Instead, spend $12 on the paperback. Keep it in your saddlebag. Let it get greasy. Dog-ear the pages.
This is a book to hold, not to scroll.
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Pirsig argues that frustration is the starting point of Quality. When you stop fighting the machine and start "becoming one" with the maintenance, the chore becomes a meditation. That is the "Zen" part. Pirsig calls his philosophical side-quests "Chautauquas." He tackles the Greek classic philosophers (Plato, Aristotle) and asks a dangerous question: What if Truth isn't the most important thing? What if Quality is?
Safe riding and steady wrenches.
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values by Robert M. Pirsig.