Life's short do what makes you happy.

 

By the way as far as the number of people that everybody "knows" that went and are working in some other field, what kind of mechanical experience/background did they have before school? If your not a mechanic before MMI you wont magically be one after. The schools whole intention is to show proper proceedures and tool useage, not to turn anyone INTO a mechanic. That comes with natural ability and experience!

I have a friend who went from airline TO motorcycles, so it all depands on WHO you are!

 

I can already work on almost anything, I try to fix or fabricate everything I possibly can. I plan on getting the most I can out of school to be a good technician, I want to learn and know everything possible. I just hope it doesn't take too long to show I'm a good worker and to start making decent wages. I'll be 30 next year and I hate to take a pay cut for a few years but if I'm gonna change careers I figure I'd better do it now.

 

Sounds like you are basically at the same place I was before I went, except that I had a part time shop in my garage. Strive for being the best in all your classes and work towards being top tech. At 35 I took an $8.50 an hour paycut, but like I said after five years Iam way over $20.00 and flat rate so if the work is there I can bill a ton of hours and make big checks. if you plan on living someplace like Ca, Az or Texas that has year round riding you can make even more, in Idaho we basically have a six month riding season so earning months are shorter, but this is where I choose to live. A friend of mine has a friend in Minnesota that makes over 100k a year so it can be done.

Good luck to ya!

 

You WILL NOT ride as much as you do now, you WILL NOT go to Sturgis or any other run during the summer, you will be working while everybody else is riding.


I live within an easy one day drive to Sturgis. Many shops around here CLOSE during Sturgis week so their employees can go. If you wait until Sturgis week to service your bike, you deserve to stay home.....

 

Thanks hog-dog, your replies definitely help me out. Too many negative opinions along with being tired from work had me nice and confused, but I think I'll be happy with my decision. I'd like to hopefully live somewhere warm year-round which will keep me busy, I like to get as much done as possible at work so I'd like to be flat rate when I'm ready for it. I wish I was flat rate at my construction job, maybe a few of the guys would get a little smarter. I know there will be days I have to work instead of ride, but I'm sure I'll get time off to ride also on occasions. I'll be happy just being able to ride to work year round, winter sucks up north.

 

The eight guys you personally know are all dumb ****ers. And many students at MMI drop out. Those who respect the school and teachers are the ones who make it through. Don't talk about something until you know what you're talking about.

 

Way to wake up a 7 year old post!!!

 

What about folks that can't read the date of a thread?

 

It would be interesting to find out how it all went 7 years later. Did he go to school?, is he in dept up to his eyeballs from it? does he still work on bikes?, 35 posts from 7 years ago and no followup.,,