MMI students or grads out there?

Wrencher · July 09, 2003, 09:57:19 AM

Any other MMI students or grads lurking in the shadows out there?

Zarathustra · July 09, 2003, 01:30:01 PM

not currently, but after i graduate from college here next year, i was thinking of going there. how do you like it?

Wrencher · July 09, 2003, 02:19:01 PM

All in all I am enjoying it. Some of the instructors are spooky in their level of knowledge and are a great resource (like Charlie, who was mentioned in a different thread). They are also giving students free Snap-On tools and discounted rates to buy more. Matco also offers discounts to students of MMI. The "free" tools are not extravagant and are probably 99% duplicates of things most backyard mechanics have, but hey, its free Snap-On.

If you are considering going, be prepared for the "guys night out syndrome". Any time you get a room full of guys in a surrounding of artificial testosterone (aka bikes/engines/gasoline) the conversations and actions have a tendancy to get very lewd and off colour. I wouldn't consider myself prudish and the conversations don't offend me, but they do annoy me. I just don't see the relevance of the Hooters Airline and breast implants to a lecture on suspension and thats not what I am paying my tuition for. /rant

If you are already familiar with mechanical things it will be boring and slow going at first, but it gets better.

paui · July 10, 2003, 10:01:03 AM

i was about to go to UTI for autos last sept but i backed out like a week before classes started....i still want to go tho...

JamesG · July 10, 2003, 10:36:51 AM

I'm trying to get fired from my current job so I can use my GI Bill to go.

LOL!

Rashad · July 10, 2003, 08:08:27 PM

Quote from: WrencherAll in all I am enjoying it. Some of the instructors are spooky in their level of knowledge and are a great resource (like Charlie, who was mentioned in a different thread). They are also giving students free Snap-On tools and discounted rates to buy more. Matco also offers discounts to students of MMI. The "free" tools are not extravagant and are probably 99% duplicates of things most backyard mechanics have, but hey, its free Snap-On.

If you are considering going, be prepared for the "guys night out syndrome". Any time you get a room full of guys in a surrounding of artificial testosterone (aka bikes/engines/gasoline) the conversations and actions have a tendancy to get very lewd and off colour. I wouldn't consider myself prudish and the conversations don't offend me, but they do annoy me. I just don't see the relevance of the Hooters Airline and breast implants to a lecture on suspension and thats not what I am paying my tuition for. /rant

If you are already familiar with mechanical things it will be boring and slow going at first, but it gets better.

I know this will sound wrong, but its an honest question.. are you a girl or a guy?

Wrencher · July 11, 2003, 03:26:48 AM

You're right, it does sound wrong and I don't see the relevance.

For the record I am male, so don't try hitting on me Rashad.

JamesG · July 11, 2003, 05:24:08 AM

Considering you are from FLAMING Bird, that may not matter.

:lol:

jake42 · July 11, 2003, 08:24:36 AM

I see the point that wrencher is making. It does get annoying when people are constantly making lewd comments. It just gets old. My neighbor (great guy) is constantly making comments about women and sex and such. Mainly i don't want the mental image of this guy having sex for that matter. Plus it's a matter of tact.

Maybe my perspective is somewhat skewed as I teach at a nursing school where I am surrounded daily by 500 women, but referring to women as a 'piece" or something to 'tag' just irritates the hell outta me. Also in that vein my wife is my wife or melissa not 'my old lady'.

Sorry to rant---didn't mean to hijack the thread...

by the way don't hit on me Rashad-- :kiss:

jake (yes i have testicles)

Wrencher · July 11, 2003, 11:08:46 AM

Jake, that is almost exactly my point. It is also compounded by the fact that we are all paying LARGE sums of money for the "priveledge" of sitting in that classroom and it seems to bewilder people that I want to get my moneys worth and then some for my education. It also doesn't matter to me if people (its not just the students) are talking about how "totally f---able Pam Anderson is or if they are running around in circles clucking like a chicken, it is disrupting my ability to learn.

