I've been driving bikes since I was approx 12 years old , licensed at 16 . I took a Spyder course at Georgian college in Barrie ( Canada) mostly for the insurance discount involved, and found there was a LOT I did not know about these unique machines . Some of the people that took the course had never driven any Spyders before and many had never driven a motorcycle at all ( a few were quite obvious) . But by the end of the 2 day course all had a good basic knowledge of the Spyders and the most intimidated Ryder's had much more confidence . Not sure about the U.S. but in Canada you can get licensed by passing the courses as well .
Good luck and happy