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CoolBDPhenom03 said:
Well, Jim at Ace Motorsports is married to a lady who works at Ducati North America. Apparently, before she met him, she wasn't into motorcycles at all.
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I applied there for a CS position. No direct industry experience however... :( love of ducatis is not enough :p

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Yakoo752 said:
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Sports Marketing

Sponsorship Manager for various motored 2 wheel activities to include SS/FSX(stunt)/Flat/SX/MX/XGames amongst other things.

I love my job!
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Whew, there is one happy person out there! GoPro! :)

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Here's one that seems kinda rewarding.

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kalib105 said:
It really is a shame how the dealers treat customers now I remember when it was a community, we all love to ride and talk bikes. Now its all about the money
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No kidding. When my friend went to the dealer to buy a Ninja 250, no one bothered to talk to him at all. He stood there around the area where they kept the 250s for a full half hour. He literally had to raise his hand and say, "Excuse me, I'd like to buy this bike." to get their attention. True story.
 
Bought a 2006 K1200R in May 2007 at Calmoto BMW, Mt. View. Talked about the bike so much, I thought I applied there when I was out of job in September 2008. Had a blast learning about the BMW and Triumph bikes, plus Vespas later. I was there until mid 2010.

Being people person, it was quite a struggle to learn to sell effectively, since I tend to be more on the friendly side. But nevertheless I had fun learning how to sell. I got to meet a lot of cool people and made some friends along the way.

The highlight of it was being picked to be on the 2009 national campaign for the K1300S, appeared in a couple magazines' ads. :teeth

I miss being able to ride different bikes, showing up at BARF meets with them... but it was hard work for the money. Have to be passionate, but also have the sales part covered to be able to make it.

I'm fortunate to have met some of the people in the industry. I'm still in touch with them. Maybe I'll get back to it again?
 
fattymcphatfat said:
No kidding. When my friend went to the dealer to buy a Ninja 250, no one bothered to talk to him at all. He stood there around the area where they kept the 250s for a full half hour. He literally had to raise his hand and say, "Excuse me, I'd like to buy this bike." to get their attention. True story.
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Shame he didn't come to where I work. It's small which makes it impossible but we also want all of our bikes gone along with everything else and will do just about anything we can to make that happen.
 
monkeythumpa said:
My blog pulls in $10K/year. Set up a blog, Google Adsense account and just write. If I wrote something every day, I could make a lot more.
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I have been enjoying your blog. been checking it for about a year now.
 
Kestrel said:
...don't combine things you love with a career.
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Bah. We spend at least a third of our lives at work. You should do something you love.
 
kalib105 said:
I attended MMI at 19, started working a year later. Its been fun but the way of the dealers these days is really shady thats why I'm going rouge if anyone needs work done I'm your guy. Factory certified for Yamaha, Honda, Kawasaki, Suzuki, Polaris
510-387-6551
Kaleb
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I've always found that citing having gone to MMI (More Money Institute) has nothing to do with getting a job... In fact in the Bay Area it's a liability so far as I can tell...

MMI grad 95', Honda,Yamaha,Suzuki,Polaris...
 
monkeyneck said:
Bah. We spend at least a third of our lives at work. You should do something you love.
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You should do something you love on your own terms.

Doing something you love on someone else's terms seems to be the quick road to unhappiness.
 
i refuse to work with bikes because last time i made a hobby a job, the hobby wasnt fun anymore.
 
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