Greetings.... you've made a good choice.

There are a number of us living in the northern suburbs of Melbourne. I'll send you a PM, this will have a couple of Facebook pages that you may also be interested in as this is where many of the rides and get togethers happen.

Cheers UH

 

Gday Laura and welcome ,A couple of tips
Never push your bike on a wet or shiny surface. Motorcycle riders learn how to read a road surface far better than any car driver ever will.
Stay completely OFF those white painted lines. They are painted and have completely different traction characteristics to the surrounding road. They'll pout you on ya ass quick in the wet.
Get some protective jeans , good boots and gloves. Ya hands if ya come off will be the first thing that hits the ground. Draggin jeans make some cool threads for the ladies, that are also very safe.
One tip Ive taught a few new riders is braking
Lots of accidents happen at really slow speeds. Motorcycles are actually very stable once moving due to inertia.
A good technique is to keep ya foot on the foot/rear brake and don't bother about the front as this allows you to have all fingers firmly grasping the bars and leads to far better control at slow manoeuvring speeds. For instance, going into an intersection or stop sign or similar, by all means use both brakes to wash off speed then at crawling speeds keep that foot brake ready should some ass come thru a yellow light or something but don't worry about ya front brake cause your only going slow and the back brake will easily pull you up if needed.
You will be fine with the new Street Im sure. They are light and the weight is down low. They have been designed with just riders like you in mind.
Another tip until you get used to it. Coming to a stop , the last half meter before completely stopped, just turn the handlebars slightly away from the side your putting your foot down .,IE use both brakes till almost stopped then back brake only for the last meter or so then just before totally stopped turn the bars slightly to the right and put ya left foot down. The bike will slightly tip to the left already and you will already know what side its going to favour
Youl look So Cool ,lol, everyone will think, "Shit shes been riding for years."
Nothing makes me laugh more than seeing Harley riders "Paddling "along with both feet out like pelicans trying to take off,lol
You have fun and I reckon like all of us will stay on bikes for the rest of time.

Hahaha ,
Thanks Methuselah
51 years old and has been a while since anyone called me a young bloke, lol
Just my boyish good looks I spose.
I still own a Ducati so I cant really say I don't ride like a possessed lunatic but not on the Wide Glide anyways
"I still ride every chance I get and the only time I'll stop is when I can't throw the leg over any more "
Good on ya Mate. Keep ya face in the wind
I reckon its great to have Ladies joining the motorcycling population .Good on ya Laura
Cheers

Interesting this topic should pop up, as when I got home from work today I found these two in the shed.......naturally I turned on the radio with some soft music, closed the door, and just left them to it.

Now I'm expecting a litter of those little Street 500's in the near future, which will be seeking loving homes.....good pedigree, orders being taken, who wants one?

Welcome to the forum Laura,  great advice here & feel free to ask as many questions about riding or bikes in general, no matter how trivial.  Pretty much a great bunch of people on here, who all share the same passion for riding their Harley. 

Best advice I can give is to take your time getting to know your ride, take it one step at a time & ride within your limits. Most importantly, ride safe & watch out for cage drivers because they quite often are not looking out for us riders, unless they ride as well. 

Congratulations I look forward to seeing pics of your bike and reviews of your riding experiences. 

Cept'n that vagdyna aint a vagdyna, it's an FXR....t'was around long before the dynas showed up.

Yeh so fuck off soapy lol
Oh sorry welcome to the forum enjoy your you bike and be careful

LIke all of them blokes are saying ride within your limits

Get the right gear straight up