Just wanted to thank you all for the input.
It seems many of you feel that just a weekend msf course will be enough for a complete novice to feel safe enough to start with the bonneville. That would be ideal, but it just seems that learning on a bike that has a lot less power would be much safer. But with the comments here I'm torn now.
I guess the first step would be to actually sign up and take the class and go from there.
