Difference between revisions of "Motorcycling"

[[Image:Lenride.jpg|thumb|A motorcycle rider in Arizona]]

[[Image:Lenride.jpg|thumb|A motorcycle rider in Arizona]]

[[Image:Motor Cycle EB.jpg|thumb|A motorcyclist wearing a full-face helmet with a visor]]  

[[Image:Motor Cycle EB.jpg|thumb|A motorcyclist wearing a full-face helmet with a visor]]  

[[Robert M. Pirsig]]'s book ''[[Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance]]'' (1974) was a paean celebrating motorcycling. Pirsig contrasted the sense of connection experienced by motorcyclists with the isolation of drivers who are "always in a compartment", passively observing the passing landscape. In contrast, Pirsig argues that a motorcyclist is "completely in contact with it all... in the scene." <ref name="Pirsig">[[Robert M. Pirsig]], ''[[Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance]]'', 1974, HarperCollins Publishers Inc., New York</ref> The process and experience of motorcycling forces the rider into the present.  The environment of the road engulfs the senses, and the need for constant awareness fills the mind.  The total involvement in motorcycling leaves little room for worrying about tomorrow, or second-guessing yesterday.

[[Robert M. Pirsig]]'s book ''[[Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance]]'' (1974) was a paean celebrating motorcycling. Pirsig contrasted the sense of connection experienced by motorcyclists with the isolation of drivers who are "always in a compartment", passively observing the passing landscape. In contrast, Pirsig argues that a motorcyclist is "completely in contact with it all... in the scene." <ref name="Pirsig">[[Robert M. Pirsig]], ''[[Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance]]'', 1974, HarperCollins Publishers Inc., New York</ref> The process and experience of motorcycling forces the rider into the present.  The environment of the road engulfs the senses, and the need for constant awareness fills the mind.  The total involvement in motorcycling leaves little room for worrying about tomorrow, or second-guessing yesterday.