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8th July 2009, 04:53 PM
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Need advice on becoming a bike mechanic
I've been stuck doing cage mechanics for a year now, it's fucking shite and I hate it. So I'm looking to become a bike mechanic, that's what I really wanted to do last year but there is no course for it so went for cages.
I've looked on the internetz and the prospect of moving to britland for studies appeals to me So any of the lads on here done that sort of thing before and recommenced a college that has uni style accomodation and that offers good training Cheers To view pics on this biker's forum - your post count must be 2 or greater. 
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#2
8th July 2009, 04:57 PM
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Re: Need advice on becoming a bike mechanic
best advice i could give is don't, it's a shite job, massive unpaid hours not to mention stress and hassle's.
if ya are prepared for that, best of luck in doing it, but being honest 4 years in collage an cushy office job in the middle of a baltic winter is real appealing lol
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#3
8th July 2009, 05:05 PM
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Re: Need advice on becoming a bike mechanic
i done it while i was in school and for a few summers really liked it but the hours were shit the pay isnt worth it (unless you work for your self) and any advice asked for from many bike mechanics was dont do it its not worth it.. most of them even lost the love and interest in bikes just got sick of it .
so as tom said...here i am in my "cushy office " job writting this ;o) guess which road i took..
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8th July 2009, 05:10 PM
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Re: Need advice on becoming a bike mechanic
prob best to get a job in a bike shop and learn your trade there. if you can get a job in a bike shop, i prefer to train my self out in the shed than collage
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#5
8th July 2009, 05:25 PM
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Re: Need advice on becoming a bike mechanic
Originally Posted by pert
stick with the cage mechanics. do bikes in your own time. an engines an engine at the end of the day
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#6
8th July 2009, 05:29 PM
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Re: Need advice on becoming a bike mechanic
St Johns college in Cork do a full time one year bike mechanics course.
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#7
8th July 2009, 05:30 PM
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Re: Need advice on becoming a bike mechanic
...looked into mechanic/scholarship type thingys in the us of a, few years ago, i cant remem if i was to old to apply, or if i had to pay to go, wich i waswilling to do, think was age restriction, was like a placement with official main dealer , or like a suzuki school of mechanics... beats the shit out of cold tools and freezin conditions here in winter.
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#8
8th July 2009, 05:36 PM
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Re: Need advice on becoming a bike mechanic
Originally Posted by IridiumTom
With all respect Tom, in the current economic climate it's not just spanner monkeys doing that !!! It sadly seems to be the norm lately in many professions....
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#9
8th July 2009, 05:41 PM
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Re: Need advice on becoming a bike mechanic
People who say "if you enjoy what you do, you'll never work a day in your life"
these people are full of shit. I've had plenty of jobs that I started out loving, but the stress and assholes that you meet and deal with on a daily basis will warp your view of it, even moreso now that money is tight everywhere. Leave the bikes as a source of pleasure, you'll be glad you did, And sure you'll still be fairly handy at working on engines and stuff after finishing the cage stuff, working on your own bike will teach you a huge amount, the amount I've learned about my own machine from doing regular maintainance often, surprises me. Its very easy to learn stuff and read up about stuff when you WANT to do it, thats probably why most of us spend so much time on here, But if you HAVE to it, you'd find it very tough going.
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#10
8th July 2009, 05:47 PM
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Re: Need advice on becoming a bike mechanic
Originally Posted by Stone Deaf 4evr
Especially having to work with Bikers every day!! To view pics on this biker's forum - your post count must be 2 or greater. To view pics on this biker's forum - your post count must be 2 or greater. To view pics on this biker's forum - your post count must be 2 or greater.
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#11
8th July 2009, 05:49 PM
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Re: Need advice on becoming a bike mechanic
Originally Posted by Big H
has been like that at the height of the boom ask any lad in the trade its a dirty filthy under payed job.
To view pics on this biker's forum - your post count must be 2 or greater. it's the norm now for virtualy every profession alright, but it has been the same old same old for working on bikes To view pics on this biker's forum - your post count must be 2 or greater. To view pics on this biker's forum - your post count must be 2 or greater.
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#12
8th July 2009, 06:02 PM
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Re: Need advice on becoming a bike mechanic
I reckon that as peak oil kicks in, there will be more bikes on the road and thus you will need more Bike mechanics.... but I don't believe in quitting, stick with the cage thing first
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8th July 2009, 06:28 PM
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Re: Need advice on becoming a bike mechanic
Originally Posted by Big H
where trained mechanics not spanner monkeys,Ireland has the highest trained technicians in the world,the days of harry molloy are well over
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#15
8th July 2009, 06:32 PM
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Re: Need advice on becoming a bike mechanic
im far from a pro but all im sayin in buy a load of wd40 every bike i go near always has 1 hoor of a bolt
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#16
8th July 2009, 06:33 PM
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Re: Need advice on becoming a bike mechanic
Originally Posted by YamahaTDM850
i think your reading what he's saying wrong or at least i hope you are
To view pics on this biker's forum - your post count must be 2 or greater. To view pics on this biker's forum - your post count must be 2 or greater. think he's saying all proffesions are seeing unpaid hours To view pics on this biker's forum - your post count must be 2 or greater. To view pics on this biker's forum - your post count must be 2 or greater. i do not like that termanology either To view pics on this biker's forum - your post count must be 2 or greater. To view pics on this biker's forum - your post count must be 2 or greater.
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#17
8th July 2009, 06:34 PM
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Re: Need advice on becoming a bike mechanic
Originally Posted by speedfreak600
my jip is a better penetrating fluid than wd40, its piss
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#18
8th July 2009, 06:42 PM
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Re: Need advice on becoming a bike mechanic
Originally Posted by IridiumTom
O no don't get me wrong i know what he means we all have to put up with cutbacks and unpaid time no mater what u do ,but i always hated being called a spanner monkey after all we are Gods
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#19
8th July 2009, 06:47 PM
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Re: Need advice on becoming a bike mechanic
Originally Posted by generalisimo muldoon
any more details on this?
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#20
8th July 2009, 06:50 PM
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Re: Need advice on becoming a bike mechanic
Originally Posted by IridiumTom
+1
To view pics on this biker's forum - your post count must be 2 or greater. fkn 55 hours constant atm on a wage cut.. was making more on 45 last yr To view pics on this biker's forum - your post count must be 2 or greater. To view pics on this biker's forum - your post count must be 2 or greater. To view pics on this biker's forum - your post count must be 2 or greater. (hidin from spite comments "at least u have a job") recession is sad but its a case of fkn those who do have jobs over and givin em the ol "1000's would take it in the morning" bollox . old fella worked on cages and Bikes all his life didnt see much of em as a small fella tbh.. tbh i couldnt imagine him doing anything else.. the guy could have 3 tubs of grease on his hands.. but he'd cry over a bit of biro To view pics on this biker's forum - your post count must be 2 or greater. mechanics of any nature seem to get fkd over the worst imo..
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