get a beater bike that looks like crap broken fairings and bad paint bc even when you take the class your still gonna accidentally drop the bike and if it looks like s hit then you wont feel back about dropping it look in cycle trader or craigs list and find you a bike less then 2500 dollars thats no more then a 600 bc you wont ever need the power of a 1000 in atlanta unless you want to be lame and stunt so go cheap and get comfortable riding and then after a while save your money up and then you can get something new