MMI Week 5 DONE!

Well week 5 has come and gone with quite a bit of headache. Our instructor was pulled out of our class and we got the afternoon class instructor. Needless to say it's been a repeat of the last time he was in. If I had to put up with this crap all the time I wouldn't be in this school. It's not acceptable that I am getting my time and money wasted because some people would rather have fun than learn.

On a positive note we did get to take apart a few carbs this week. It was cool to get a little hands on. We didn't rebuild them or anything. They were "junk parts" but they were complete (mostly) and we got to take them apart and put em back together after telling the instructor what all the parts were and what they did.

We finished covering carburetors and fuel injection systems. I got a 98 on the test tonight....or last night depending on your point of view. I only missed 1 question and the only reason I missed it was cause some asshat behind me decided it was a good day to live out his John Bonham fantasy and perform a 30 minute drum solo on the table with his fingers and pens. It was so damned distracting I checked a wrong box. I've made my frustrations known to this instructor and if this crap keeps up I'm going to main office about it. I'm not the only one either. There's about to be a civil war in the Theory 2 night class.

We started taking the notes down for the electrical theory chapter for next week and it's not gonna be a total breeze, especially if the crew keeps up the crap.

I'm still positive about the entire experience as I'm learning quite a bit and I still can't wait to really get to tear into some bikes and get dirty.

MMI Week 4- Done

Well the 4th week is over and we've been over oil, gas, transmissions, final drive and a few other little things. Keep in mind we aren't covering every single thing there is to know about these things but the theory behind them.....Hence the class being called "Theory 2". The first test in this class was on Friday and I got a 92 on it. Not what I wanted but considering the sheer amount of information the 50 questions were drawn from, I think I did ok.

We started covering carbs after the test in preperation for next week and I was ready to stab the instructor in the head to get him to use the word "vacuum". For some odd reason he doesn't want to say it. He says it doesn't exist on earth. I know he's an instructor for a reason but I also know that everyone can't know everything. I don't want to assume to know what he does and doesn't know but I do know that he's not explaining his point in a way that everyone can understand. I personally blocked him out and started reading something else while he was talking about it. He was just confusing me as I already understood the basics of how a carb works. I did keep an ear open in case something came up that I didn't know. People do ask questions and it could be something I don't know.....It's a good way to learn, listening to others questions.

So week 5 is about to begin tomorrow night and that means only 2 more weeks of theory then its time to get our hands dirty!