I heard of some riders after buying a new bike, go on the front lawn and push it over to get the feel for picking it back up.
I started riding 1969. In my younger years, 60% of my riding was off road, so getting used to dumping bikes was no problem (lol).
I have set every bike I've owned on it's side (including larger road machines 600#+) when I got it, to pratice getting back up right.
This is where the lawn works great. No damage, and you can see how far you can go before you let it go.
Learn in a private setting (no embarassment).
Think of it like, you break-in the engine, you also need to break-in the chassis.
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