track day

I decided to enroll in the WordPress course called Blogging101 as a way to improve my simple, newly established blog. The topic for today is ‘who I am and why I’m here.’

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In short, I am Connor and I am here to share my catalog of experiences on two wheels.

I am a Design Engineer by trade, a Purdue Boilermaker by merit, and a husband by request, err choice. After completing my bachelor degree from Purdue, I moved away from my hometown with the desire to never move back. This choice was not because I disliked my hometown, but rather my desire to experience new places. After more than two years away, and my wedding later, I was coerced to move back by both my bride and a desire to work in the Powersports industry.

310388_2275927975313_1961065824_n — Friend on his R6 at Grattan – Not me

This blog was created as an outlet for me to post the things I am passionate about – motorcycles. I tend to take a decent amount of motorcycle trips each year and wanted a place to catalog the information. This year – 2015 – I have also committed to doing at least one track day. This has been a dream of mine ever since I first attended a sportbike track time event with a friend back in college. We drove up to Grattan Raceway over one weekend and I watched the various levels of motorcyclists riding to, and sometimes past, their limits. I saw how much people were enjoying their time and knew this was a must for me. So I will use this blog to track my progress to race-readiness as well as include my journeys around the map on two wheels. I have had a side hobby, if you can call it that, of recording my rides, talking to myself during these rides, and tossing the footage up on Youtube. This started as a very small community using any sort of camera that would crush into your helmet, not obstruct your view, and not have buttons pressed by your nose. With the advances in action cameras, many people have picked this hobby up so I like to think it makes me look less weird than originally.. right?

Anyways, come join me on my journey on two!