Confessions of a Newbie Rider

[Aegis Bearing Mel]

Some decent advice floating around in amongst these here posts.

Best advice I was given was "You need to put the miles in on your machine to get comfortable with it, but ALWAYS ride your own ride, don't be forced into risks by others." © Razgruff

One of the best hours I think you can spend with your bike is with a couple of spanners and the bike up on the centre stand.
Mark the position of them and THE addjust the bars, pegs, levers to see how moving each a few mil changes the feel of them for you.
Put them back where they were and go for a coffee.
Come back to the bike, have a play with them again and figure out which changes, if any, make the bike feel comfier for you.
Take her for a wee spin, see if you're right.
My clutch lever and brake lever are at completely different angles to one another, just seems to the be the way my dumb ass body prefers it.
I use a lot of back brake when filtering, so my rear lever is adjusted to be closer to the peg for ease of use.
My gear lever is adjusted in a similar way for me stoopid hoof too.