BE THE RIDER YOU’VE ALWAYS DREAMED OF BEING

At the BMW Performance Center, it’s all about gaining the confidence to expand your horizons. Here, you’ll learn from experts to ride like you never have before, whether you’ve been in the saddle for one year or forty. You’ll build the skills to explore new roads, and to keep exploring when those roads turn to trails. And you’ll have a great time doing it. Our Rider Training courses feature maximum time on the bike, to help you develop the physical skills and motor memory you need to truly set yourself free. And as much as you already love to ride, you’ll love it even more when you’re done.

THINGS TO KNOW BEFORE YOU GO

•  How to ride a motorcycle. We do not offer beginner courses.
•  You’ll need a state-issued motorcycle license and valid insurance.
•  Bring your own BMW bike or you can rent one from us.

INSTRUCTORS. GUIDES. RIDERS.

MEET YOUR BMW U.S. RIDER ACADEMY TEAM.

Richard Few
Richard Few
Mike Hardin
Mike Hardin
Melinda Justus
Melinda Justus
Aaron Rankin
Aaron Rankin
Greg Reynolds
Greg Reynolds
Ricardo Rodriguez
Ricardo Rodriguez

Upgrade your motorcycle permit and increase rider safety, while riding the one of the newest BMW Motorcycles (model G310R), at our Academy! Here are just some of the benefits of taking a Motorcycle Safety Foundation (MSF) Basic Rider Course with BMW US Rider Academy: enjoy first-class instructors and facility on a new BMW G310Rs (that will be provided to you for training). Without the fear of damaging their own bike, we’ve found that students are able to stay focused on the riding and training. This course is designed for novice riders, and those who have never been on a motorcycle. South Carolina residents can obtain a certificate to receive their SC Motorcycle Endorsement from the DMV. MSF classes are two days long, and are held on the weekends. Lunch is provided for both days!

Upcoming 2-Day MSF Dates:

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This one-day course begins with a short classroom session, followed by going over your bike’s operations, curriculum familiarizing and on bike training. After a complimentary lunch, you’ll head back out for advanced exercises and some full laps around our course to apply what you have learned in a controlled real world environment. All of our courses utilize a challenge by choice option, which means we encourage students to go at a pace and level they feel comfortable with.

Upcoming 1-Day On-Road Dates:

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This two-day course begins with a short classroom session, followed by going over your bike’s operations, curriculum familiarizing and on bike training. After a complimentary lunch each day, you’ll head back out for advanced exercises and some full laps around our course to apply what you have learned in a controlled real world environment. All of our courses utilize a challenge by choice option, which means we encourage students to go at a pace and level they feel comfortable with.

Upcoming 2-Day On-Road Dates:

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Start this one-day session with some classroom instruction that covers the basics of off-road riding. Then, work through confidence building exercises that teach balance, control and confidence on varied surfaces. After a complimentary lunch, practice what you’ve learned on purpose built off-road paths complete with ruts, washboards, elevation changes and variety of surfaces. We conclude our training with what most riders consider the most important piece of skills training: emergency braking. End the day a better rider than when you woke up.

Also available are All Women’s Off-Road Classes, featuring the same curriculum with added elements specifically for women as recommended by leading female industry influencers and professionals.

Upcoming 1-Day Off-Road Dates:

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This two-day offering will have you ready to explore almost any remote location that you wish to transit. The first day will cover off-road foundations, while day two gets into more focused events like traversing steep inclines and declines, riding through sand and gravel, and covering the “just in case” moment on the face of a hill. The enhanced riding skills you learn will become as vital as your favorite pair of boots.

Upcoming 2-Day Off-Road Dates:

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Taught for women, by women.

The class is based on our 1-Day Off-Road foundations class, with added elements specifically for women, recommended by leading female industry influencers and professionals. Start this one-day session with some classroom instruction that covers the basics of off-road riding. Then, run through exercises that teach balance, control and confidence on varied surfaces. After a complimentary lunch, tackle unique off-road paths complete with ruts and washboards, then practice emergency braking. End the day a better rider than when you woke up.

Upcoming Women’s 1-Day Off-Road Dates:

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Taught for women, by women.

Did you just complete our 101 New Adventure Rider class and looking for the next step? Or, do you have some off-road experience but want to build on your skill set? Then the Two-Day Women’s Off-Road 201 Adventure Rider Foundations course is for you! In this course, we concentrate on the fundamentals of off-road adventure riding. You will experience confidence-building slow ride and steering exercises and then progress to varying obstacles like washboards and ruts.  Since the world is in fact, not flat, it is time to develop your hill ascending and descending skills. You’ll start with small hills, affectionately called camel humps, building your confidence, and perfecting your body position on the motorcycle. You’ll then graduate to our slightly more challenging hills but nothing you can’t handle using your new skill set! You’ll finish two days of training with a valuable emergency braking exercise learning to effectively stop your adventure bike off-road. Then, putting both days together you’ll ride our entire 137-acre property putting your new skills to use in a real-world environment inside our private training facility.

