The teachers are serious business but for good reason. Riding a motorcycle is no joke. Enjoyed the beginner class over 2 days. Great class.

Was a fun experience. Made sure to read the email and come early with the appropriate gear. Sue was a really great instructor. Would recommend.

Great course, the instructors were very knowledgeable and supportive, give lots of useful and direct feedback. Jimmy and Carl in particular were awesome!Now some caveats:- I assume since this is a state regulated class, the schedule is pretty tight. You kinda go from exercise to exercise, on a timer, and you wont get a lot of time to spend on your personal weak points. Which is expected given 1:6 instructor-to-student ratio but still. Two 5-hour days may sound like a lot but it really isnt.- Yes they are very strict on people being late. Again I assume that this is at least partially due to state requirements, they need you to spend X hours in class on the dot. If youre late by 5 minutes youre not going to get in.- Bikes are pretty banged up and most of them are pretty uncomfortable if youre tall. They have a few taller bikes, but you may be out of luck if a bunch of tall people shows up.This all said, still great class and great value for the money. If you can Id recommend taking additional classes or if you have access to a bike, practicing more on your own.

Riding motorcycles is dangerous, which is why they’re so strict. If you’re planning to take this course, you need to have all the right gear or else they’ll send you home. Have proper boots that cover you ankles and wear long pants. The instructors were great in my opinion. They explained everything clearly and taught us important habits to develop and as a new motorcycle rider. Just don’t be anxious when they’re telling you to do something, they’re there to teach you how to ride.

Great class. Nice location. Always great to learn new skills or brush up on old ones.Read the bad reviews & they are mostly people showing up late. Also, make sure to have proper gear. Read & follow instruction on the website & you will be good to go.

This school is a scam! Highly suggest looking at their yelp reviews with how theyve stolen money, acted unprofessionally, wasted attendees time, and dont give out their course completion certificate. In attending another motorcycle school that was actually clear and professional, I realized just how much this business ripped me off.

If you fail the driving course, they asked you stand by next time, and there will no spot even you wake up 5 am in the morning and try to get to the class. They just told you, there was no available seats for you. It’s wasting your time and money. It’s funny, the school told you try to be here next time see it there would be a stand by spot again. Please avoid this business!

PLEASE READ BEFORE ATTENDING THIS SCHOOL!This school is very unprofessional and inflexible even under grave circumstances. A family member suffered a heart attack so I am obviously unable to go to the class. I asked to be rescheduled and they only offered to put me as a standby. On top of that you can never get a hold of them when you try to call and they didnt get back to me until the next business day which is too long if they wont answer calls in my opinion. Even now they are saying it will take until Monday for everything to be processed, whatever that means. I wanted to see if I could support a local business but I regret not taking the class at Harley Davidson. Plus their website is very poorly designed. You have to dig deep in the website to find the policy on rescheduling and even then its not worded clearly. I would steer clear of this school.Update: I finally received email back and they were not kind in the slightest. I clearly understand their policy but people could make exceptions which I was asking for yet they responded to me in a tone that was so condescending. All they literally had to say was unfortunately we still cannot offer rescheduling. Nowhere on the website does it explicitly say NO EXCEPTIONS, which is why I tried my best to get one. It looks like they might have updated their website recently because they now added even if you have a really good reason. Again this looks like someone rushed and created this website in10 minutes or something. Not professional in the slightest. From the previous reviews I am sure that the instructors are great but if you are unfortunate enough to miss the class due to a real emergency, you will have to deal with invasion of privacy and poor customer service to have the fee waived for stand by. The only person who showed me an ounce of compassion was the receptionist I finally was able to get a hold of. The email correspondence dealt with me as if I was making a horrible event up so I can get out of a stupid class. I guess its my freaking fault. I should have became psychic so that I would know that my dad would have a heart attack so I could call them a week before and reschedule. AVOID THIS PLACE.

I recently just finished the beginner course. I had read the reviews and felt discouraged. The bad reviews were mostly people that couldn’t make it on time due to personal reasons. I followed the basic instructions, complete erider, show up on time and be prepared.Anthony and Eric was our instructors for the course. They explained rules and expectations. They are very educated instructors.I have never felt more comfortable riding my motorcycle. I totally recommend bay area motorcycle training to anyone that is interested in riding.Anthony and Eric explains everything clearly and answers all of your questions.Please give these guys a raise!!!!!

Garbage service and was told I could not attend because I was one minute late. Was also told that I would be rescheduled but I wasnt and they told me that they would promise me an email, I still did not receive anything yet. They act like they are tough but the truth is if you make a claim to your bank and tell them the whole story you can get the bank to give you a refund if they dont service you despite promising, no matter how the excuse is. Anyways Im getting my money back either way. This school better get on its training wheels again.

Reschedule is never an option. As I read so many reviews and combining my personal experience, I realized no matter what the instructor said, RESCHEDULE is never an option! I just don’t get it why they sugarcoated it in the first place. I was told by my instructor that I need more practice as he said I would be rescheduled to a new class, but the truth was I was put to the standby list.

Incredible experience this past weekend. Both Anthony and Eric were phenomenal instructors! Also, the BAMT team has made getting an M1 license experience a great one. I was able to pick up my completion form just a few days after my class!

Theyre very passionate about their job and trying to teach his people how to ride motorcycles I really do appreciate their service

Great refresher for inactive riders to polish up on skills, and perfect for first time riders.

Instructors were not very clear about what needed to be done didnt double check with the person if they understand what they needed to do

I paid $350 for the whole course, finished the Erider and I was preparing for the riding session. I got there and was already going to sign a waiver then the instructor saw I didn’t have boots on which I get it, it was my mistake so I got kicked out of class. The other instructor said that it was ok and that she will let the office know that I showed up but I couldn’t attend because I was not wearing proper gear and that they will reschedule me. So I left home and the next day I get an email from the course saying “I’m sorry that you missed class but unfortunately we cannot reschedule”. The instructor clearly said WE CAN RESCHEDULE YOU!!If I pay $100 they will put me in a standby to see if there is a spot available. The worst part is I have to show up an hour early to see if they would be space available which I know there won’t be any available, they even said it themselves. So I am not gonna pay $100 for waiting an hour for nothing.Or I can pay another $350 to start over again. HELL NO their crazy for that. I just wished I read the other reviews before I signed up for this.

Great. Instructor Ricky is really good. I am an experienced rider and was in class with mostly non riders. He did a great job getting them going and even taught me a few things and Ive been riding for over 50 years.

An absolute joke - extremely unprofessional instructors who thrive on abusing their power to belittle slow learners.

I agree with everything Maryam said (most recent user below me) . They havent gotten back to me, full priced was paid and they CANT reschedule you. This standby procedure is inconvenient and disappointing. You would have to pay the WHOLE amount again to secure you a spot, date and time or 100 to just show up and see if you can get a spot, adults have priorities and cant just show up any day to see whether they can get in. They dont care.

Very good, learned a ton. Superb knowledgeable staff, always felt safe under their supervision!

Great instructor with a lot of knowledge and patience. The course is great if you are brand new to motorcycling or they also have more advanced classes as well.

I got there 10 minutes late due to traffic in the Alameda Tunnel and I got kicked out and they won’t reschedule me.I can’t get a refund either they stole my money.

Loved the help nice staff

Absolutely terrible