Rich Oliver's Mystery School

Rich Oliver's Mystery School offers a variety of motorcycle riding and skills programs, including Fun Camp, Kids Mechanical Skills Camp, and Kids Ride and Wrench Camps. The program also offers Learn To Ride Off-Road Courses, Off-Road Challenge Courses, P.O.S.T. Motorcycle Officer Update Courses, Practice & Skill Reinforcement Days, and Private Training Days, including private training for up to four people in the same or dual curriculum. All courses use small low powered motorcycles, with training on flat dirt tracks and dirt drill areas set up for each lesson, at speeds ranging from 5 to 35 mph.

• Price: Fun Camp $879.00; Kids Mechanical Skills Camp $300.00; Kids Ride and Wrench Camps $575.00; Learn To Ride Off-Road Course $449.00; Off-Road Challenge Course $449.00; P.O.S.T. Motorcycle Officer Update Course $720.00; Practice & Skill Reinforcement Day $449.00; Private Training Day $679.00

All courses are instructed by Rich Oliver, a retired American Motorcyclist Association professional road racer with five National Road Racing Championships, over 71 race victories, and induction into the Yamaha Wall of Champions in 2017. Rich has also worked as an Expert Witness for motorcycle-related law cases, a color commentator during AMA races, and a spokesperson for sponsors including Yamaha motorcycles and Shoei helmets, and he rode in five commercials showcasing Yamaha street bikes. Karin, who helps lead the program, is an experienced athletics administrator with a background in collegiate athletics and professional motorsports and is a certified Classical Pilates instructor.

Rich Oliver's Mystery School officially began in 2003 during Rich’s last year of professional AMA racing. The school’s mission states that Rich wanted to give back to people with a passion for motorcycling by helping them improve their motorcycle riding skills, mental strategy, exercise and nutritional program, and more, with curriculums for any skill level, including students who have never ridden a motorcycle before. The curriculum specializes in motorcycle riding safety and skill building, using a safe, hospitable, high-quality training facility and focusing on skills that can be used to avoid accidents and injuries when riding on the street, dirt, or track.

For kids’ programs, the school is approved with Inspire Charter Schools, specifically Yosemite Valley Charter School and Monarch River Academy, and there is a Dirt Bike Club at Foothill Elementary School mentioned in the school’s news and videos section. The facility has 13.9 acres dedicated to flat tracks and dirt drill areas that are specifically set up for students’ lessons.

Last updated June 24, 2026.