In Ohio, the class is $50. All the instructors I have met have been great (a few are instructors I ride with), the 2 I had also, great. They give you a few chances the last day to pass each piece of the test. I never rode a bike before I went to the class, best decision I could have made ( no bad habits to correct, just new learning). Many dealers do charge more, but that is because of the cost of bikes and repairs. The state uses small cheap bikes (cb300) to make it easy. More states should be like Ohio, our class is 20 hours over 3 days.
After the course I didn't buy a bike or ride for 11 months (had to find the right one). I rode in a parking lot, then moved up to a cemetery (single lane road), then country and city streets. It took a month of riding every few days to gain the courage to ride on the streets.
I still use what I learned from the class and track every time I ride.
Good luck
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