Thanks for the feedback and welcomes - I love this site!
I'm definitely looking forward to taking my beginner's class, followed by experience and more advanced classes. I'm planning on waiting for my license before I buy my first bike - unless a smokin' deal come along...
Unfortunately, all of my friends that ride are in Portland, so I'm not really able to borrow any bikes for any long period, but I will get to try out my bud's '84 Interceptor after I take my class, but I'm more interested in the Triumph route. However, I'm not opposed to starting out on a smaller bike, or dirt bike, for that matter. Though, I drive a jeep and don't have a trailer to tote a bike that's not street legal around, so that may limit my ability to go the dirt bike route.
School me if my mind is in the wrong place. And check out the same thread in the lounge if you get a chance, where I've posted a couple of other thoughts. I kind of screwed this up with two identical threads...
In any case, thank you very much for your input and please enlighten me with any thoughts you may have. Feel free to adopt me as a pet project!
