zen Archives - Scooter in the Sticks Exploring life on a Vespa, Royal Enfield Himalayan, Honda Trail 125, and a Kawasaki W650 Wed, 08 Jul 2015 11:20:59 +0000 en-US hourly 1 71084491 “Sometimes it’s a little better to travel than to arrive” https://scooterinthesticks.com/2015/07/sometimes-its-a-little-better-to-travel-than-to-arrive/ https://scooterinthesticks.com/2015/07/sometimes-its-a-little-better-to-travel-than-to-arrive/#comments Wed, 08 Jul 2015 11:20:59 +0000 https://scooterinthesticks.com/?p=4914 Robert Pirsig, author of Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, wrote the line I’ve borrowed as the title for this essay, “Sometimes it’s a little better to travel than to arrive”. Sometimes, the saddest moment in a ride is when it’s over.  That’s not a complaint about home or family, just a recognition of […]

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]]> https://scooterinthesticks.com/2015/07/sometimes-its-a-little-better-to-travel-than-to-arrive/feed/ 18 4914 Revisited: Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance https://scooterinthesticks.com/2009/07/revisited-zen-and-art-of-motorcycle/ https://scooterinthesticks.com/2009/07/revisited-zen-and-art-of-motorcycle/#comments Wed, 15 Jul 2009 00:37:00 +0000 http://69.195.124.229/~scootet3/?p=414 How many riders have a copy of Robert Pirsig’s Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance on their bookshelf? How many more, like me, have struggled with the text, the philosophy, and failed to make it to the end of the book? The pages turn easily for me when Pirsig describes the ride, the road […]

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]]> https://scooterinthesticks.com/2009/07/revisited-zen-and-art-of-motorcycle/feed/ 20 414 Motorcycle Maintenance: To Zen or Not Zen https://scooterinthesticks.com/2006/12/motorcycle-maintenance-to-zen-or-not/ https://scooterinthesticks.com/2006/12/motorcycle-maintenance-to-zen-or-not/#comments Thu, 28 Dec 2006 15:05:00 +0000 http://69.195.124.229/~scootet3/?p=643 New drive belt, roller weights, spark plug. After planning this work at 7500 miles I finally forced myself to do it at 8200. A friend commented that I did this for fun right? Fun? I can’t remember the last time I had fun with a wrench in my hand but I bet it was in […]

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