What do you do (for work) when you're not riding?

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23 Feb 2009 15:31 #267540 by burkmanofgod
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I work at a PPG factory that makes glass.

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18 Mar 2009 22:53 #273295 by BERT75
I sell video games. I'm a store manager at Gamestop. I've been doing it for 5 years and I love it. It keeps me close with my kids and I feel like I never have to grow up.

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19 Mar 2009 06:00 #273347 by grumpy56
ISO 9001 and AS9100 (Aerospace) auditor. I get to visit all sorts of companies, but mostly small machine shops here in SoCal, and see alll sorts of interesting stuff. They also usually treat me well, i.e., good variety of doughnuts in the morning and "where would you like to gof ro lunch" enquiries around noon. Sure do like this after almost 30 years of a real job, most with the now scattered into oblivion Hughes Aircraft Company.

Lewis
1982 KZ1000-J2
2006 HD FXD35
1970 Suzuki T350
1972 Suzuki GT380 (In-Process)
In The Past...71 TM400, 72 H-D SS350, 72 GT380, 75 Z1B, 77 XLH, 79 CB750K

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31 Mar 2009 17:01 #277124 by Tyler
I am an energy research scientist, or at least that's what is says on my door. I work in CO2 capture and hydrogen production from gassification, otherwise known as clean coal technology. I work for the Energy and Environmental Research Center in North Dakota. I have a degree in mechanical engineering and mathematics. Previously I worked for a heavy equipment manufacturer and designed a radio remote control truck mounted tree transplater. Say that one ten times really fast... ;)

If I knew what I was doing all the time life wouldn't be any fun.

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31 Mar 2009 17:15 #277129 by parkingpuckguy
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I work in the Nuclear industry and have been for about 28 years now. Started as an Operator, then moved to Conventional Safety Tech, then onto Radiation Protection Training, and the last 8 years in Quality Assurance.

Interesting work and technologies all along that path.

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31 Mar 2009 17:53 #277143 by KruZer
REAL JOB THAT PAYS THE RENT; Sr. VP Operations for telecommunication company in Van Nuys, California.

Job I love; working in the garage on the bikes!

*1977 1000, 1975 KZ998 LSR bike.

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01 Apr 2009 14:23 #277465 by cte10
Man, I'm an odd one out here. I passed up engineering and took the architecture route. been going to school for 8 years now and still don't have a degree. but i do work for a non-profit design/planning firm and do a bit of grunt work for some local architects. i spend a lot of time keeping my rx-7 running and trying to fix up an 81 kz750 LTD that i bought a few months ago. previous work as a veterinary assistant, emergency vehicle equipment installer, "culinary artist" at a deli(that's what the business cards they printed for me said), did light manufacturing, machining, and electronics work for the world's largest ham radio equipment company.

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01 Apr 2009 15:44 #277479 by tachrev
Spent the last 8 years working in IT at a medical practice. Something like 10-12 doctors, 2 MRI's, 2 sleep labs, plus all the employee's to go with it...all networked and everyone has a computer. There are two of us taking care of all the tech stuff.

Mostly I write the in house medical records, billing, and scheduling software package for the company. All web based.

I worked in a TV repair shop, and a auto garage before that, both for less than a year.

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02 Apr 2009 01:13 - 02 Apr 2009 01:15 #277624 by tk11b40
Quality Manager for a Machine gun manufacturer...

Journeyman Patternmaker

22 years Army Guard "Infantry" (currently retired)

and all around nice guy.:laugh:

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16 Apr 2009 01:50 #282172 by gkz1000st
Liquor store clerk and woodworker making reproduction architectural brackets for vintage homes ,mostly in the USA although I am in Newfoundland Canada.

1979 kz1000st dyna s, wiseco 1075, accel coils, k&n filters,4 into 1 header ,shoei fm5 fairing. Mt.pearl Newfoundland
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25 Apr 2009 20:04 #285260 by 77street
I am a wyotech student, a luthier, a family mechanic, and a dad :)

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25 Apr 2009 20:44 #285263 by WABBMW
I supervise a group of Maintenance Planners and Schedulers for a large hospital. Also Supervise a small team of Maintenance Technicians.

My major hobby is my KZ650, but other hobbies include competitive sailboat racing, snow skiing, cycling, running, automobile restoration and home improvement projects.

I work hard and play hard.:lol:

Bill Baker
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1982 KZ650 CSR
2008 Yamaha FZ1
2006 Yamaha FZ1
1977 Honda Supersport 750 four (sold)
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