If I may be so bold, please, allow an old dude to toss out an idea or two.

Go slow. YOuve stated youre excited, & I get that, but thats a great way to dive in too deep for your level of knowledge & expertise. As stated above, before you go buying manuals, ask the board what manual to get. They arent all created equal, but, the knowledge on the board can meke them equal. Before ya start in one a project that may be more than youre really ready for, ask here, check th e tech section. Tons of hours have gone into creating a library of proven methods of problem solving & put there for your use. Make the most of it, its free & its priceless. None of it is there because of me,,

Find a problem that gonna stop you from riding it? Study up, run a post, describe what youre planning on doing,wait for thumbs up or advice guiding you on your way. Go into it, come to a question in the process, go to that thread, ask for help. We can see what youre doing, how youre going at it & you can tell where you are & whats got you in a bind. People will offer solutions, youll pick one & take a run at it.,,

If youre like me, you need more than 1 project going at any one time. I need several. Some days, I cant do technical, some days, I cant do labor, heck, some days I cant even get dressed, so, If you want to tackle a wheel/tire problem at the same time youre working on the plug leak, cool,but cover that engine up if its open, even if youre not doing anything else, I never walk away from an open engine w/o covering it with clean rags,

If you need a tube, youre gonna wish you had someone else install it. Thats gonna run around $30.00. Unless that tire is almost brand new & a good quality tire, you may want to just replace it. If it got much of a wound that made you need a tube thats even more reason to ditch the tire,

being bold is perfectly fine, ill take and accept any criticism.   The reason i bought the manual is because it took almost a full week to get authorized to post on this site. So by the 6th day, i figured there was some application error and I was just going to have to tackle everything by reading a manual. So i bought it and bright and early the next morning, my user name and pass are authorized to use the site. Thats the only reason. But yes, my first project is the back tire becuase the leak isnt terrible it just colors my chrome. The rear tire looks like it has 85% life left so im going to go ahead and try to change it out.  I have the money to have someone do it for me if it becomes to much of a hassle but my career took a 180 so id like to have something else to take pride in so by trying it first, its just to me the best way to learn. I can pay whatever to have someone else do it if i cant finish it.

I wasn't talkin only about you. Oldfeller gives some awesome advise but latley he's been on a manhunt of sorts that I dont really get is all.

We're all supposed to be here to try to help ( although my "help" for people is somewhat limited.)

If you flub your carb I can prolly help tho because I've had mine apart so many times I see it in my sleep  

Scotty,

Referencing Orange/Wernwilk/etc.  ---- as long as we have a troll signing on as "endless newbies" and wasting the helper's time asking pointless questions and not following what he is referred to do, each real newbie that shows up will feel like they are being looked at askance, mainly because they are.

Part of this issue comes from the list owner not providing the moderators the IP address tools so we can more readily find our little friend when he pops back up.

This is supposed to be in process of being rectified, but until it does folks who exhibit posting characteristics that are shared by our little buddy are gonna feel like they are getting a bit of the stink eye (because they are).

And when the IP tools become available, some of the newbies will likely disappear suddenly.

Now, is this troll helping the list be open nice and friendly, no not really -- he is seeking his own jollies in his own fashion.   And we will be calling him out as we are able to detect him.

That's my job as head cop, I get to take all the heat for being the bad cop.

And you will notice all our new moderators were selected by me from the very nicest sorts of people, so they can be nice cops.

So yes, if you want my attention you can have it and I don't really mind telling you the truth about the situation either.

Two things can happen, Orange/Wernwilk/whatever can grow up and start using his own name and start asking real questions as he gets to the point of doing stuff and he can start listening when he gets a test or a path to follow or he will continue to do what he has been doing, which is pretty much self-destructive and stupid.

We have invested over 20 pages of our group time and effort in helping this individual, to the point folks are getting tired of it.

And if the real newbies act normally, they really don't have any issues as very few people actually act like Orange/Wernwilk and they won't catch the stink eye.

Thats cool. I didnt mean to offend anyone- you in particular. I just have a keen sense of observation is all. I don't think that the acts of 1 idiot should have a bearing on the rest of us is all.  

And that's why you are de rowboat and we all loves ya ....

Ohh, yea, ride a bike in & ask them to change it, its gonna cost ya,,