I‘ve never driven one before, and I don‘t know anyone who drives one. Is there a moderately-priced place to learn in the Virginia Beach area?
Well first of all you don't -drive- a motorcycle, you -ride- it. You learn by doing. That's the only way. The MSF course doesn't teach you to ride, they teach you some very important safety habits to keep you safe while you learn on your own. Get a bike, get your learner's permit, and ride slowly around a quiet residential neighborhood or quiet country road until all the controls are 'automatic', until you don't have to waste a second thinking 'Hmm, now which of these doodads is the brake?' Go a little slower than you think you can because the slower you're going the longer you have to see things and react to them. Motorcycles are not that complicated, not that hard to drive. If you've never ridden a bicycle, then I'd suggest you learn on one of those first, at least how to balance and steer, because they go a lot slower and it's not as traumatic when you have a minor spill. But if you can ride a bicycle then a motorcycle is basically one of those, with a motor. I'd guess clutching and shifting is the hardest thing for most people, unless you can drive a manual-shift car. (And the MSF course will teach you that.) The controls are in different places--in a car you clutch with your foot and shift with your hand, and on a bike it's just vice versa, but once you understand how clutch and shift work it's not that hard to get used to it on a bike. I was taught to drive with a clutch, so when I bought my first motorcycle I just jumped aboard the beast and rode it home! These days that's not considered a good idea, but it shows you, it's nothing you have to go to school or or anything.
About $275 for a MSF Basic Riders Course. You'll save at least that much a year in insurance costs on pretty much any bike that a reasonable beginner should buy.
in case you are able to experience a motorbike a vehicle is hassle-free. Sorta like a vehicle is an airplane yet a motorbike is a helicopter. It takes extra skill to experience a motorbike. although a vehicle is extra substantial than a motorbike (yet no longer as exciting) because it retains you from the climate aspects. See video under for extra preparation
