After a long spell of unemployment.....

[DixiePlowboy]

....I get a call a couple days ago from a local cycle/racing shop with a job offer. Not alot of money to start with, but.....I took it.

I'm the designated 2-stroke guy that also works on thumpers(unfortunately).

I've worked a couple days there and found out the last new guy lasted 6-hours before he screwed up bad enough to get fired.....and he was an MMI graduate. I have a degree in Hackleburg (only one Hackleburg in the world) engineering(Master of shade tree mechanics), so I was a bit concerned...lol.

So far, dead machines are coming back to life on my lift/station. I have my fingers crossed that I'll be able to keep the ball rolling.

BIG difference in doing this on my own time in my carport and doing this in a shop ran by someone else....but I'm still loving the opportunity.


Among the positives are access to specialty tools that ensure I'll never have to pay for bottom end work again, as well as a brand new DynoPort powersports dyno machine....ohhhh yeah!

[Dammit!]

That's awesome man. Congrats and good luck!

Now I need to find a job myself...

[dcreel]

Yes, congratulations.. sounds great.

[Escanabajosh]

cool man, there hard to come by. hope to jump back on the wagon any day now myself, it was fun the first few months.

[SeaBass8]

Congrats! And good luck!

Looking forward to rejoining the workforce too. (Hopefully soon)

[Vealmonkey]

Congrats and best of luck on the new job. That dyno sounds really cool. Hopefully you will get to use it some.

[harryredtrike]

congrats on the new gig.take your time and do it right,if your not 100% on something look it up

[DixiePlowboy]

I appreciate all the words of encouragement. I'm going to do my best to turn out quality work so I can hang on to this job.....even if speedy work comes later on.

I've got some thoughts and plans for the dyno, Vealmonkey. If I owned more than a couple 250R pipes, I'd like to run them back to back (with the sniffer in the exhaust and corrected jetting) to compare them heads up.

[Dirtcrasher]

Thank GOD you got something - or your skills in speaking and past work got you the entry level.

Hope it works out for you :

[skippy]

Congrads! Its a tough world out there!