take it apart
Examples
If you give a hacker a new toy, the first thing he'll do is take it apart to figure out how it works.
You look at the world around you, and you take it apart into all its components. Then you take some of those components, throw them away, and plug in different ones, start it up and see what happens.
Its just something Ive always done. In South Texas, the first guitar you get is a Mexican guitar. And the first one I got, the first thing I did was take it apart.
With Harley, you build it, then you've got to take it apart.