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Camp332
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Camp332 12/28/2014 6:59pm
12/28/2014 6:59pm
Camp332 wrote:
Bro, you could have helped a bro out while I was redoing my bedroom and bathroom. To add to this topic, I also do tons of...
Bro, you could have helped a bro out while I was redoing my bedroom and bathroom.

To add to this topic, I also do tons of honey-do work at my house.

I rode my 450 yesterday(keeping it moto related)

Good off season thread.
Jarid332 wrote:
If you have anymore painting and need help with products let me know bro!
Haha thanks man. I was just messing around.
jasonv43
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Thousand Oaks, CA US
jasonv43 12/28/2014 6:59pm
12/28/2014 6:59pm
This is the feel good thread of the year by the way. Love it!!!

JamesOliver 12/28/2014 7:09pm
12/28/2014 7:09pm
Currently in my final year of university studying for a BSc in Geoscience (Geology). I'm hoping to graduate with a good degree classification then go and do a masters and then go into the oil or gas industry. As great as the student life is, I really can't wait to start earning money and get a bike and ride more often. I can count the number of times I've ridden moto this year on one hand Sad
Jarid332
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5359
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8/15/2006
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Somewhere north of Toronto CA
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1184th
Jarid332 12/28/2014 7:09pm
12/28/2014 7:09pm
Camp332 wrote:
Bro, you could have helped a bro out while I was redoing my bedroom and bathroom. To add to this topic, I also do tons of...
Bro, you could have helped a bro out while I was redoing my bedroom and bathroom.

To add to this topic, I also do tons of honey-do work at my house.

I rode my 450 yesterday(keeping it moto related)

Good off season thread.
Jarid332 wrote:
If you have anymore painting and need help with products let me know bro!
Camp332 wrote:
Haha thanks man. I was just messing around.
Bro.. I take paint serious… it's like arm day all day, every day.

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Brad460
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Richfield, WI US
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329th
Brad460 12/28/2014 7:10pm
12/28/2014 7:10pm
Manager of the Warranty/Product Support group at a oil and gas related business within GE. Our business manufactures large industrial engines that are packaged with compressors to gather, transmit and process natural gas.
brlatm
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Brock, TX US
brlatm 12/28/2014 7:13pm
12/28/2014 7:13pm
Independent Oil and Gas consultant to Oil companies, it's been a great life and I wouldn't trade it for the world. I have had the opportunity to see 40 states/ work in 12 and visit 14 countries.

mxb2
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Bowie, MD US
mxb2 12/28/2014 7:14pm
12/28/2014 7:14pm
Hgibbs566 wrote:
How about the non-moto people restrain from name calling so we can continue the positive vibe and direction this thread had?
Yep, the dude you are talking about is the biggest cry baby on this site.
ACBraap
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Seattlish, WA US
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ACBraap 12/28/2014 7:15pm
12/28/2014 7:15pm
CPA, currently tax director for a private company.
chump6784
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AU
chump6784 12/28/2014 7:16pm
12/28/2014 7:16pm
Engineering Surveyor since 2003 specialising in roads/highways and subdivisions. Also have my own international network marketing business earning money every time people pay their utilities bills. Plan is within six months to leave the construction industry and go network marketing full time
luckyguy19
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Albuquerque, NM US
luckyguy19 12/28/2014 7:20pm
12/28/2014 7:20pm
Parts Manager for Mazda dealership
Jarid332
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Jarid332 12/28/2014 7:20pm
12/28/2014 7:20pm
That's one thing that attracted me to the company. They take their customer service serious as well. I've been to multiple CS workshops since I started 8 months ago.
mark_swart
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Chapin, SC US
mark_swart 12/28/2014 7:21pm
12/28/2014 7:21pm Edited Date/Time 12/28/2014 7:21pm
I worked at a Honda/Suzuki dealership for two years while I was in college. After I graduated with my journalism degree, I sent my resume to MXA. Still waiting to hear back from them 19 years later, but the Army has provided me a decent career in the meantime (although the $4.25/hour at the bike shop was pretty lucrative.)
Maybe MXA will get back with me in time for my retirement next year...
cs69camaro
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Denham Springs, LA US
cs69camaro 12/28/2014 7:22pm
12/28/2014 7:22pm
Mechanical Engineer in chemical plant overseeing primarily rotating equipment.
mx836
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mx836 12/28/2014 7:24pm
12/28/2014 7:24pm
Katoomey wrote:
Senior advisor, product development, Arctic Cat Inc. I mainly test chassis, track, and suspension designs and their overall production viability. I live and work in Wyoming...
Senior advisor, product development, Arctic Cat Inc.

