anyone been to MMI?
Intermediate
Joined: Jan 2010
Posts: 26
Likes: 0
Sitting in their Harley course now. Thought their basic training was bad this is more of the same. Instructors who can't make it in the industry. Time consuming tasks of just looking up accessories to take time. Flat out stupidity.
Road Master
Joined: Dec 2008
Posts: 868
Likes: 30
From: western north carolina
Outstanding HDF Member
Joined: Mar 2007
Posts: 2,144
Likes: 1
From: British Columbia
fill me in......what exactly is your experience....the reason I'm asking is I'm looking at taking the same course but I would have to pay for it myself and I can't work while I'm taking it (being an international student) so there is a hell of a chunk of change for me.
Road Captain
Joined: Oct 2009
Posts: 701
Likes: 1
From: The Great Southwest Desert
I didn't train there, I did however do all the low voltage electrical in the building when it was first built.
I know many of the instructors there as friends. Some are very good teachers, others not so much.
Personally, I think it is a waste of time. You will most likely not earn the money to pay for the education. You pay a lot for a low paying 'career' that sucks the joy out of your passion.
(I was offered a position as an instructor there a decade ago to teach electrics, I know I am not a patient teacher and it didn't come close to paying what I was making in the career I was in at the time. I declined the offer.)
DeVry, MMI, Massage and Al Collins are all good ways to be parted with your money for little to no opportunity to recoup.
You would be better off just getting a gofer job at a shop and learning otj. You won't be making much money, but you won't be paying thousands to learn it. (And you will learn more that way.)
I know many of the instructors there as friends. Some are very good teachers, others not so much.
Personally, I think it is a waste of time. You will most likely not earn the money to pay for the education. You pay a lot for a low paying 'career' that sucks the joy out of your passion.
(I was offered a position as an instructor there a decade ago to teach electrics, I know I am not a patient teacher and it didn't come close to paying what I was making in the career I was in at the time. I declined the offer.)
DeVry, MMI, Massage and Al Collins are all good ways to be parted with your money for little to no opportunity to recoup.
You would be better off just getting a gofer job at a shop and learning otj. You won't be making much money, but you won't be paying thousands to learn it. (And you will learn more that way.)
Seasoned HDF Member
Joined: Apr 2008
Posts: 23,042
Likes: 12,324
From: Arkansas
I didn't train there, I did however do all the low voltage electrical in the building when it was first built.
I know many of the instructors there as friends. Some are very good teachers, others not so much.
Personally, I think it is a waste of time. You will most likely not earn the money to pay for the education. You pay a lot for a low paying 'career' that sucks the joy out of your passion.
(I was offered a position as an instructor there a decade ago to teach electrics, I know I am not a patient teacher and it didn't come close to paying what I was making in the career I was in at the time. I declined the offer.)
DeVry, MMI, Massage and Al Collins are all good ways to be parted with your money for little to no opportunity to recoup.
You would be better off just getting a gofer job at a shop and learning otj. You won't be making much money, but you won't be paying thousands to learn it. (And you will learn more that way.)
I know many of the instructors there as friends. Some are very good teachers, others not so much.
Personally, I think it is a waste of time. You will most likely not earn the money to pay for the education. You pay a lot for a low paying 'career' that sucks the joy out of your passion.
(I was offered a position as an instructor there a decade ago to teach electrics, I know I am not a patient teacher and it didn't come close to paying what I was making in the career I was in at the time. I declined the offer.)
DeVry, MMI, Massage and Al Collins are all good ways to be parted with your money for little to no opportunity to recoup.
You would be better off just getting a gofer job at a shop and learning otj. You won't be making much money, but you won't be paying thousands to learn it. (And you will learn more that way.)
I went to MMI in the 80's and worked as a tech for a few years. It didn't take long before the joy of riding started to wane. It came back after I got out of it and wasn't bustin my knuckles every day on bikes.
Outstanding HDF Member
Joined: Aug 2008
Posts: 2,951
Likes: 6
From: Kingman, AZ
I started one of those prior threads looking into it for the benefit of my son. Then we called to check the cost (try that and see how much pressure they put on you), then checked a shop in town.
> Negatives against about 9 to 1 on forum, looks like yours running about same.
> Very high cost IMO for what it is.
> Not too crazy about "Dad" coming to scope the place out unannounced.
> Job market did not seem to great either, as others stated.
Having said all that......I think if someone has a real passion, seeks out the better teachers and goes he/she could probably get their foot in the door somewhere quicker then apprentice for awhile and do well in time. However that select group would probably do well with or without MMI. Just my long winded $0.02
> Negatives against about 9 to 1 on forum, looks like yours running about same.
> Very high cost IMO for what it is.
> Not too crazy about "Dad" coming to scope the place out unannounced.
> Job market did not seem to great either, as others stated.
Having said all that......I think if someone has a real passion, seeks out the better teachers and goes he/she could probably get their foot in the door somewhere quicker then apprentice for awhile and do well in time. However that select group would probably do well with or without MMI. Just my long winded $0.02
