On honda-tech.com there is about 5-10 people that have group rides in nova every week check it out in the motorcylce forum thye go alot and seem like pretty cool guys. Personally i rode 2 weeks with nothing then 1 week with nothing then 2 weeks with a permit all by myself both weeks. If your not doing anything wrong you have nothing to worry about unless something goes terribly wrong. Just travel on roads that there isn't many cars in later afternoon or early morning when there isn't as many cars.