Just curious, does anyone know what HD Dealers are payingas a starting wage for an MMI graduate with no experience yet? Also, any idea what the dealers are paying their more seasoned mechanics?

 

There was a thread across town that discussed this and the hourly wage for a tech as ~$12-15 bucks an hour with $17.50/hr given to Doc whom is a Veteran of tuning. Good luck in your venture. Whether this is accurate or not is beyond me.

 

that seems way off. most techs starting off are in at around 10 bucks an hour....

a great seasoned tech will get comission usually 40-50% of flat rate.

If Doc is only getting hourly he needs to find another career or dealership

 

If it doesn't pay anymore than that no wonder you hear so many horror stories of folks having their bikes worked on at the dealership.

 

That was some years ago. Doc no longer works at a dealer.

 

Man is that ever the truth! [&:]
Heck, it'll take 10yrs to pay off tech school...

 

This was exactly the "moral to the story" in that thread.

BTW.......As nvsteve pointed out, Doc's hourly wage waswhen he was working at a dealership in his past life however many moons ago. My punctuation was incorrect, as I was attempting to let the masses know Doc was a Veteran tuner, not necessarily what a Veteran tuner makes per hour........even though it may apply.

 

I'd love to be able to wrench on bikes all day, but I gotta eat and I also love to eat.

 

Makes more sense then. A Veteran HD tech can make 100k a year. They are few and far between and need a good shop to do it in. you ahve to have a steady amoutn of work and a good service writer to cushion flat rate times for you too.

no offense to Doc here.....

 

just one more reason to do the maintenance myself...