04-16-2015, 01:21 AM
(04-16-2015, 12:28 AM)JustPassinThru_imp Wrote:(04-15-2015, 10:59 AM)EmptySea_imp Wrote: Prediction: JustPassinThrough will create a post titled "Zen and the Art of the RLET" and we all will pretend we understand the underlying message of it.
Imagine! If Pirsig had had RLETs, his whole life would have been changed. He'd have been One with the Karma, immediately...instead of riding through 2000 miles and 400 pages of angst; instead of getting up in 30-degree weather in a North Dakota motel at dawn to set valve clearances. His troubled son's mind would have been set right. His friend John would have IMMEDIATELY understood; and would have sold BMW Motorrad on the idea of BMW RLETs.
Our whole hobby would have been changed! Pirsig called it the classical/romantic dichotomy. We could have tossed the tools, and just gotten with the groove....
Imagine! If Pirsig had had RLETs, his whole life would have been changed. He'd have been One with the Karma, immediately...instead of riding through 2000 miles and 400 pages of angst; instead of getting up in 30-degree weather in a North Dakota motel at dawn to set valve clearances. His troubled son's mind would have been set right. His friend John would have IMMEDIATELY understood; and would have sold BMW Motorrad on the idea of BMW RLETs.
Our whole hobby would have been changed! Pirsig called it the classical/romantic dichotomy. We could have tossed the tools, and just gotten with the groove....
really enjoyed this post JPT 