Do you have to take a class in North Carolina to get a motorcycle license?

Or can i just go to the DMV and take a written test to get it without the class|||You'll have to take the written and skills test. You don't have to go through a Riding Course but the DMV will give you a riding test to see if you can handle a bike at slow speeds. If you take a riding course and pass that counts as the skills test then all you have to do is take the written