I mainly test chassis, track, and suspension designs and their overall production viability. I live and work in Wyoming but I do spend around a month per year in Thief River Falls.

I also make money selling and leasing of suspension designs I create and patent. Mostly R/C car stuff. I raced R/C professionally for a couple years in the early 2000's and cut my engineering teeth as a product designer for Associated Electrics. I designed the V2 Factory Team shocks.
Good stuff. Wish I would have gotten into engineering. I go crazy with ideas on RC design sometimes. Couldn't imagine getting paid to do it. You probably know my buddy Brandon Rohde who was at Associated for a bit and now runs liverc? We used to moto together a bit but I think those days may have passed him by.
Mx97
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FL US
Mx97 12/28/2014 7:30pm
12/28/2014 7:30pm Edited Date/Time 12/28/2014 7:32pm
Currently 3rd year med school student. Moto is what got me into this after some major injuries back on my racing days. Been reading vitalmx for many years but not a fan of posting... Merry Christmas to all of you and blessings on 15'. Stay safe.
Beast666
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Englewood, CO US
Beast666 12/28/2014 7:34pm
12/28/2014 7:34pm Edited Date/Time 12/28/2014 7:35pm
Service Tech at a Kawasaki - Suzuki dealership. Have over the years also wrenched on Honda, Yamaha, KTM, Arctic Cat, Polaris.

Also have done stints as service manager, operations manager for importer of Chinese made ATV's, instructor at MMI and fleet mechanic for a newspaper.

Have a degree in Computer Science
Spooner
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Kansas City, MO US
Spooner 12/28/2014 7:46pm
12/28/2014 7:46pm
I got my business degree while working in bicycle shops mostly and then helped open a motorcycle shop that was geared towards road racing and track days in 2004. Learned a ton about the business in that time and was the store manager. I was lucky that the owner really trusted me and we really grew quickly. After about 4 years I was getting pretty burned out as I was doing a ton of travel for road racing and taking lots of customers/team members with me plus working 6 days a week when I wasn't gone on the weekends. I wasn't making much money either so I started looking for a new opportunity. Then my Parts Unlimited rep came in and said he was leaving to go work for HD so I jumped at the opportunity. I was hired at the end of 2007 and have been working for them ever since. I feel really lucky to have the job I do. My territory isn't giant so I'm home every night and I have become good friends with the guys at most of my shops so I look forward to heading out every morning. I also get to go to a lot of cool events and get special access, and for a guy that follows racing like I do it's pretty awesome.
jmpatt79
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Burleson, TX US
jmpatt79 12/28/2014 7:51pm
12/28/2014 7:51pm
heavy equipment field service mechanic , i drive around from construction site to construction site repairing broken equipment

