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Ken Condon
Ken Condon (1960-) is an American writer and instructor of motorcycle safety. Ken is the author of the book Riding in the Zone: Advanced Techniques for Skillful Motorcycling published by Whitehorse Press. The book covers both mental and physical aspects of motorcycling and includes a 30-minute DVD that demonstrates motorcycle riding techniques.

Ken is also the author of the skills/safety columns for Motorcycle Consumer News (MCN). Ken has been a contributor of the Proficient Motorcycling column since 2001 and the exclusive author since 2006. He began writing the Street Strategy columns in 2007.

In 2010, Ken gave presentations at Americade, the BMW RA International Rally, the Maryland Motorcycle Safety Program annual conference, and the Michigan Motorcyclist Safety Conference. Ken is scheduled to appear as a Featured Speaker during Americade 2011.

Ken's motorcycling career began as a child, riding off-road motorcycles and then he progressed to street bikes in 1976. He began road racing in 1986 with AAMRR at the old Bryar Motorsports Park in Loudon, New Hampshire from 1986 until 1988. A brief one-year return to racing in 2000 and a more sustained 3-year effort from 2003 to 2005 with the LRRS (Loudon Road Racing Series) at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway resulted in two amateur class championships.

In May 1995 Ken was certified as a Motorcycle Safety Foundation (MSF) instructor. He currently teaches for the Massachusetts Rider Education Program (MREP) and received the MREP Outstanding Instructor Award in 1999.

Ken has been chief instructor for Tony's Track Days since 1999 where he develops educational materials, manages staff, and helps train new and veteran motorcycle riders at racetracks in New Jersey and at his home track in New Hampshire. More recently Ken has developed a one-on-one, on-track instruction program.

Ken's wife and daughter are also avid motorcyclists, both having been involved with the Massachusetts MSF Program as an instructor and range assistant respectively. As a family they enjoy riding together both on a day to day basis and for their family summer trips to parts of North America. The family also shares the love of track day riding.

When Ken isn't writing about or riding motorcycles, he works at a publishing company as a graphic designer and illustrator. Working as a freelance illustrator, Ken illustrated 4 children's books, Skyscrape/Cityscape, When a City Leans Against the Sky , Tire Mountain , and America, My New Home.