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My good friend Chatty gave me the following answer: Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance argues that the deepest satisfaction in life comes from caring engagement with what we do, rather than from chasing abstract goals or rigid ideologies: by reconciling the “classical” mindset (logic, analysis, technology) with the “romantic” mindset (intuition, aesthetics, immediate experience), Robert Pirsig proposes that Quality—an unnameable but real sense of what is good—arises when we pay attentive, responsible care to both our inner lives and the practical tasks before us, whether maintaining a motorcycle or living thoughtfully in the modern world.

Make sure the oil hasn't spread onto the flywheel and coil. Take the engine cowling off and clean the outside surface of the flywheel and magnet and the section of the coil that sits close to the flywheel. Use some emery cloth to clean up the flywheel outer surface and check the coil to flywheel gap. Install a new spark plug (90% of starting problems). Use some "Carburettor & Throttle Body Cleaner" (spray can) to clean out the carburettor passageways. No sorry, all that above is made-up BS. What actually happened is, you killed the little hamster inside the engine that makes it go, when you tipped it over and left it. You need a new engine hamster.

The first ones that should be investigated and jailed or deported are the Imams and other clerics at the mosques, sprouting and advocating this vile propaganda.

He had a mental and physical breakdown which he describes in the book.

But, there are 1.8 billion Muslims in the world and 10% are radical, thats 180 million who want all the bad stuff, beheadings, sharia, wolrd domination, so are we wrong to want to stamp out these cowards and scum, the Israelis have it right starting at the head exterminate the head of the cowardly terrorists,and all western countries should deport ALL muslim s preaching thier foul hate and spew

Ah, 14hp means 14 Hamster Power? Thanks gents!

Its "Zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance". Riding is incidental.

The most thought-provoking bit was when his mate refused to let him use a piece of a coke can to shim his brake lever (as I recall). Because his mate rode a BMW and expected everything on it to be perfect.

You all know that Robert Pirsig suffered from schizophrenia, and underwent convulsive electrotherapy as treatment for it, don't you? All the while he was cruising around on his Honda with his son, he was mentally ill, and suffering from depression! 😄

The first civil aircraft registrations in Australia were prefixed G (for Great Britain) followed by AU. Full details here.

I agree anyone spewing hate against other groups should get the book thrown at them,but if i say make fun of the catholic, jewish.protestant,hindu ,muslim religeons should 8 be killed,i dislike all religeons for thier hipocracy,and taking the piss out of them us fair game, but not hatred and vile discourse

Interesting perspective:

If you had told me yesterday Ida come over and sorted it forya.