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The Rock
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HAIKU, HI US
The Rock 12/28/2014 7:58pm
12/28/2014 7:58pm
The Rock wrote:
30 years in telecomm sales and after starting a company in 76 with two partners grew it to 47 employees and 15 million in sales only...
30 years in telecomm sales and after starting a company in 76 with two partners grew it to 47 employees and 15 million in sales only to have my partner (3rd partner left three years into it) give it away to Warren Avis 12/84 when Avis bought the company for book value. Moved to CA in 86 moved to the other side of the fence when I was recruited to work for one of the manufacturers we had represented. After 25 years of corporate BS I decided at 51 to pursue my passion and have repped a US manufacturer of muffler packing material for over six years. 2.5 years ago I moved to Maui and after mornings in the office managing my accounts I spend the afternoon M-F with a Downs Syndrome teenager and occasionally sub on the weekends for an autistic 9 year old boy. On the 17th of January I take on my biggest challenge when I start spending 6 hours on Saturdays with a pretty much non verbal aggressive 12 year old autistic boy. In my third year of special needs work and even though it can be extremely stressful at times I cherish the relationships I have built with my "students" and their families.
machine wrote:
Rock...that's awesome...you have the patience of a siant...i couldn't do what you do..
Appreciate that very much machine. Thank you.
stillwelding
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Santa Clarita, CA US
stillwelding 12/28/2014 8:18pm
12/28/2014 8:18pm
Still welding says it all. One man show whom, quite often, designs, fabricates and welds. Customer base consists of companies like ReedRacing, Oakley, Honda Performance Development, A2Zfx (Red Bull Stratos), Think Technology, Military parts, etc. Mostly TIG bench work, but can MIG, Stick, and Silver Solder.
Rooster579
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Atlanta, TX US
Rooster579 12/28/2014 8:22pm
12/28/2014 8:22pm
Work as motorman (rig mechanic) on a drilling rig for Pioneer Energy Services in the Permian Basin (west tx) Surely I'm not the only Roughneck here !!
mxreid429
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207
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Dfw, TX US
mxreid429 12/28/2014 8:27pm
12/28/2014 8:27pm
Po po
TheWeapon 12/28/2014 8:27pm
12/28/2014 8:27pm Edited Date/Time 12/28/2014 8:30pm
Very non-moto here - I'm a specialist in Radiation Oncology (which unfortunately is a big industry these days)
FWYT
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San Diego, CA US
FWYT 12/28/2014 8:38pm
12/28/2014 8:38pm
A series of part time, dead end jobs in order to finance my next career as a starving artist in training.
b8res
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Lodi, CA US
b8res 12/28/2014 8:39pm
12/28/2014 8:39pm
As a kid worked on our family dairy.

Retired Marine Corps 21 years active duty, Logistics & Transportation.

Worked part time for a couple of years selling watercraft and motorcycles for a Yamaha / Kawasaki shop..... while on active duty.....need to deprogram myself before retiring.

Currently a area manager for a nation wide food grade trucking company.
Harry Backmon 12/28/2014 8:41pm
12/28/2014 8:41pm
I'm Flunky The Clown. I do birthdays, wakes, mall openings. Wherever a clown is needed, I'm game.
HazemG
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LA, CA US
HazemG 12/28/2014 8:45pm
12/28/2014 8:45pm Edited Date/Time 12/28/2014 8:46pm
disbanded wrote:
I design stuff, and this is my personal award-winning business logo. [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2014/12/28/75280/s1200_td_winner1.jpg[/img]
I design stuff, and this is my personal award-winning business logo.


Good stuff! Here's my logo rendered to preview how it will look in my office.

MOTOXR12
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Shawnee Mission, KS US
MOTOXR12 12/28/2014 8:47pm
12/28/2014 8:47pm
Sourcing Manager for a major telecom (day job). Spinning Instructor 3-5 times a week (dream job).
tbright80
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Lexington, NC US
tbright80 12/28/2014 8:47pm
12/28/2014 8:47pm
Currently attending college for a degree in Business Finance with a concentration in Management.
KGAspeed
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576
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Salt Lake City, UT US
KGAspeed 12/28/2014 8:52pm
12/28/2014 8:52pm
Right out of college, moved to Vegas and landed a job working for a dot com off road magazine (photo-journalist, front-end developer and kinda jack of all trades). Insane fun and great opportunities to travel to events and actually race myself (Baja SCORE events, WORCS, etc.).

Worked for Baja Designs in San Diego after that for a couple years, then did my own design / marketing consulting for quite a few moto companies. The bubble burst and then moved to Utah to start a motorcycle tour and rental company up here (wrong vacation demographic for summer-focused businesses). Didn't go well. Got into a dot com startup with a few guys, built it up and sold it (learned that business partners are a bad idea).

Now I have an epoxy flooring and cabinetry / organization business. I'm a neat-freak and OCD, so building spotless garages is quite rewarding.

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