Quote Originally Posted by Scotty
Splash,
Pretty simple really - if you want to preserve the warranty intact and without any arguments down the line, get it Dealer Serviced.
If you want to learn about mechanics, buy an old bike and learn on that. There'll be far more to do than on a modern bike and for the mechanically inexperienced it'll be a lot easier to pick up as older technology is more accessible and less reliant on masses of electronics. Look in the paper or on-line for something advertised as "Spares or Repairs", "MoT failure" or similar that you can pick up nice and cheap, buy a manual and some tools and start learning.
I just wondered what the law said and if it was the same as cars, man I'd love to buy another bike, I'd get a XL125 Varadero (Always wanted one - in white) and service / tinker with that... but I'm only allowed one, words of my father.