Soon-to-be-rider coming your way.

I'm 29 almost 30 and ready to save gas and have fun while living dangerously (so says my insurance agent) doing it! I'm going for a 250cc because I'll probably have short jaunts on the interstate, frequent back 4-and-2 lane highways and pretty much stick to the streets of Beautiful Windy OKC. I've already posted a topic in the general forum asking about Hi-Bird motorcycles because they seem SO wonderfully cheap at 250ccs, but I also know that you may get what you pay for when buying Chinese. Anyway, I'm ready to take the education course but the soonest around here I can get in is mid-late August. I find it funny they want me to already have a helmet, an expensive, already painted helmet when I don't plan on purchasing a bike until after I get my motorcycle license. How do I know what color scheme my bike will have? Yes, it's important for me to match, even though I'm a guy.