I finally got one! And now the questions...

[peanut]

Title says it all! It's been a long 8 years since I got my license, and now I finally have a bike to go with it. It's a 2006 with just under 5.5k miles. He hadn't ridden it yet this spring, so what do I need to do? I admit i rode it around a few miles today since it will rain tomorrow, but I know it needs an oil change. Anything else after a winter?

It sometimes smells like gas. No visible leak or anything, I'm thinking its just that I'm my used to siting on a gas tank!

There's a slight metallic sound when I'm rolling with it off. Again I think this is normal, just checking.

It will be outside kept. It's in the garage now, but that won't last. What covers have worked well for you all?

An this is an odd one... I had a little kid, like 8, throw a small rock at me at a stop sign. I just stared at him in confusion a bit, he was real obvious about it. I thought about beeping, but don't. What would you do?