I went the route of taking an Experienced Rider class at a local community college which gave me the waiver for the DMV skills test. Learned a bunch of good skills and met a couple riding buddies in the process!
To tell you the truth i was a little nervous not knowing what to except. But the bike did all the work. I was just there for the ride. The Road King is a big bike at least to me. But she handles like a dream.