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You'd be surprised how many people there are that buy bikes without knowing how to ride, At All.
Until recently, here in CA. one could get his motorcycle permit by simply passing a short written test, limiting them to daytime and no highway and no passengers (I've raced, and ridden my whole life, and this permit is all I have, but I don't ride very often).
Today, one must also take the riding course just to get their permit (much better and safer IMO)
I had a guy recently on a dual purpose bike just BARELY make it around a turn in front of me. I actually got his attention, got him to pull over, and I told him about countersteering (which he didn't know about, he bought the bike the day before) and told him to go take the riding course to actually get his licence. To me, he had just a few more turns before he was going down for sure.
The state riding course is good, experience is good, track days are good too.
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