Welcome Holland13, you will find a lot of fellow riders and enthusists here to help. As Glider and most of the posters have stated...you will save a ton of money doing it your self, and the gratification of doing it yourself with others on the forum to help you, knowing it is done right! If you have simple handtools, a manual, and a little patience, most of the routine stuff is just that and a boon to know how to do it in the future. Do a little preparation and clear work area, go over the procedures and critical gating items (ones that are key to sucessful completion in the time allowed) and generally plan to do access and removal early Friday evening, so you have both Saturday and Sunday to do the deed while HD dealer is open for parts if you run across additional items you invariably need when doing it yourself...i.e. where is the cotter pin that went flying, that gasket or o-ring that went to pieces etc. Be patient, and if frustrated, step back a moment, take a deep breath, take a short break to contact us here at HDT...we are always here to help!