Motorcycle Mechanic Salary?

KTRIC

What sort of wage does the adverage motorcycle mechanic bring home ? I'm thinking of leaving IT in the future and I'd like to know what sort of money I can expect if I was to become a fully trained mechanic.

Thanks
K

Noelie

I get charged 60Euro an hour for work on my bike, don't know how much the mechanic gets but if you worked for yourself there's no reason you can't charge similar.

Krusty_Clown

As an garage employee, I'd imagine you'd be lucky to get anywhere near that kind of money..

As a self-employed mechanic, you'd have huge overheads... Equipment, Insurance, rent on premises, rates, etc..

Depends on what area of IT your in, but I would expect you'd have to take a decent pay cut.. Have a look at the automotive recruitment sites to get an idea about salary ranges, but at the introductory level, I reckon you'd also be competing with a number of young eager talented individuals..

www.brompton.ie
Jobs.ie

madrab

yeah you would be looking at apprentice wages for a bit if you went to a garage & massive overheads if you went on your own

KTRIC

Krusty_Clown wrote:

I reckon you'd also be competing with a number of young eager talented individuals..

Thats what I feared , I might give it a miss then.

I was going to apply for that course in Boltan St., but its a 3 year commitmant. My missus wasn't too keen on me doing it anyway.

Krusty_Clown

I didn't mean to be a total harbinger of gloom...
Anway, it's always good to keep your options open...

We will always have motors and motorcycles in this country, but we may not always have IT jobs!

Tomohawk

KTRIC,
As an garage employee, I make 350 a week but I'm just starting out...I used to work in IT and then the Irish film and multimedia sector previous to that. I'm nearly 40 and to be honest it's a labour of love working on motorbikes and scooters. I'm only driving a bike since 2003 and now I find it's my career, mainly because I had the interest and passion. As regards competing with a number of young eager talented individuals, I find that many young people don't like getting their hands dirty these days. :rolleyes: The Irish bike retail and repair market is very small, but still there will always bikes to be sold and fixed. (well until the petrol runs out or the EU boffins legislate us out of existance)

I have started doing my own nixers as well at weekends and the odd evening, and I find that much of my bike repair work I can choose and I get referrals and recommendations from previous customers which is very gratifing. So although the pay ain't great, I get fantastic job satisfaction, deal with great customers who share a passion about bikes and when I am fully trained in 3 years time, more even business oportunities will arise. The only downside at the moment is there are not enough hours in the day!!

My missus is very supportive 'cos she knows it makes me happy and going to work everyday is never a drag for myself. (can't say that about many of the other office based jobs I've had) So give it some more consideration mate. You could still keep your existing job and do the DIT course part-time and see how you get on!



PS. We charge 42 euro an hour labour in our shop in Dublin.

sutty

I was thinking of doing the same Al, but I'd not be able to start the course till next year. Even if I didn't leave IT, it be something to fall back on and something I would always use/need. It says

"Entry Requirements
Experience in the motor cycle industry. Please note that entry to this programme is by interview only in September."

here's a link the enrolement site. its 860 euros, so that counts me out till next year anyway. I need to get proper leaters

madrab

FYI
There is no interview & you dont have to be in the m/c industry to do the course

Im doing the course as both a hobby & something to fall back on just in case engineering goes even more down the sh1tter

darkbeatz

Interesting topic. I just registered for the 12 week (one evening a week ) course in kylemore college

sutty

madrab wrote:

FYI
There is no interview & you dont have to be in the m/c industry to do the course

Im doing the course as both a hobby & something to fall back on just in case engineering goes even more down the sh1tter

Oh cools. How are you finding it. Would a IT nerd be able for it?

Supercell

Are there any fully qualified mechanics around here that might give an idea of salary range ?

€350 is grand while learning but once qualified what does this raise to typically?

A dream job for me would be fixing and playing with motorbikes all day, but is it feasible long term unless you are a manager of the shop or running your own one? (incredibly expensive in Ireland).

rachymc

the bike mechanic in our shop is fully qualified and gets between 450-500 a week depending on what hours he works, 500 being a full week

Nice0ne

DarkBeatz, please let me know how you find the 12 week course? I'd be interested in doing something like this in the future.

