The new (to me) Street Glide I bought came with the service manual so even though I have no mechanical background whats so ever, I think I'm going to start doing all my own work on the bike (to an extent obviously)

I love riding and and love just the idea of spending hours in the garage working on it and fine tuning it, so I thought, why not? So, guess its time to start learning.

Any tips?

 

Common sense is necessary when doing mechanical repairs. If you don't have it owning tools will end up costing you more money than having a shop do your work.

 

Decent tools including volt meter, quality torque wrench and torx bits. Get a parts manual as it is helpful with diagrams of how things go back together.
Have fun!

 

Never force anything, if it doesn't feel like its supposed to go together, it probably isnt supposed to.

While there are things that need some elbow grease you'll save a lot of money if you always keep one thing in the back of your mind: more things are ruined (and require replacement) from force than a gentle touch

 

Start small, be patient, read the the manual, twice, before touching a wrench. Then read it again.
These bikes aren't rocket surgery, but a little common sense will get you through most problems.
Good luck!

 

Read & re-read directions, have right tools, take your time and enjoy self-satisfaction.

 

things usually look harder then they actually are - I've done a few projects where I read the manual and scratched my head, only to complete the project and it was easier than I thought...
Feel free to ask questions here - lots of great minds lurk here

 

As been said if you have common sense, you will be fine.

 

Thanks guys! Good to see all the support! Self-satisfaction and pride is probably my leading reasons behind this and of course money but that's low priority really for doing this.

The service manual I have actually comes with a CD loaded with all the parts diagrams, wiring diagrams, troubleshooting codes, flow charts and how to videos etc.

 

Watch a lot of You Tube videos.
I'm only half kidding, there are some good ones out there.