Upcoming Women’s 2-Day Off-Road Dates:

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Taught for women, by women.

Have you completed our New Rider and Foundation courses? Or do you have some off-road experience but want to improve your skills to tackle larger hills, deep gravel, and sand, and maybe even a water crossing? Then our Three-Day Women’s Off-Road  – All-In Adventure Riding course is what you’ve been waiting for!  You’ll spend your first day reviewing the foundations of off-road adventure riding including slow rides, trial stops, steering, washboards, ruts, and camel humps. After warming up with these off-road basics, get ready to take your skills to the next level. Day two starts with getting you comfortable with emergency braking on different surface types. From there you’ll move to more advanced exercises including mounting from the side of the motorcycle and riding in deep gravel and sand. Your confidence level will rise while being encouraged by your instructors, as we move onto bigger hills and maybe throw in a water crossing just for fun. Throughout your three-day “All-In” experience, we will take you on enduro rides where we take advantage of the entire property putting your skills to the test. You’ll be confidently riding trails through the trees and over varying surfaces showing you that with proper off-road training, you can accomplish things you never thought possible!

Upcoming Women’s 3-Day Off-Road Dates:

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RIDE LIKE A MOTOR OFFICER!

This program is a dedicated practice session of skills that were originally constructed for the needs of law enforcement officers, government officials and security professionals—and now it’s available exclusively to you. This technical set of exercises will assist riders in tight turns, slow speed navigation, sight lines, and safety. This will take you from a “rider” to an “operator,” with an intense combination of challenges. This school is open to the public, but uses courses designed for Law Enforcement Motor Officers. It is highly recommended that you use our motorcycles, but you can bring your own BMW.

Upcoming 2-Day Authority Ride School Dates:

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R18 SMOKY MOUNTAINS TOUR

Saddle up as you prepare for two days of unforgettable memories on a BMW R18.

Quiet back roads, magnificent vistas and plenty of photo opportunities await as we tour the North Carolina and South Carolina mountains. Enjoy locally prepared food at The Ugly Dog Pub, stay at the historic Tapoco Lodge and experience the mighty Tail of the Dragon firsthand (That’s 22 miles and 636 turns with your 1800cc beast).

Other tour areas include a stop at Dale’s Wheels Through Time Museum and a ride up to the highest point on the Blue Ridge Parkway to take in all of nature’s beauty. We handle luggage and accommodations, so your only focus is taking everything in from behind the handlebars.

SMOKY MOUNTAIN TWISTED TOURS

Ride through the Smoky Mountains, curving through iconic roadways and exploring twisted back roads known only to locals. You’ll cover three states (South Carolina, North Carolina and Tennessee) while enjoying the feel of a BMW motorcycle. Our tours include a visit to the Wheels Through Time Motorcycle Museum, complete with over 300 running classic motorcycles.

SMOKY MOUNTAIN ADVENTURE TOURS

A combination of on- and off-road, these tours cover four states and include the iconic twisted roadways of the Smoky Mountains, along with a great mix of off-road adventure riding.

These are all-inclusive tours, and once you arrive at the Performance Center in your riding gear, we take over from there. Tours include motorcycle, lodging, food, fuel and snacks. Lodging for all tours utilize mountain lodges and, of course only local dining, with friendly staff and amazing food. During the evening hours, relax by firepits with new friends or book a private tour for your own group.

Tours are by private appointment only:

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ON ROAD COURSES

Not your typical safety class, this course helps you develop skills and techniques to reach new levels of ability and safety on a variety of surface situations.

MOTO STREET SURVIVAL

A safety-oriented program that prepares riders to successfully maneuver the obstacles encountered during everyday riding.

One-day program.*

$635 - Use your own BMW bike
$795 - Use one of ours

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OFF ROAD COURSES

Using a curriculum developed at the legendary BMW off-road facility in Hechlingen, Germany, maximize your abilities on unpaved surfaces.

OFF-ROAD FOUNDATIONS

Both "new to dirt" riders and experienced travelers will benefit from learning the proper skills and confidence to enjoy exploring dirt and gravel roads.

One-day program for all experience levels.*

$635 - Use your own BMW bike
$795 - Use one of ours

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ADVENTURE BIKE ENDURO SKILLS

This two-day program begins with Off-Road Foundations then builds on recovery skills to successfully navigate more challenging topography.

Two-day program for all experience levels.*

$1,270 - Use your own BMW bike
$1,590 - Use one of ours

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MOTORCYCLE COUNTRY Spartanburg, SC

With open, twisting roads and the picturesque Blue Ridge Mountains, the BMW Performance Center in Spartanburg is a destination unto itself. Spend time at the BMW’s state-of-the-art North American factory, where the X3 and X5 Sports Activity Vehicles and the X6 Sports Activity Coupes are built. At the BMW Zentrum, rare BMW models, one-of-a-kind art carts and the latest innovations are on display.

OUR LOCATION

The BMW Performance Center
1155 Highway 101 South
Greer, SC 29651

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Spartanburg, SC

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