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Two experiences of that, one good, one, well, not bad but not much point.
The last first - my (ex) wife back in the late 70's expressed a desire to get a bike licence after we'd done several long trips. She could use it to go to work, save a bit of money etc as well. To make life nice and simple we bought her a Honda ST70. Those of you that remember them will know that they're small autoclutch bikes that fold up even smaller to go in the boot of a car. Being small built it was perfect for her and she got through her test easily enough. But when we came to upgrade to a 125 Yamaha that I had she just couldn't get on with it and her biking life just kind of ground to a halt. Given that I was using a GoldWing as a touring bike at the time she wan't going to be much use as a reserve rider.
OTOH a friend in the USA has his-n-her's 200cc classic Yamahas that they trailer to interesting parts of the country, leave the car in the campground and explore on the bikes. They've done that for years and it works well.
You also might want to consider whether the cost of obtaining a licence looks like value for money. It's somewhat more expensive than it was.
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