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Posted by: skal426---------------------
$17,028 is the price for one year of edu. at MMI.= good school, but to much $
Other in home programs go for under a thousand $= cheep,but No hands on, or teacher student relations.
Are there any other good schools out there that offer hands on training at a reasonable price.
thanks for any help
skal426
Posted by: SFO---------------------
Tjhere are other threads on this topic, trying the search function.
My 2cents is just go beg for a job at a dealership.
Start by being a janitor and pick the wrenches brains when it doesn't inconvenience them.
I have been a wrench, machinist, service writer, service manager, and babysister for most of my employable years. (not all at the same time though)
My experience with MMI guys is that they are entry level techs, nothing really special.
They still start at the bottom of the service department ladder, working on mopeds and 4 wheelers. I wouldn't believe the adds on speedvision.
You could just start wrenching and asking questions on this forum and send your 17K to Okie!
Probably be money better spent too.
Really you can do it!
Just do it.
Posted by: Moto Squid---------------------
I've got no schooling and do more than this guy we had fresh out of Honda school. He's quite bright but he only got scooters and the junk no one else wanted. He quit eventually because of that. If you have some decent mechanical ability and a good set of tools you could probably get a basic tech job at a dealer. If you prove yourself the dealer wills send you to school to get certifications and that's what really counts. Graduating from MMI is more like a high school diploma and certifications are a degree.
Posted by: Nevada Sixx---------------------
yea, just get the tools you need, a few clymers to read cover to cover, an old bike to restore ( and i mean a real clunker that dont run, maybe a 92 cr250 would be a good one, that you can get parts for) an old atv to restore, sometimes on ebay, you can find a set of manuals from one of the home courses on motorcycle mechanics, i got a set for 25 bux. then maybe try to do it on the side in your shed for other people. And above all,, read these forums alot.
Posted by: gixer---------------------
Ok here is my experience on this subject
The dealers around here want experience so no matter is you have gone to school or not you are going to start on scoters and junk. They rather have you mess up some cheep junk then an expensive bike. You will have a better chance of getting a job is you have gone to school than not. To get in a mechanics position around here is tough as there are not many opening so you can be sweeping the floors for a long time till you get a chance to wrench if you don’t have any type of experience. I have been threw MMI and it is a great school. As with any school you get what you put in. It’s allot of work and allot of information to learn in a short time. As with any thing people have to realize that you can graduate and still not really know what end of the wrench to use. That goes with any school rather it be a trade school or college. I graduated MMI on the deans list so based on some ones experience with another MMI student does that mean I would be a bad mechanic? I have actually gone in for service writers / parts person positions and after talking with the managers have been offered mechanics positions right away. It’s all in the person. Keep in mind with any school there is a minimum requirement to pass and graduate so the person who scrapes by is not going to be as good as the person averages a over all grade of 98 out of 100. There are bad doctors out there also keep that in mind. I have a good friend who started out sweeping the floors at a dealership and has been working there for as long as I can remember. While talking to the owner one day he needed some summer help and offered me a job just to help him out and I would be paid more than any other mechanic he had had there. My buddy was pissed. Education is always a plus just make sure its what you want to do and do it full throttle.
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