Motorbike Mechanics Salary - Not so good?

Dan 4RR · World Chat Champion Joined: 02 Dec 2004 Karma :

I was reading 'the grim reaper's' bio yesterday and the following bit stuck out

LustyLew · World Chat Champion Joined: 19 Apr 2004 Karma :

£25k per annum in central London? Poor bastard must live in a complete sh*t hole or live in Yorkshire and commute!
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G · The Voice of Reason Joined: 02 Feb 2002 Karma :

£45 may be what someone charges (seems a bit high to me, even for a shop) - however in most cases, most of that will go straight to the shop with the spanner-man only getting a small cut.

£17-£25k may not seem too bad, but when you've got rent to pay or possibly even a family to feed in the future we're not talking so comfortable.

Engineers in other fields can get lots more if they put the effort in to progress their knowledge and career.

EllioTT_GiXXeR · Could Be A Chat Bot Joined: 02 Oct 2004 Karma :

Here its around £800 per week
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befdelta7 · Brolly Dolly Joined: 24 Aug 2006 Karma :

scoota bk · Scooby Slapper Joined: 16 Feb 2006 Karma :

£25 p/h is the shop price round here. I know a VERY good bike mechanic, been working on bikes for like 50 years but he had to close his shop a few years ago. During the summer he was mobbed with work, but then in winter it became completely dead, so it was unsustainable.

Itchy · Super Spammer Joined: 07 Apr 2005 Karma :

yup during the winter many bike shops let their mechanics go,

and just cus a shop charges 25-45/h doesn't mean the mechanic gets that , its just the overheads divided by the number of man hours to get this cost.
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sickpup · Old Timer Joined: 21 Apr 2004 Karma :

I make more money working as a courier than I ever did working on bikes. Less hassle and less stress as well.

Leggy_Girl · World Chat Champion Joined: 12 Apr 2004 Karma :

My boyfriend is on naff wages, but that's because he's not finished his apprenticeship yet. He has just under 2 years left i believe? He's hoping he'll get up to £18k ish to start with, once he's fully qualified, because he's no where near that at the moment.

Poor thing works so hard and gets not a lot in return, but at least he's working towards something Smile

The shops may charge £45 an hour or more, but if the mechanic is working for someone else they don't decide how much of that hours work pay comes their way. It more often than not lines the rich shop owners pockets Sad

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ZRX61 · Victor Meldrew Joined: 05 Nov 2003 Karma :

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ZRX61 · Victor Meldrew Joined: 05 Nov 2003 Karma :

Sure beats the 10quid/week I was getting as a Jag apprentice back in the day....

Klause · World Chat Champion Joined: 25 Apr 2004 Karma :

I get about £300-400 a week for being an apprentice. I could of gone full time on level 2 but I decided to stick it out and do level 3. I don't really get treated as an apprentice at work mainly because the boss says im better than some of his full time mechanics. Will be on 23k a year next summer and get my own van, can't wait.

I feel sorry for mechanics who have to work in crappy dealerships working by shit set times. Luckly where I work is relaxed and they care more about the quality mainly because it's looking after their own bikes and not customers.
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