New Rider. New to the Boards.

[paulisnofun]

I have been lurking on here for a while now, and thought it was about time that I posted something, as a thank you for all of the help I have gotten reading the posts here.
As the title stats, I am a new rider. After never even sitting on a motorcycle, I took the PA Motorcycle Safety Course earlier this year, and got my license. It was one of the best things I have ever done. After getting my license, I search around Craigslist for a used bike, but before I could pull the trigger on anything, my friend told me he was selling his 2002 GZ250. It has a few battle scars, but runs great, and is an awesome starter bike. Being a bigger dude, I started to realize the bikes limitations after a few rides, but still know I made a good decision going with the GZ. Honestly, I am not very good at tinkering with anything mechanical, but a lot of the how to's are written so that even someone like me can fix or modify my bike. So thanks to everyone who contributes to this forum. As I don't have a lot of riding experience, or mechanical ability, I will probably go back to checking these pages daily (lurking), and hopefully can start to contribute soon.
With that being said, be prepared to see a bunch of questions. Of course, only after I use the search function.

Paul