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A rider on a purple Suzuki does a lap during a track day event.

The evolution of a track day rider

Janelle Palencsar
October 27, 2022

We grow into our own versions of strength and success through trial and error, good (and bad) advice from friends and strangers the like, and a brawniness that can only come from within. First we overcomplicate, then we simplify. 

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A man stands with a rare Traub motorcycle.

The wheels roll on: WNC motorcycle museum celebrates 20 years, looks ahead

With a quick roll start to crank over the engine of the 1916 Traub motorcycle, Matt Walksler hops off the bike and knocks down the kickstand. The 106-year-old…

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A red and silver Honda motorcycle is parked at the entrance to a state park.

Tazewell, Virginia: More than just the Back of the Dragon

Sooner or later, another motorcyclist will ask you if you’ve ridding “the other Dragon — the Back of the Dragon.” Exiting Interstate 81 in Marion, Virginia, The Back…

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an electric motorcycle in the city

Notes from the road: Why do I keep doing this to myself?

I love my bike. I mean I really, really love my bike, but I also love to try different bikes. Recently, I’ve ridden four different bikes, a 1971 Norton…

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Two roads diverged: West Virginia

Next to the small steel bridge spanning the Elk River in Webster Springs, West Virginia, I pulled over to wrestle with Robert Frost’s famous dilemma. The GPS unit…

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Notes from the road: Guidestones gone after bombing attack

In the last issue, we featured a travel story on a popular riding destination, the Georgia Guidestones in northeast Georgia. A few weeks later, an unidentified person detonated…

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The eggsanity of it all: A thousand miles and several diners in 24 hours

With only eight Royal Waffle Kings and three Omelet Shoppes still open, routing becomes critical. How do you plan a route that incorporates all four brands within the…

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Parenthood and the biker balancing act

“Don’t have kids unless you’re prepared to say goodbye to motorcycling.” Over the years, my husband and I heard this time and time…

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If grandma can do it … Hayley Nelson keeps family passion for riding alive

Embellished in silver-tinted leather gloves, Hayley Nelson wraps her fingers in a twisting arch over the throttle of her 1980 Honda CM…

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A motorcycle is parked beside a guardrail overlooking a lake

Notes from the road: Zen and the art of roadside loafing

The crunch of gravel beneath my adventure bike grows quieter as I ease the tall bike up to the guardrail next to…

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Notes from the road: Enjoy the night

The darkness sweeps beside me broken only by the single headlamp and the glow from the gauge cluster. Traffic disappears and the…

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Fueled by passion: Visiting Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum’s new Advanced Design Center

I’ve enjoyed a career that let me ride motorcycles in more than 50 countries around the world and do an assortment of…

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