The dumbest bike question ever

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I’ve been debating getting a bike for a long long long time.
My father rode when I was little, and I believe he still has his license.
anyways.

Can I sign up for all the courses without having a bike, or do I need to have a bike before I go to all the learn how to not be an idiot courses?

is there a limit on courses, can I take them all? do you reccomend them all?

disclaimer: I dont want a 600, or a 1000, or a busa, hell to be honest, I love rockets, but Id honestly perfer an old old rat bike.

Reccomend me an easy to ride bike, perferably light, as I’m a beast and I dont really want a BIG bike.

All these bobber builds are inspiring me, those are my kind of bikes.
Any insight?

I wont be one of those popping wheelies from every stop light idiots.
I just want something I can hop on and cruise.

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Just sign up for the msf course. They supply you with a bike, and at the end of it you get the license.

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All you need is your permit.

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karter, what they said, permit and go sign up. They supply little 250cc cruisers and you’ll leave the course with you lisence.
As for a bike, if you want light, find like an old cb450 or really anything under a 750 and they are all relatively light. Even the pre 78 cb750s that are SOHC are pretty light. I’m rocking an 81 cb750 DOHC and honestly it’s heavy. I’m also a scrawny fuck (145 lbs.) but I manage just fine. My bikes dry weight meaning no fluids/gas is a touch over 500 lbs.

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thanks for the replys, I’m going to look into the permit and course.

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my dad did the course with uhm… ride with pride, is I think what they were called.
he got his permit at the end of the course, and they gave him a bike to dick around on.
didn’t matter if you drop it and shit he said, all the glass and breakables were off it.
was 2-3 days.

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awesome, good to know.
I just want to learn it the right way, its awesome that there are this many courses at our disposal.

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Yeah Ride with Pride is the course a lot of guys took on here. They have 2 and 3 day courses I believe. I took mine on a Monday and Tuesday all day 8-4 and was good to go.

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Just so you know, after completing the ride with pride course, you still need to wait about a month and a half to get the documentation that gives you your license.

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Not anymore, they give you your endorsement right there no more waiting.

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For a bike, start with whatever bike you can get for cheap that runs. Get used to it for a year, and get something after that.

What are you looking for out of “just cruising.” That could mean a lot of different things. Do you literally want to cruise around straight roads and not care about ANY type of spirited riding? Get a Harley or similar. Or you could get a sport touring bike and develop a little more thirst for taking turns, without having to jump into a sportbike. And a lot of sport touring bikes are still really comfy for longer rides.

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Literally cruise, hop on the bike and go to the store, hit up car shows / meets, just enjoy the nice weather days.
Ideally I’m going to get my father back on a bike, and hopefully we can cruise together? Something to enjoy whatever time he has left with him.