thank you for the help, ya i'm not too worried about causing myself to get in an accident, my parents taught me pretty good on that subject, but here's my steps..
1. save money
2. take safety course
3. but ninja 300
4. gear (non cheap)
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1) If you qualify for financing, you can get a used one and pay about $100/month.
2) Yes. Honestly, I didn't but I already have plenty of experience with knowing how to ride beforehand. Not that I know everything and am the best rider ever, but I knew more than enough to bypass the learners course. Being new to it, it is very much worth it. Also watch YouTube videos with riding tutorials where people explain countersteering, how to brake properly, etc. They'll teach you all that in your beginner course, but if you understand how it all works and why before you hop on a bike, you'll better understand how a bike works.
It's really not very complicated, but it does behave contrary to how you might expect. For example, you go over about 17mph, and you actually turn the handle bars to the left to turn right. What happens is it causes the bike to lean to the right. A car does the same, except for it has wheels on the other side to counteract lean, so you actually turn left to go left. It's just physics.
Also, if you are going slow and you have your front wheel turned and you stop using your front brakes you are going to drive the bike into the ground, it tips over.
Or, when making a turn, you look to the end of your turn as you take it through. If you look down and forward into a turn, your body naturally won't lean and you'll go straight.
Anyways, it's stuff like that you learn. Once you get the gist of it, you will feel the bike and it will do whatever you want it to through the feel of it and not sui much having to think about it.