01. Before you start ...

Ride the bike and get to know it. This web site more or less follows chronologically the work that I have done on my bike, but for someone else it might be different.

While the stock suspension isn't the best, I am at the light end of the scale, and it worked OK for me, but for a heavier person, getting the suspension setup properly could be critical.

Also, get the workshop manual by downloading it from here. At 3.50 euros it is dirt cheap.