence rules and learner restrictions (8), Cornering and counter steering (6), Braking (7), Road surface hazards (7), Lane position and buffering (6), Being seen (5), Pillion passengers and loads (5) and Riding in a group (4).
61 of the 70 answers cite Ride Safe handbook (Western Australia), and the rest cite Australian Road Rules and Road Traffic Code 2000 (WA).
The WA rider test format
Not checked against Department of Transport, so the figures stay blank. What that means is on the motorcycle index.
- Test
- Being verified
- Questions
- Being verified
- Pass mark
- Being verified
- Fees and licence steps
- Being verified
Western Australia's detailed filtering exclusions
Western Australia sets 30 km/h or less as the filtering speed and excludes learner permit holders. Its published prohibition list is the longest of the eight. It covers children's crossings, marked foot crossings, pedestrian crossings, school zones, shared zones and every road posted at 40 km/h or below. Filtering also stops where vehicles merge, where overtaking is prohibited and on roundabouts.
Further exclusions concern what surrounds the motorcycle. A rider cannot filter between heavy vehicles of 22.5 tonnes gross combination mass or more, within bicycle, bus or other special purpose lanes, or beside a kerb, road edge or parked cars. Unsafe situations are barred. A motorcycle with a sidecar and a three wheeled motorcycle cannot filter at all. Breaching the rule carries a $100 fine and 2 demerit points.
The class R-E assessment sequence
Restricted class. The Western Australian restricted motorcycle licence is class R-E.
Combustion motorcycle limit. A learner approved motorcycle may have no more than 150 kilowatts per tonne and no more than 660cc.
Electric motorcycle limit. An electric motorcycle may have output up to 25 kilowatts.
Assessment order. The confirmed order is the Computerised Theory Test, the Hazard Perception Test and then the Practical Driving Assessment.
Power, capacity and the New South Wales list
Western Australia combines stated limits with an external approval list. The motorcycle is checked against the Transport for NSW approved list, alongside the 150 kilowatts per tonne and 660cc limits for a combustion motorcycle or the 25-kilowatt output limit for an electric motorcycle. These figures describe different motorcycle types and should not be merged into one threshold.
Convert the prohibition list into location checks
Sort the Western Australian filtering exclusions by the feature in view. Crossings and zones form one set, traffic movements and overtaking form another, and nearby vehicles or road edges form the last. The 22.5 tonne heavy vehicle figure deserves its own check, because no other jurisdiction names a mass at all.
Keep the licence steps in their published order rather than attaching a question format to them. No Western Australian rider test name, question total or pass mark has been confirmed, so this page states none. What is confirmed is the named sequence from Computerised Theory Test through Hazard Perception Test to Practical Driving Assessment.
Two figures belong only to Western Australia in this comparison. It is the one jurisdiction that attaches a fixed penalty to a filtering breach, a $100 fine and 2 demerit points, and the one that names a heavy vehicle mass, 22.5 tonnes gross combination mass, in its prohibition list. Keep the 150 kilowatts per tonne and 660cc combustion limits apart from the 25 kilowatt electric output limit, because they describe different machines rather than one combined ceiling.
The WA rider ladder
8 runs in 3 stages. How the stages fit together.
The essentials
Harder situations and road signs
The exam simulator
Read up before you practise in WA
- WA car practice tests21 tests for the WA theory test.
- How do you pass the WA theory test and driving test?Learn the exact WA licence order, theory pass mark, resit costs and 50-hour logbook rule, then plan for a practical test where 42.3% pass and centre matters.
- Rider tests in all 8 jurisdictionsWhat a rider knowledge test is, what this site claims and does not, and the sign library.
Sources
- 70 original questions written for this site, cited to Ride Safe handbook (Western Australia), Australian Road Rules and Road Traffic Code 2000 (WA).
- Road Safety Commission, Lane filtering.
- Department of Transport Western Australia, Restricted motorcycle licence.
Reviewed 27 August 2026. Independent of Department of Transport.