New Haynes manual

My god what a good manual it is!
Bought the new Sv650 manual today and as a person who has no real experience on fixing anything ( and I mean anything ), this book seems to be really useful and comprehensive.
However this is the question...Am I mad, should I just get the bike serviced by a professional or be brave and go for it.
I'll be honest enough and say the idea of me tinkering with the bike makes me nervous.
So what do the mighty Orgers think?

Go for it!

I started servicing mine and etc about 6 months (7000miles) back. Its easy peasy and that was with out a manual

[yorkie_chris]

Haynes manuals are alright. Problem is when it says "unscrew and remove" when it should say "fight with the tw4tting thing for 3 hours to get it unsiezed"

What you wanting to do?

[Bibio]

yup go for it .. only trouble is that you also need the tools to do the job..

I voted go for it as I'm a mechanical numpty and I've just serviced mine for the first time with the aid of a haynes manual. I learnt loads from it too, you get more confident as you go along, definitely worth having an exploratory fettle (ooh err), check you are comfortable with what you are doing as you go along, but I suspect most people are fine with it.

my only worry was previously I could take things apart and put them back together, I tried it with a computer backup tape drive, I had 40-50 parts off it then all of a sudden I just lost the mental image of how it assembled and it never got put back together hehe the superficial service bits on a bike aren't nearly as bad, all logical steps.

[dizzyblonde]

The cylmer manual is a little bit more in depth than the Haynes..plus its got better pictures

Go for it!

Study the manual first, if you feel confident in doing the job then do it.

Get the haynes then get the pdf that someone posted up a while ago. They're a good help to refer to aswell. Very useful, so if something doesn't make sense in one then the other will.

defo go for it

Do it.

You'll be amazed at what you can achieve with the right tools and a bit of a 'have a go' attitude.

I've done more to my bike (not sure that's the best wording!) than I ever did with 4 cars.

And it makes the bike much more of a personal experience for you.

Plus there are loads of lovely, experienced people here to give you advice as you're going along.