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 Thanks for all the tips.
I rode a fair bit over this past week and it wasn't as bad as I thought it was gonna be. My bike is a heavy little thing and I have noticed the wind seems to be catching ME more than the bike and sometimes feels like it's battering my helmet.

My confidence is slowly growing but I did have a scary moment on Friday where the winds picked up while I was out. It had been raining a lot so was really wet with a lot of standing water around and there were a few moments where it felt a bit slippy. So I got home as quickly and carefully as I could and didn't use my bike again that day.

I generally do stay up about the 30mph mark but in these winds, I keep it down to around 20ish and it has been doing me well so far. Most other drivers have been keeping back in these conditions so I have felt  a bit safer.

Thank you.
I know high winds are a bad idea but as I am still new to this, I am unsure as to how high is too high, especially for a little scooter like mine.

Thank you.

I hope to do her justice and take very good care of her. Still no luck in finding a manual or anything similar but now I know she is working well, I am gonna open her up to take a look and have a tinker tomorrow. My thinking is that if I get used to how it's meant to look in there while she's working then I will be able to spot the problem if something goes wrong.

Hoping to take her to a bike mechanic next week for a check over just for my own peace of mind despite the fact the mot isn't due til October.

Hi Viper, thanks for your help.

Well it turns out, me being the dumbass that I am, was just attempting to turn the headlights on wrong. To be fair though, there are 2 switches and both need to be on WHILE the engine is ACTUALLY running in order for the lights to work so I can be forgiven for thinking they didn't work.   

As for the fuel gauge, I was told when I picked it up that they had filled it up for me a couple days ago so rode it a good 20 miles or so home while the fuel gauge was showing empty (I could see there was fuel in the tank but not how much). I ran out on the way to work today and had to fill up using a can. When I started her up again, the fuel gauge was working so I don't know if it's just a bit sticky or if I was actually pretty much out of fuel and she let me go that far on red. Time will tell with that one, I guess.

According to the bike breakers, these bikes don't normally go for 20 years and I have the 2000 one. He seemed quite impressed with the condition she is in.

Trying to upload a pic that meets the file size requirements, please bear with me.