Don't worry about hi-jacking the thread. Quite frankly this one is more interesting. Plus I got the opportunity to use "clucks like a chicken" and "Pam Anderson" in a sentence together.... YEAH.

yamahonkawazuki · July 12, 2003, 12:49:38 AM

yeah, i graduated on may 03 2002, charlie cavallo was my theory instructor. he is so d--n smart it is not even funny. ask him about the 3m cam. (he designed in 70's)lenny albin on the other hand is

half of the time. if you listen closely to him, and talk to him a month later, you can catch him in his

trip mario the campus cop, (another ins.) watch what you do/say around him. and pride hanke hd late model ins. not quite charlie, but id say next in line. and the snap-on tools are not free, they are figured into your total bill there so is the blue-point meter cool thing about going there and graduating, is you can come back and retake a class, or sit in on one, (free) :mrgreen: (great for brush-ups)plus like i said in the other thread, the deg./dip. you receive, carries A LOT of weight in the industry for those that know the stuff, it will be somewhat boring. but see above. for those that dont, it totally opens up a new chapter in their brains. my only gripe was the rocket riders gsxr cbr etc. who tore up and down the road in front. got the cops on everyones case.
another thing which is cool, out side clinics 3 and sometimes 6, you can get you hands on rather un-molested parts. instructors will tear down bikes, get what they want and essentially junk the rest. i helped clinic 6 instructor tear down gsxr 750 engine and cbr 600 engine completely. he kept gsxr parts, and some cbr, i got cbr block, pistons (newish) and valves. am going to put them into atv project i am working on. we need to keep track of mmi students and grads. they can get info easily(students), part numbers. etc. to help out members here.

Black Snowman · July 13, 2003, 12:21:42 PM

I've considered going to get out of the IT industries. Around KC here the place is swimming in HDs so I'd probably go into that even though I'm more interested in the performance stuff.

Any idea how much you can make a year just getting into being a motorcycle mechanic? I'd have to make enough to cover my current expenses and the new school loan and the cheapest hourly charge around here is about $70 so I'm hoping it's pretty decent but I want to find out before making the plunge.

Wrencher · July 13, 2003, 03:07:35 PM

I also decided to go from IT to motorcycles. As for the earning potential, I don't think I am remotely qualified to hazard a guess. Pay also seems to vary wildly depending on locale. The best way to find out is go to several local shops, tell the service manager you are considering going to MMI and wanted to see what a garden variety day in the life a motorcycle mechanic is like. You might even end up with a job after graduation from them (I did, so it can happen).

The gixxers and cbrs are definately a problem with the local police. There have been three expulsions that I know of in the last 2 months or so, but they were all H-D's doing burnouts in the parking lot or right in front of the school. One was even bright enough to do one about 20 feet away from the night education manager.

Black Snowman · July 13, 2003, 05:18:02 PM

That's kinda what I had thought. I'm just looking for excuses to give up ahead of time

yamahonkawazuki · July 13, 2003, 08:26:43 PM

id say if you go to someplace like hawaii, riding season is year round. you could always go freelance in the it dept. during the season, or the off season. pay will be pretty low for a newbie. that is why im buying wrecked bikes, (like my gs), repairing and then selling them. still waiting for shop to open. need seat time to get into shop. which i didnt have when i got out.

so i do this and ride the bikes as i fix them. as of now im looking at a gsxr750 needing forks and bodywork as my next project. but my opinions are, hd is quite nice if people actually take care of them. (rarely done) warm up before you ride. but market for customization is good for mmi/hd grad. on the other hand, the rocket market, more specifically the squids. is good for mmi/import grad doing wreck repair. or engine work. bikes that are wheelied often, or for extended times, usually come in with engine damage, usually on the #3 cyl. cause it starves them of oil so either way you go, there is a market for the grads. i dont see it going away anytime soon.

KevinC · July 13, 2003, 09:50:38 PM

Hey, I have a question for MMI people. How come the bike on the Speed ads revs up when the guy pulls the clutch in? Watch it next time.

Not a great advertisememnt for MMI!

mrslush50 · July 13, 2003, 11:54:51 PM

lol.

i've wondered the same thing!

Black Snowman · July 14, 2003, 12:45:24 PM

'caus it ta be need fixin' silly!

scratch · July 14, 2003, 12:53:14 PM

I didn't go to MMI. I graduated in Jan '90 from AMI in Daytona Beach, FL. Can I still post here?

Wrencher · July 14, 2003, 01:17:26 PM

Hmmm... AMI.... I dunno about that.

Absolutely, all are welcome.

What did you think of AMI and how was the transition from school to the real world?

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MMI students or grads out there?