So do it. Afaik, they are always looking for people and there are lots of schools within range. You do give up a lot of your weekends.I want to be a motorcycle instructor
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Curious about side hustles around here.
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I am trying sir
Calling @Evoex as he may be able to help guide this.
I've restored a few cedar strip runabouts and utilities and barely got my money back. To make any money you restore other peoples stuff for time and material.
Bingo. It isn't bad if you're dealing with knowledgeable people but when you spend an hour or two of travel and estimating and the client says "A thousand dollars?????? I'll just get a nifty thing I saw on line."
I met a guy that somehow got his name out there for doing small run parts. Someone needs ten or twenty pieces of plexi cut, a few brackets for a machine. An industrial handyman.
A bank closed a half dozen drive throughs and the signs removed. They were responsible for filling the four inch holes. He did it for $300 a hole. A bag of cold patch and a tamper in the trunk. He made $1800 for the day.
A bank closed a half dozen drive throughs and the signs removed. They were responsible for filling the four inch holes. He did it for $300 a hole. A bag of cold patch and a tamper in the trunk. He made $1800 for the day.
Chameleon
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I'm trying to start up a little side hustle of growing (and selling) organic microgreens. My logic was that it wouldn't be very labour intensive. One day of planting, then just water and leave it until it's time to harvest etc. Rinse & repeat. And I was right. The hard part now is finding customers. And because the product is a perishable good, you have to find that balance of selling it on time before it goes to waste. My set up and initial investment only cost me about $500 (another reason I liked the idea, low barrier to entry) and so far I've racked up a whopping $18 in sales. 
But I'm cutting myself some slack since I'm still very early in the process. Contact me with code GTAM15 for a discount if interested haha.
My side side hustle, which funnily enough has made me way more money up until this point... And this is gonna sound pretty silly I'm aware.. is entering (and winning) various instagram contests. They basically go like "like this post, follow our page, and tag a friend for an entry. The more you tag, the more entries you get". Which at first glance seems like it's all based on luck. But not all contests are created equal.. and so I've had situations where there's 80 entries and 20 of them are mine for example. The major factor is that I do this while I'm at my day job. So, win win the way I see it.
So far this year, I've won 15 contests. I then try to sell on Kijiji and FB marketplace of I can't/don't want to use the item myself. Grand total of $1700 so far. It's no 10k-30k reno, that's for sure. But a nice bit of beer money.
But I'm cutting myself some slack since I'm still very early in the process. Contact me with code GTAM15 for a discount if interested haha.My side side hustle, which funnily enough has made me way more money up until this point... And this is gonna sound pretty silly I'm aware.. is entering (and winning) various instagram contests. They basically go like "like this post, follow our page, and tag a friend for an entry. The more you tag, the more entries you get". Which at first glance seems like it's all based on luck. But not all contests are created equal.. and so I've had situations where there's 80 entries and 20 of them are mine for example. The major factor is that I do this while I'm at my day job. So, win win the way I see it.
So far this year, I've won 15 contests. I then try to sell on Kijiji and FB marketplace of I can't/don't want to use the item myself. Grand total of $1700 so far. It's no 10k-30k reno, that's for sure. But a nice bit of beer money.
Referrals seem to be the name of the game.I want to be a motorcycle instructor
We do have some locations out west. If any of them interest you I can try to find someone to discuss opportunities with you.
Since we're sharing side hustles...I mostly do mine for free/for ***** and giggles.
My most recent adventure was pretending to be a buddy's CTO so I could intimidate their outsource Indian mistake to give us the source code lol.
Also, I literally gave away a half million $ contract to younger coworkers two weeks ago. Got approached randomly at a shop I regularly visit and asked what I do for a living, and magic happened after. But as I hinted earlier: I'm lazy af lol
My most recent adventure was pretending to be a buddy's CTO so I could intimidate their outsource Indian mistake to give us the source code lol.
Also, I literally gave away a half million $ contract to younger coworkers two weeks ago. Got approached randomly at a shop I regularly visit and asked what I do for a living, and magic happened after. But as I hinted earlier: I'm lazy af lol
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Mad Mike
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I thought that would be fun too, but it's more a labour of love than a side hustle. I last looked, 3 years ago, they wanted $350 for the instructor's course (which they eventually offered for free), a couple of unpaid 'intern' weekends, then a commitment to 8 weekends from Apr 1 to Oct 30. I don't recall the exact wage, I think it was about $250/weekend.I want to be a motorcycle instructor
Private motorcycle instruction might be more lucrative - maybe a few of the instructors in this forum could shed light on what's necessary to become a private M1 and M2 exit instructor.
A **** ton of skill.
I've taken private lessons before. The riders doing this are are often ex racers from EU or US.
I'd imagine you can probably compensate lack of skill with lot of marketing and target the less skilled riders (larger target audience) for more revenue....?
Definitely a labour of love. When all the travel and pre/post-course work (maintenance, paperwork, etc) is factored in, you're basically working for minimum wage or less.
Private instruction is not more lucrative than group instruction. When you have 5 students all paying for the same instructor's time, that is where most of the revenue comes from for the school. Not many students will pay 5x the group rate to have one-on-one private instruction. Our school offers 1-on-1 lessons, but it's a loss leader for the company, meant more as a way to accommodate students who can't attend weekend courses or who don't feel comfortable learning with and in front of other students. Because of this, not many schools offer private 1-on-1 lessons.
As for the instructor, if you're a contractor for the school, you get paid hourly or by weekend, so whether it's 5 students or 1, it's the same amount of money in your pocket.
There is no additional training to go from group to private. If anything, it's easier because you don't have to have eyes in the back of your head to monitor 4 other students.
Mad Mike
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Few M1/M2 exit instructors are what I would consider expert riders - they don't need to be. If you take advanced instruction or race school -- , that's a different story.
The point of M1/M2 exit courses is to introduce new riders to motorcycles. You leave class with basic skills needed to operate a small motorcycle, and reasonable training on safety and risk mitigation. Students who learn under instructors with good teaching skills will do better than learning from those with advanced riding skills.
I look at it this way;
I get paid to talk motorcycles, ride motorcycles and teach a variety of people how to safely operate one. There are far worse ways to spend a weekend, IMO. You won't make bank doing this, do it for the smiles.
People with passion make me smile. Keep going dude.
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Yikes. I am no pro rider 
You don't need to be to teach the class. As MM said, ideally you would be (or become) a good teacher. Being able to do a target stoppie is a cool trick but doesn't help you much when teaching noobs how to ride safely.Yikes. I am no pro rider
In our old school, there were certain instructors that *always* volunteered to demo for each lesson and perform the M1X test.
There were also other instructors who *never* demoed and never performed the test.
The second group far outnumbered the first group.
You don't need to ride well to teach well. Although, it does lend you more credibility when you can actually do what you're teaching.
i visited a lot once of another school/business and the 'instructor' dropped the bike demonstrating slow clutch/friction zone-rear brake. I couldn't believe it.
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