My first school was Avondale Heights primary school, and to be honest, I can't recall anything there re anti-semitism. I finished there in Grade 2. Avondale Heights was a new family area/new estate at the time. My next school, was Kew East primary schoo, which was a middle class area of Melbourne, I was there for Grade 3 only, after which my parents split up (and eventually divorced). From Grade 4 to Grade 6 I was in Hadfield Primary School, My step father was a racist, but a particulalry ardent ant-semetic. I mean, almost a daily sermon on the problems with the world were down to Jews. If it were only him, fair enough - there will always be people with their pet hates. However, the pupils at the school were definitley generally anti-semetic. I am sure we have all joked about the miserly sterotype of a Jew in the saame way over here the Scots are joked about. But there was something vicious in their "joking". There was a real hatred in the way they would call someone a fucking Jew if they saved a penny, or were talking about things going on and could use the analogy. To my knowledge, there were no Jews at the school, and I doubt if anyone had ever met one.. Maybe some of the parents worked for some Jews as a lot of parents were factory workers at the time, and yes, Jews did own some of the factories in Coburg and Brunswick. This persited at Glenroy High School for the year I was there. Both of these schools were in a lower socio-economic area. At the end of the my first year at high school, living with my stepfather became too untenable, and although it broke my mother's heart, I moved in with my dad in Glen Huntly/Ormond - a middle class area. My father managed to get me into Caulfield Grammar School. a Church of England school, bang smack in the middle of a Jewish area of Melboune. The orthodox Jews kept largely to themselves, but I got to know a few secular Jews - some that went to Caulfield Grammar, and some that we just met. They were nothing like what my step father described. They were defintiely close knit, but I suppose circumstances dictated that somewhat. They were welcoming, and pretty well like most other people I know, with the same mannerisms, culture, etc. They didn't like Four n Twenty pies, though. But even at Caulfield Grammar, which had some kids of prominent Jews attend, there was some downright hatred and at least psychological abuse wielded. The teachers, however, were quick to shut it down. I do recall, a Cadet Under Officer (highest rank a student in the cadets could attain) went a bright shade of red, and the anger in his face when someone even uttered the workd Jew in front of him. He didn't care too much for me, but he turned to be and said in a quiet rage, "I fucking hate Jews..". Wow.. For all he knew I could be one... but he could not care.. He was so angry and festering - like spitting from mouth - I dared not ask why. I finished my schooling at McKinnon High School (now secondary college) as my father simply couldn't afford the fees in the later years of Caulfield Grammar. We used to play soccer at lunch time (as I had moved from AFL, being the shorter posterior I am). The players were mainly Greek, Cypriot, and Italian from memory. There was a Jew who also played, and he was a) quite talented, and b) a really good bloke. Actually, I think he liked Four n Twenty pies. Towards the end of our time at McKinnon, one of the Cypriots turned to him and said, "You know, I hated Jews until I met you..". I thought it was quite a candid admission... The Jewish student asked why, and it was because that is the way he was brought up. Throughout my working life in Melbourne there seemed to be an undercurrent of anti-semetism when the discussion ventured that way. In the UK, I didn't really notice it.. It's not that I was looking for it. I sent my kids to the local primary school in a middle to upper socio-economic area of London until we moved to the South West, after which I sent them to the local private school - A Church of England school (grammars here are better performing state schools). I recall, not long after my son finishing, we pulled up at a servo and there were a family of orhtodox Jews pumping petrol or something. My son remarked how the students at his school hated the Jews. Again, I have no idea if a Jew went to that school or not - pronbably not, to be honest. I haven't knowingly worked directly with any Jews, but have worked alongside them. Apart from the skull cap, you wouldn't know they were Jewish.. We can't demonise Muslims, either.. There are almost 2bn Muslims, and yes, there are issues, but how many out of 2bn? There are 300m Americans, and yet every day there is a mass murder it appears.. On a per capita basis, it is probnably clear many populations have their fair share of problems (and yes, there are many that don't as well).

Jerry where were you a child to experience such antisemitism? In country NSW we had the opposite, nothing but sympathy for what had happened in the war. On the bookshelf were those slim green hard bound volumes about the war that most peopl had. One had photos of the concentration camps, skeletal people and open mass graves. I was not supposed to look at it but I did.

Robert Pirsig as I recall. Read it years ago although I've never ridden a motorbike.

Martin Bryant who killed 35 people at Port Arthur was not a Muslim. Neither was that, unfortunately Australian, cock sucker who killed 51 innocent people in New Zealand. Don't be an idiot. Murderous arseholes are not restricted to one culture or religion.

IGA and ALDI are the main ones.

This takes the cake for nut-kicking political activism - Getup! has printed a large number of "fake" Woolworths discount cards - with a hard-hitting message - and are placing them on Woolworth shelves. Their target is price gouging by grocery corporations - and in particular, the corporate CEO bonus system - which saw Woolies CEO get a $24M bonus last year. Note, that is their salary BONUS!! - not their salary! I thought this kind of "unjust enrichment" was largely limited to banks. Obviously, not so - it now spreads far and wide throughout the corporate world. https://www.perthnow.com.au/wa/perth/satirical-specials-tag-found-at-booragoon-supermarket-sparks-debate-about-price-gauging-c-21033223

What are the alternatives to Colesworths?

Well I hate unions and labor and don't feel all that good about the present Royal family. I am a trained Bren gunner. You should all live in fear!