Thanks,
Nice0ne

Alkers

Has anyone got a link to the course?
Going off topic a bit but do you know if there is anything like this bor push-bikes?

numorouno

Nice0ne wrote:

DarkBeatz, please let me know how you find the 12 week course? I'd be interested in doing something like this in the future.

Thanks,
Nice0ne

theres one on in st colemans college in midleton, cork if your interested. google it on evening courses. re the lad about the normal bikes id say try the cycling/jobs? forum perhaps

madrab

im a nerd as well so yeah, as long as you like bikes & want to learn then its would be grand

galwaytt

well I did my bike mechanic training in the UK 15 yrs ago............and I got out of it when NU dropped the Rider Policy. Bike numbers/sales just imploded.......and it'll happen again.

I'd say 500 sounds about right, but I can't see anyone living on that these days.........existing maybe, but not living. And if the negativity of the situation starts to affect your enthusiasm, you'll give it up, sooner rather than later. I didn't want that to happen.

No, I changed to something different, kept all my tools and lifts, etc, and just do the bikes for pure enjoyment. That and a few friends.

KTRIC

I've been thinking about this seriously over the past few days as the closing date is getting closer and I think I'll give it a miss. The sales of bikes in Ireland have been dwindling over the past few years and there is no point in trying to get into a profession with no future.

I was also thinking of training up here and going to Germany to work but the bike culture over there is purely seasonal and there isn't any work for bike mechanics during the winter.

Ah well, I can only live and dream.

I might sign up for one of those partime maintenance courses though.

subway

KTRIC wrote:

I've been thinking about this seriously over the past few days as the closing date is getting closer and I think I'll give it a miss. The sales of bikes in Ireland have been dwindling over the past few years and there is no point in trying to get into a profession with no future.

I was also thinking of training up here and going to Germany to work but the bike culture over there is purely seasonal and there isn't any work for bike mechanics during the winter.

Ah well, I can only live and dream.

I might sign up for one of those partime maintenance courses though.

i was told they are rising year on year?

ive signed up for the kylemore course,
still loads of places left acccording to the girl i spoke to.

Mojees

@Tomohawk, are you still a mechanic? how do you find it a few years later?

Tomohawk wrote: »

KTRIC,
As an garage employee, I make 350 a week but I'm just starting out...I used to work in IT and then the Irish film and multimedia sector previous to that. I'm nearly 40 and to be honest it's a labour of love working on motorbikes and scooters. I'm only driving a bike since 2003 and now I find it's my career, mainly because I had the interest and passion. As regards competing with a number of young eager talented individuals, I find that many young people don't like getting their hands dirty these days. :rolleyes: The Irish bike retail and repair market is very small, but still there will always bikes to be sold and fixed. (well until the petrol runs out or the EU boffins legislate us out of existance)

I have started doing my own nixers as well at weekends and the odd evening, and I find that much of my bike repair work I can choose and I get referrals and recommendations from previous customers which is very gratifing. So although the pay ain't great, I get fantastic job satisfaction, deal with great customers who share a passion about bikes and when I am fully trained in 3 years time, more even business oportunities will arise. The only downside at the moment is there are not enough hours in the day!!

My missus is very supportive 'cos she knows it makes me happy and going to work everyday is never a drag for myself. (can't say that about many of the other office based jobs I've had) So give it some more consideration mate. You could still keep your existing job and do the DIT course part-time and see how you get on!


PS. We charge 42 euro an hour labour in our shop in Dublin.

galwaytt

Mojees wrote: »

@Tomohawk, are you still a mechanic? how do you find it a few years later?

Holy Thread Resurrection, Batman ! !

Tomohawk

No I lost my job in 2009 when the shop closed down...I still ride a scooter though and do all my own servicing. I went back to college in 2011 to study multimedia and now am currently unemployed.

KTRIC

Well this is a blast from the past. I didn't do the course in the end. Strangely enough :P

QUADFACTORS

I am looking for a part time mechanic to work on atv s and bikes , we are small repair shop in meath

Get back to me

QUADFACTORS

Tomahawk
Are you interested in part time mechanic work

prunudo

Ah 2006, back when we were all having a great time and the party was still alive and kicking. Recession, what are ya on about!