I just finished installing new front brake pads, went easier than I thought it would be,actually it was a piece of cake. finished rebuilding the forks last week and put them back on,again not so difficult. took the top shelter off and replaced the air filter and while I have it off I'm going to install an ipod player. I am not the greatest wrench in the world but I got a set of freds dvd's and got all the confidence I needed to do these tasks. I'm a guy that needs to see things and if I just had the service manual to go by none of this would have gotten done.thank you fred. of course all this being said I haven't rode the bike yet,the battery is still in the basement on a tender,while I've been freezing my arse off working in a unheated garage,so everything could just fall apart when I take it for a ride but I've been having fun doing this and learning my bike and saving beuacoup dollars