T-Dubby

+1 alot of guys I know where there and they sell bike parts.. 20k for a year to sell parts??? Get a real degree for sure.

Hazen

There has been 7-12 threads in the last 2 years asking this exact same question. I gave lengthy responses in several of them.

Bottom line - don't waste your time or money at MMI. Period.

I went there, paid the money, invested the time, and got laughed at by every manager of every shop down here when I looked for a job as an MMI students. Cops will hate you, shops will laugh at you, and most apartment complexes will turn you away.

My roomate did all the MMI electives and happens to be a great wrench - not a skill that he aquired at MMI. Even with his $26,000 education he can't get a job down here making more than 9 dollars an hour. 9 friggin dollars.... are you kidding me? I on the other hand left MMI after taking the basic required courses to attain "In the Field Experience" and make more money in 2 days than he does in a week. Needless to say, he's not happy about the 2 years of his life that he invested.

Yes you can go there and learn alot. Yes alot of the teachers are straight up ********. Grumpy, bitter old men - that think they were the greatest thing on 2 wheels "back when bikers were really bikers" Every one of them will tell you they won races and did wheelies and rode with the Hells Angels and drag raced corvettes with their 1888 KZ-400's.... it's a great place to hear stories - but if you already know which end of a wrench to pick up, then go get a job at a shop. Sweep the floor, wash the bikes, and watch the good techs. The Techs that make 60, 70, 80 grand a year! Get on their good side and learn from them. This way you're making money as you gain knowledge and experience, as apposed to paying for an empty education.

Jtr32s

same reason why i didnt go to MMI. The getting the job at the shop is the hard part.

cbr_stunt

The only reason im thinking of going there is for learning more about internal parts and electrical

rrsquid

dont plan on making any cash if fl period, pay attention to the instructors and dont **** around and you will make good cash in the long run thoughs who are haters on eigther school can't follow instructions or show up to class anyways and fail or they are to cool to ask ? so if your going to go and spend the money dont **** around and ask ? and it will be worth it.
good luck!

R1wonder

i agree, i think that **** can be stressful and alot of times they dont make alot of money. go to school for something medical. cheap and they pay sooo good. **** a nurse starts out here in NY around 50k a yr or more

rrsquid

I have been talking to a couple of dealers in the northern states and they said starting pay was around 45k-50k average fresh out of school you can make a lot more if your motovated most dealers will only hire factory backed techs. so do your research before you pick your school.
I will agree half the instructors expect you to know everything the first day and they do over cram the ratio between students and instructors @ MMI which is bullshit but some times in life you have to just deal with it

Towlieee

ehhhh my 2 cents


you either know bikes or you don't.. If you don't feel like you already in the position to all basic maintenance to a bike, I wouldn't waste time with school..

All my local dealers have idiots working there, they are lucky to properly change oil and adjust your chain..

kwebb

i worked at a dealer and the head tech didnt go to school anywhere. the they fired a couple guys who came from mmi. i was gonna go but the more i looked into it you better off just worken on bikes on the side and learning that way.

zeerider

Seminole Community College between Orlando and Daytona offers automotive service technology certificates for 3K a year. That sounds like a much better deal. It's not motorcycle specific, but most shops wouldn't really require that for a entry-level tech anyway. More likely they would just want someone with some proven mechanical aptitude.

zeerider

You could go to the aviation institute of maintenance, that way, you would be bankin', and you'd have access to plenty of airport asphalt to practice on.

JEFF4EZ

and either way it doesnt' matter because you will either end up in o town or daytona doing power wheelies at our spots

I <3 wheelies

**** mmi you pay them to treat you like a moron thats still in high school



i grad that place with a 3.5 gpa and i didnt even try...i saw them pass people i wouldnt even trust to put a sticker on my bike......all they care about is making money....MMI= MORE MONEY INISTUTE,the orlando campus anyways...cant speak for te one in az


when i got a job in my first shop everyone there could of cared less that i went to mmi they all called it the mickey mouse inistute.....

I <3 wheelies

thats bull ****.....i never fucked around and missed class.......the made me take a course over because i forgot to sign out the last friday of the clinic..had a b in the class..and i was sick the week b4 so i was at 8 hrs already and i forgot to sign back in at luch and then again at the end of the day...the teacher knew i was there...i was working on my bike till well after the ******* bell...but nope.....and guess what they did...put me on a 12 week leave..were i just had to chill in ******* orlando...pay rent and scrap by in that **** hole..which is when i got arrested for wheelie's on the fl turn pike..... .......i seen then **** so many people over with that kinda ****..they dont care that half the students are barley surviving .....the only good teacher are gone..doc.j and jim.p

KYD

yeah its called Ohio Technical Institute. But the powersport class is called PSI(PowerSports Institute) i went there and came out with full certification in Yamah, Honda, Kawi, Suzuki, Victory/Polaris, Ski-Doo, and Harley Davidson. Some reall good teachers there. But when i went it was just startin out and they didnt have all the kinks worked out quite yet so it was a bunch of bullshit for me. But now PSI is in its own building seperate from OTC. Its in an old mall in Randall, Ohio. They have a good # of tools and training aids. the condition of some of the bikes werent that great but you learn a lot. Even how to use some of the newest diagnostics equipment like HDS. I went for a lil under 1 year at a tuition cost of 16,900, but i included room and board for an entire year so the grand total was 26,900. but tuition went up to 18 and some change i believe. all in all not a bad school. im sure its improved since then.

purcy89

which teacher did that **** to u, i attended from 7/24/06- 9/21/07, and btw, i heard from my buddy, Dr. J came back, and when did Jim paylay leave?

I <3 wheelies

i dont remember the teachers name...was clinic #9...dyno.....wasnt less tho...was some other dick....thats awsome if doc j came back he's the man...he called me once after i grad like 6 mths later to c how i was...and as for jim im not actually 100% for sure he left...when i grad i saw him at the ceremony and he told me he was teaching his last clinic and had put in his notice......i never went back to the campus after i grad i was there from dec 2005 till june 2007

rrsquid

yea that is some bull ****!

h_lowder636

i graduated from mmi in 06, its good but if you dont have a pretty good idea of whats going on b4 u get ther, then u mite miss out. ther not guna make a master tech, but it gives you a good basic all around experience. and it does help to have some training behind you. and yes its pricey for a low starting out income, but i mean, come on yur workin on bikes that you get to ride tha **** out of when you get done with tha job!!

smokeymcpot

I went to mmi in az. I thought it wuz well worth it.