I. Upon application, the department shall issue a motorcycle learner’s permit to a person 18 years of age or older or a person who is 16 years of age or older and under 18 years of age who has successfully completed an approved driver education course and has a valid New Hampshire driver’s license. Applicants for such permit shall furnish proof of their fitness to drive a motorcycle as the director in his or her discretion shall determine. Such proof of fitness shall include either passage of a written basic motorcycle knowledge test approved by the commissioner and the motorcycle rider education program advisory committee or successful completion of the motorcycle rider education program under N.H. Rev. Stat. § 263:34-b, but shall not include a driver examination.
II. A motorcycle learner’s permit shall permit the holder of such a permit to drive a motorcycle on any way after sunrise and before sunset. The holder of a motorcycle learner’s permit shall not carry any passengers when he drives on any way.
III. The permit shall be valid for 45 days from the date of issuance, expiration of the renewal period, or until the holder of the permit obtains a special license to drive motorcycles, whichever is sooner. Upon application, the department shall issue a one-time renewal of a motorcycle learner’s permit which shall be valid for an additional 45 days from the date of issuance.