We’d strongly advise you have the scooter maintained by your Authorized Genuine Dealer. Proof of maintenance and Factory recommended service at the suggested intervals are necessary in keep your warranty in good standing. Let’s be totally honest here. The number of problems we see with customer-maintained scooters vastly outnumber the problems we see with dealer maintained scooters. We’re talking like a 10:1 ratio or something crazy like that. Your dealer has special tools that you probably don’t have. Your dealer has service manuals. The guys at your dealership do nothing but wrench on scooters every day. The guys at your dealership have cool shop jackets (with embroidered name tags) we’d bet you don’t have. We could go on and on. If you are bound and determined to maintain your own scooter, we ask you to at least do the following: Have your authorized dealer perform the 500 mile first service. This is the most important service in the life of the scooter and goes way beyond an oil change. The valve clearances are inspected, the cables are adjusted, the brakes are tested, bolts are tightened, the carburetor is tweaked, and so forth. After that, if you choose to perform some or all of the maintenance, please make sure to purchase a shop manual from your authorized dealer, all special tools, a torque wrench, etc. Then make sure to closely follow the recommended maintenance schedule, read the instructions before you even think about picking up a wrench, and take your time. If you do all that, chances are you’ll be just fine. But if you do something wrong and your motor starts sounding like a 4th of July fireworks display, it ain’t warranty…it’s all on you.