I have been thinking about this page lately because how I feel about my work is wrapped in how I feel about myself.

First and foremost, in spite all the frustrating aspects of this I like this work very much. As a young mechanic my mentor instilled a pride of workmanship that I still hold to.  He was an mechanical engineer and a helicopter mechanic, could build anything and he was no grease monkey. He made that clear in how he kept the shop and how he dressed while working, how his tools were organized and  how the significance of every last detail, no matter how small, got the same attention as the "bjg stuff."

Above all else my pride is in doing things correctly, accurately and completely so that each job is right when it leaves the shop. I apply myself to the best of my ability and I continually learn and improve my ability in an attempt to produce the highest quality work possible. I am a small shop with a select clientele and all the bikes that come through my shop I consider part of my Ducati family. I try never to loose sight of how much that means to me and to my customers.

 

Something I have written elsewhere sums it up for me.

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I service Ducatis carefully, correctly and completely, focusing all my attention on getting work done right, one machine at a time.

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That's pretty much it. I'm too old to fuck about trying to make more money than is fair.  Yes I need money but, not as much as I need peace of mind.