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I took my '96 Sprint to the dealer for its 24,000 mile check-up and then wished that I hadn't. The bill was right around 700 bucks. If you have a better job than I, you might want to go to the dealer. It's a lot of work, but then 700 bucks will buy you a lot of hot-dogs, Coke, gas, and beer.
Adjusting the valves and replacing the airbox is a bit of a pain in the gluteus maximimus, though. A large part of your pains will be in simply getting the fairing, tank, etc. off. If you have a digital camera, take a couple of shots of the fuel lines, etc. once you get the rear of the tanks elevated, and before you start pulling hoses etc. off of the petcock, so that you don't misroute something in such a way that it kinks, or whatever when you get it back together.
You'll need the special shop tool (around $75) to adjust any valves that need adjusting. When the tool is in place on your engine, it will be possible to rotate the engine in such a way that the cam lobe will come in contact with the service tool. DON'T LET THIS HAPPEN. It will break the tool, and possibly damage your engine.
You'll need to remove the carbs to get the airbox off. When you sit looking at the job, it will look like maybe there's a way to get the airbox out of there while the carbs are still on the engine. PUT THIS IDEA OUT OF YOUR HEAD! It's already been tried! It won't work! Do what the manual says even though it will be a fiddly pain in the butt.
If you use mercury tubes to balance the carbs, do NOT blip the throttle while the balancing equipment is attached to your bike. My friend, Ray, did this and, although it does not seem to have damaged the engine, it sucked all of the mercury in and either vapourised it , or just sent it flying out the tailpipe.
When you change the fork-oil, the book gives you no specs on how much oil to put in. Instead, there is (an expensive) factory tool that allows you to withdraw oil from the forkleg so that there is a given amount of volume not filled with oil.
As soon as you get a look at the contraption, you will instantly see how one can be fabricated from an old plastic ruler, some crazy-glue, and a hypodermic syringe, for around 2 dollars. :-D Good luck, Bill
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