C'mon, man. Do I have the ability to do all of those things? Absolutely. I have done everything you've listed, and still do most. Graduated tech school, in fact. ASE Master + L1 still, even though I haven't wrenched professionally since 2002. Is it practical for me to replace valve guides, bore cylinders and the like? No. I don't have access to that kind of equipment anymore.

It still doesn't change my position on what I stated. I don't trust anyone to do those things for me, but I have to be practical about the logistics of a project. I really don't know what the point of your post was, but if you think I'm just some kind of backyard DIYer that lacks skills, let's just agree that you don't know squat about my abilities.

 

C'mon man. Let's agree that I do know some of your skills now. That's why I asked. With that background, I would guess you can do your own wrenching. Particularly a service. Some here don't have that ability.

 

That's fair. LOL. Carry on.

 

With YouTube, the internet and a manual a guy can do a lot if he has some mechanical abilities. This forum can be a lot of help too if you are stuck. I have a hard time paying someone to do something I can do myself and I agree there are very few people I trust to work on my stuff.

 

DIY here, Cams, bars, Compensator, clutch n plates, inner fairing R&R , CB, . I have let the dealership do some things that I could not figure out and a Indy do a Engine swap.
if I can do it and it’s on YouTube or in the manual and I physically can tackle it, I love to work on my own stuff.

 

I just swapped out my bars and it was a PIA, took me a long time to figure eberything out, pull the plugs, run the internal wires, etc - but I got it done all by myself. Youtube is your friend for doing a bar swap.

 

Everyone puts a different value on time. You choose to pay to have your gutters cleaned that take zero skill. If I had to choose between riding and wrenching I choose riding. If I had to choose 6 hours wrenching or spending 6 hours with my family I choose my family.
if I can make 600 to pay for the service in less than six hours it would be cheaper

 

I get an intense amount of satisfaction by doing it myself. Did a lot of work on mine last winter and identified other things in the process that need attention eventually. This coming off season those will be addressed. YouTube and information provided by the mechanical gurus in here will guide me through that process

 

YouTube is great for DIY. Pictures are worth a thousands words.