Hi Deviant. Welcome to motorcycling. You've done the right thing asking for help. 
Kiwibiker has a mentor scheme for people just like yourself.
Here's the list of mentors. Any of these people will be only to happy to get you on the right track.
And I to my motorcycle parked like the soul of the junkyard. Restored, a bicycle fleshed with power, and tore off. Up Highway 106 continually drunk on the wind in my mouth. Wringing the handlebar for speed, wild to be wreckage forever.
- James Dickey, Cherrylog Road.
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