| I have always serviced both my bikes and cars - I am way too tight to pay anyone to do a job that I can at least have a go at myself.
I am not a mechanic but have built up some expertise over the years, mainly on Range Rovers that I use on Desert expeditions.
In comparison to working on cars I have always found the bikes much simpler and they generally seem to be more reliable.
The one thing that I have never been any good at is tuning, I can get 90% there but the last bit that make the engine run sweetly seems to elude me, so I tend to get someone else to do it.
I say crack on, get a manual or search the net, - there are loads of good sites - and have a bash it, as long as one is methodical there is a limit to what can go wrong - FAMOUS LAST WORDS!! | 
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