What I did, since I don’t have any friends with big trucks for bike transport, I had one of my biker friends meet me at the dealer and ride my bike to the destination. He left his bike at the dealership, rode my bike to the destination, got a ride back from me in my car to pick up his bike. Afterwards we had dinner to celebrate my new bike. Although, if the dealership’s just down the street from you, you could ride it back yourself… why not? heh heh… 
From my experience, the MSF only gives you a taste of riding a bike, though. A controlled area like the school playground is very different than riding the street with other motorists and pedestrians. I know I wasn’t quite ready to deal with that kind of environment as I got my bike right after getting my license which was the day right after passing the MSF. Also, it’s a time-based class for the riding exercises, so if you fall behind, you fall behind. Although, this might be dependent on the instructor…
But good luck on the MSF. It really is a fun course and the instructers are really cool people.
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If there’s anything more important than my ego
around, I want it caught and shot now…
