It's Easy To Forget..

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Originally Posted by Gas Man

Here's my POV on doing things yourself and I'm a person of always doing it myself on my bike.

1. nobody cares for your bike more than you
2. why pay somebody else to fuck up your bike when you can do it for free
3. a service manual, some mechanical skill, some tools, and time is all you need

Fuck-an-aye

The only thing I haven't done on mine are valves and belts, they freak me out. I just ordered the DVD to walk me through these desmo scary valves.

I keep a check list in the garage for each of the bikes - what maintenance, when... that way I know what was done and when, and what should be done and when.

I would encourage anyone that has collected tools over the years to take an inventory from time to time. A friend of mine had their garage broken into and got cleaned out... it was only then, when they needed to replace things, they realized how expensive tools are.