I don't want to be a BMW master tech... Or be anyone else's bitch for that matter. Doing all the work and getting none of the cash.. Or even reward. Our managers and receptionists get all the flowers, wine and chocolates at Christmas. They are the front but we do all the work. I've worked in a few different dealerships in Sales, workshop, customer services etc. I've seen it from all sides.

Technicians are always the highest trained, hardest working, least paid and the only one's accountable to a time card. And they're the only ones who need to spend thousands on their own tools and forced to 'test ride' dangerous bikes in all weathers... Who'd be a techy ???

I've been with BMW for a year now and it's sooo fecking boring. There are only really four bikes to work on. 1200 boxers, K series four & 6 cylinders and the Rotax singles. They always have the same problems and fixes. I dream of those days where I get something a bit different. They are few and far between..
Bolt on some crappy Touratech engine guards, Code some locks for a pannier case, do a 6000 mile service on a GS, build a bike out of a crate zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz. I'd love for someone to let me make a custom exhaust or tune their engine etc. But it would never happen. It's non-efficient. oil changes and warranty work pay the shareholders. Not romantic engineering.

Most of the time I already know what's wrong with them before I turn a spanner. R1200 Fuel sensors and RWD bearings, K1600 Switch gears etc etc.


I want to be my own boss.. That is my ultimate goal and I'm putting everything in place to do that. I may go into partnership with someone or base myself at their place. However, I don't want to start that without scratching this major itch I've got for an extended trip to the few places that I've REALLY wanted to go to.

It's 'unfinished business' if you get my drift. I'm quite happy to say I'll only do 2 month trips in the future but having never done anything longer than 7 months, I don't know .....

5 years ago I wouldn't of thought twice. I'd of got the cash and booked a flight. Not even thought twice. As one gets older, uncertainty creeps in. Doors close and people judge you differently. O think you lose that 'bullet proof' mentality. And I think more is expected of you.

I haven't been on an adventure since 2012 when I took a canoe down the Yukon. That was only two months and I was sick to come home.

I had promised myself that I would of achieved A LOT more by my mid 30's.

Hence my haste to just throw caution to the wind, take the loan and sod the consequences...

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Did some trips.
Rode some bikes.
Fix them for a living.
Can't say anymore.