General comment mostly aimed at noobs, you know who you are

But more info is good, so here you go.2 thingsGet a model specific forumGet an owner's manual AND a service manual. Ideally the service manual is HONDA if you have a Honda. Clymer or Haynes is OK and better than nothing. Those Clymer or Haynes only cost about $20 on Amazon. Has torque specs (you are torquing important stuff, right?), info on how to change oil, clean/lube/adjust chain, replace brakes, all that stuff. Lots of times you can find a .pdf of your service manual online and print it out at work (in color and in a nice 3 ring binder, thanks work!). 90% of the questions by terrified noob 20 somethings (hey we all gotta start somewhere) are in the service manual. The service manual is your friend and SECURITY BLANKET, it tells you step by step how to take something apart and put it back together including lubrication/greasing etc and torque specs.More info on MODEL SPECIFIC FORUMFor general noob questions (so many noob questions, but this is why we have an internet, keep asking!) riding advice, what gear to buy, how to do a trip, generic stuff like that, this subreddit is fine.But mechanical stuff, a lot of which is model specific, you are way better off finding a model specific forum. Any problem you have, they have most likely already solved it. When you log on and say, "Hey, my bike does X", you will have the solution in seconds. And that is what you want. In here, you might get good advice but it will most likely be more generic.Google "Z125 forum" or whatever you have. check into a couple, create logins and hang there periodically. Some will be dead (very few posts, not what you want, you want an active forum), some will have a really high percentage of assholes or people who offer terrible advice vs actual major expertise. After a time, you'll figure out who is who. Every bike I have had, I got so much help on it.Maximum-Suzuki.com when I had a Bandit 1200S. Also good for DR-650, DR-350 and Katanas.YamahaFZ1OA.com when I had my 2005 FZ1. Straight to the solution every time.TheSpeedTriple.com when I had my 2008 Triumph Speed Triple 1005ApriliaForum.com - an amazing forum all Aprilia products which includes my Tuono, guys from all over the world and the best Aprilia dealer on the planet runs the forum. Had a question, 5 minutes after I posted it, the freakin owner of the dealership gets on and tells me the exact answer. And they still parts cheap! AF1Racing.com in Austin TX, thanks so much! Freaking people from Italy are getting their parts there because they get better support, no shit. They ship to the UK, New Zealand.Source: Am 61 years old, owned 20 bikes since I started riding when dirt was new, done track days, raced dirt bikes, done more 4000 mile trips than I can count including a 6500 mile solo trip over 12 days, from Peoria IL to the Badlands to the Tetons/Yellowstone, Glacier National Park, over the Cascades to Seattle, all the way down the coast to LA, stopped and bought a Tshirt at the Rock Store and did my 1st (of 3) 1000 mile riding days the next day, from Barstow CA to Ft Morgan CO.ATGATT !! via /r/motorcycles https://www.reddit.com/r/motorcycles/comments/e00yb0/general_comment_mostly_aimed_at_noobs_you_know/?utm_source=ifttt