If you are going to ride a 20 year old bike you need to learn you way around it. I started working on my 09 from inspiration from people on here and found it pretty easy. I can do all the maintenance and generally diag most problems. Saves a fortune on shop fees. I had a Buddy who took his to a shop for everything, even paying $55 to get the chain tightened at a shop. A year into it he sold it claiming "these old bikes are to expensive!" Ha ha. I have worked my up to most anything that needs to be done outside the engine. Truth be told working on the bike is almost as fun as riding it. Almost....
