Welcome to the forum! Bounce around here a bit and all the first-time-Bueller questions are easily found. After you post a few more times, hit the picture button and post up some pics!
These are pretty light maintenance and dependable machines, but they do have their quirks (like Red Loc-tite everything) lol.
Let me suggest some light reading for your winter evenings:
Buellmods.com
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