Robert Pirsig’s 1974 travelogue ‘Zen and the art of Motorcycle Maintenance’ chronicled a road trip he took in 1968 with his 11-year old son Chris and two friends from Minneapolis to San Francisco and back. Along the way, Pirsig stopped countless times to make small repairs on and adjustments to his bike, using his wrenching as a meditation on quality and self-improvement and a way to bond with his son. In 2019, Pirsig’s widow, Wendy, donated his 1966 Honda
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