Is it wise to consider being motorcycle mechanic as a career?

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I am about to attend graduate school, and I major in mechanism. Not quite sure which branch field to study, perhaps MCU..Since now more and more people are getting laid off, i begin to wonder if it is practical to consider self-employed motorcycle mechanic as a serious career. It seems that I love motorcycles more than other machines, and I am sure I will work hard to be a good one, I have had more than 6 bikes, and I repair them on my own. Just want to know how is the pay compared with other common jobs a graduate can do.... Thank u very much..
Sensei Scandal, thank you for your answer, I am not in the US now, though my family are here, And i am preparing for my GRE, I hope i can know more about bikes in different parts of the US, it could help me choose the location of my graduate school.
 
First of all you have to have a passion, a love to be a motorcycle mechanic.
You must know the basics on how any internal combustion engine works, how it works and why it works.
You must know basic electricity, ohms law, the 3 reasons for a ground and so on.
You need to know why the motorcycle was engineered the way it is, you must think like an engineer, and question and figure out why it was made that way.

Most mechanics are just parts re-placers, or they just guess and replace a part that's a common problem

Good mechanics figure out the reason why that part failed and take action to do what they can so that part don't fail again.

I have seen some of the hatchet work some dealership mechanics did in the past and I refuse to take my bike to any dealer for repair, I would rather spend money for the special tools and the manuals and do it myself than spending money to have them do it.

But most the the great motorcycle mechanics out there own their private own business and do not work for dealers
 
If you don't discriminate against scooters - you'll have lots of work.

With the Chinese scooters everywhere, you can work on them too, and specialize in upgrading them. Most come to the US with sub-par parts. You can put together a kit and install it for a fee.

Many brick & mortar dealers are doing this and making a killing.

Normally scooters are sold by drop-shippers who never see the bike and don't support them. They make a sale and the buyer gets nothing more... the bikes are cheap a people buy them.

Some companies are having them shipped to them and they open them up and swap out the crap. The result is a bike for a good price to the consumer and your customers come back.

This is aside from Motorcycles.

Include all other small engines like marine, lawn mowers and whatever else is out there and you broaden your client base even further.

That's what I would do.

Of course - this would not be a job - it would be a business.

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BTW - what is your location? I know a bunch of people who can use a good scooter mechanic!
 
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