No, I never took the course, but I also had a pretty good idea of what I was doing and I didn’t hop on my first bike and start riding like a D Bag. Maybe I should have been a little more thorough in my post. If you know how to ride and are taking the course, don’t. There isn’t that much you are going to learn that you haven’t already learned yet. If you don’t know the first thing about riding a motorcycle, take the course.