motorcycle mechanic easy to find a job in LA?

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I wonder if motorcycle mechanics are in great demand in big cities such as LA, NYC...
I am preparing for my postgraduate education, and I am a motorcycle junky myself. I don't know if the job of motorcycle mechanic is promising... I know now because of the subprime loan crisis.. people are getting laid off.. But I want to know how things are like in normal times.. say... years ago,, when the economic is not suffering..
 
you can find a job at WCC here in Long Beach if you have real skills and are certified. we ride year round out here and the RUBS dont know jack about thier bikes and have every little detail taken care of by the stealerships.
 
What these two guys say is SO true!
You will get information/education working at the dealership/stealership level but chances are you will be working in an atmosphere of 'cover ups' and BULLSH*T...Most independent shops are much more honest and straight up. As well as wiser and tons cheaper!
Get experience at the best shops sometimes that means the dealership, get a ticket, be honest and expect to be unemployed come winter and enjoy the ride!
 
not to discourage you, but around my area all motorcycle mechanics have a very poor reputation, or a reputation to rip off everybody, they couldn't fix a wheelbarrow, they don't troubleshoot, they guess whats wrong and keep replacing parts until its fixed.
not to brag, but many people bring their bikes to me with the same story of paying a motorcycle shop $800 to fix their bike and it still has the same problem, then I quickly find a simple problem.
just recently a man brought me a brand new Yamaha Grizzly where the Yamaha mechanic couldn't find the problem and told the guy to live with the problem, and I found out 2 wires were switched at the ecu plug harness and it started and ran perfect, this same guy went back to the Yamaha dealer to complain and tell them what I found, it was wired wrong from the factory, the Yamaha dealer told the customer because i touched it the remaining warranty is void, the customer told him to stick his warranty where the sun doesn't shine because they couldn't fix it anyhow.

to add to that I , myself have no mechanical experience, I work in an office making copies all day and changing ink on the copy machines, it looks bad when I can fix a motorcycle when a factory trainned mechanic can't
 
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