DREAM JOBS: HOW TO MAKE A LIVING DOING WHAT YOU LOVE (12/21/11)


CHARLIE FLIPPEN
HONDA OFFROAD PRODUCT SPECIALIST
 

STARTING POINT : “Joel Albrecht got me a job at Kawasaki working in the Tech Services department. Joel had me start by helping him uncrate and build all the magazine test bikes. Once Joel moved over to Two Brothers, I just moved up from there and eventually moved to Honda and my current position.”

THE JOB: “In advertising and press, we build all the bikes for the advertising shoots, which is usually before production units are available. Then we build and break-in all the bikes for the media, special projects and magazine shootouts. Sometimes we get to build a project race bike. At Kawasaki, I got to do a lot of R&D; here at Honda, it is mostly advertising and press stuff. A fun trip was going to Barber Motorsports for the street bike press intro. The road bike thing was pretty cool, and it’s great getting to meet different people from around the world.”

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