04/18/2026
About 16 years ago after being a crossroads in my career and feeling lost I enrolled at Austin Community College for the motorcycle technician program to turn my passion into a career. From the very start I did it with the intention of owning my own shop. It was a decision that changed the course of my life without question.
Over the years I developed my own maintenance class for my customers to pass on what I’ve learned and empower people to feel more confident and connected with their machine, which I feel motorcyclist have more of a inclination to want to learn how this machine you ride ON and not IN, works. That’s the beautiful symbiosis of man/woman and machine.
In a full circle moment I once again feel lost and at a crossroads in my life. I have always thought about teaching over the years and how it would be amazing to be hired to use my experience to help put solid techs out in the industry, which it so desperately needs. Especially to contribute back to the program I once went to.
Thanks to all who supported this. Thanks to all my customers and people who took the class and gave me the feedback to make each class better than the last.
See you on campus 🫡
-Professor Rathbone
