Anyone can buy a bike without any former experience. Getting a permit to ride a bike isn't that hard either. I didn't realize until the other day that when you apply for a permit, the DMV doesn't run your name through the database. Only when you go to get your actual motorcycle licence do they do that. I only know this because a friend of mine has had his permit for awhile and went to get the licence and was told his driving licence had been suspended in Chicago over 5 years ago so they couldn't issue him a motorcycle DL. It kinda makes me wonder instead of bitching about helmet laws and how many people have died from not wearing one, why doesn't someone make it just a bit harder to stop anyone from walking in and getting a motorcycle?