Zen & Motorcycles
A good friend of mine, who never rode a big motorcycle before, bought my Yamaha Super Teneré 750cc a few months ago. I loved that bike, we had many great trips together, and I'm so glad it is with him. You see, I got him into the crazy world, the motorcycle world, and who knows, maybe one day he will become a real Adventure Rider (www.advrider.com) and we can do a long-way-round kinda trip together. I'm glad he is taking it slowly though. Big bikes are a little tricky at first. Anyhow, I'm also very happy that I now own a BMW 1100 GS, my old-dream bike, and I'm already planning to take it to the road on a long trip, maybe take it to the salt flats at Atacama Desert in Chile! So, that brings us to the real reason of this post: This friend, who bought my old bike, has given me a book called "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance" . Of course I have heard about it before. The title always enticed me to read it, but, one of these things, I never did. He gave ...