What BRAND of motor is it? IF you crank the Motor with the Plug out , earth the lead. Nev

I read Mine MANY years ago I think it's worth reading more than once. It's 39 degrees here at the Moment. Must be over 40 in Melbourne. Nev

The Book is widely acclaimed regardless. IF you are NOT depressed you must be Living in a Make believe world . That Treatment is usually for acute anxiety. Nev

It's Philosophical, somewhat deep and AGAINST people who" butcher" things that deserve better appreciation and affinity with to get the best out of them. Nev

Is that why politicians don't generally become effective terrorists? Nothing they do surprises me, and few know when to shut up.

OK.. fair warning.. I have had Ned, my NZ mate's influence tonight - and the first time I have had such influence for some time: Right.. playing Devil's advocate, the Bondi (and other terrorosts of any persuasion) know they are likely to die. Whilst killing innocent people (for the purpose of killing innocent people only) is cowardly, does knowing you are likely to die as a result of you comitting to the cause make you a coward? I would have thought, despite the promise of how many virgins, knowing what you have in front of you is to be snuffed out would take some guts, I would submit (knowing the coward I am). Everything else in your post, I wholly agree with, except one.. Deporting those preaching their foul hate and spew should not be limited to Muslims. There are a bunch of Nazis mobilising at the moment in Australia..

I think when one gets used to riding in London again, it will become a little more Zen-like. I did neglect to mention in the instalment above, that when filtering, many cars on realising I was hurtling towards then at a snail's pace, moved their car out of the way to let me through the filter. They are still very considerate drivers. I will have to get Zen and The Art of Motocycle riding.. There seem to be a few authors of it now.. Does anyone care to tell me the definitive author? I am buying a used Tom Tom motorcycle SatNav (can't call it a GPS). It is brand new - unwanted gift and the latest model with lifetime world map updates...

Yes, he did come from Hyerabad. It is well known as the home of Khoja Islamism, which is a form of Shi'ites. It is known as one of the more Muslim populated cities in India; certainly on a per capita basis, at least when I worked there for a few weeks about 15 years ago. There was a Muslim influence on the city in terms of food and culture, but not overtly so as far as I could tell. I can't recall too much in the way of radicalisation or terrorist attacks being disucssed amongst the locals. I am mentioning this just to correct the record of it not being a Muslim area. As @Marty_d states, terrorist and mass murder events are not the sole preserves of Islam. The bloke who killed those people in the Mosue in NZ was clearly driven by an ideological hatred, but to borrow from @red750, he may have been sick of the Islamic terrorist attacks in the west and decided to do something about it for revenge. That is clearly nuts, condemantion, and inexcusable, and if anyone deserves the toughest punishment, then he does. But that doesn't mean Israel's actions is a justification for what has been going on for Jews around the world, either. The Port arthur Massacre and the Hoddle Street massacre; and the myriad of mass murders in the USA show that you don't have to be from Islam to be murderous, but they don't don't seem to be driven by an ideology. They seem to be driven more by some warped mental state. I am guessing they are not driven by an organised programs to radicalise people. One like the video linked below. (I guess one has to be in a warped mental state of some kind in order to be susceptible to radicalisation if you are not from an area intrinsically radicalised already). Radicalisation is also not limited to Islam. What is worrying is tha far right is mobilisng and radicalising people. Nazism is on the rise in Europe and Australia. Yet, there is little anyone is really doing about it. The video below talks about awful but not unlawful. There is going to be some bloodshed to come, I fear, because the reaction is to react, not to prevent. How do we prevent without suppressing free speech - which is a fallacy anyway, as people's frustrations vent? Education, surely has to be one of the answers. When I was a kid, anti-semitism was the default position. Everyone seemed to hate Jews. I gues there weren't too many Muslims in the country at the time. Now, there is Islamophobia, which may or may not also be th default positions. Surely educating and proper integration is the key to eliminating barriers to understanding and acceptance, and hopefully losing the hatred. This vid came into my feed. Yes, it is an Israeli, but the footage he plays seems authentic and his comment about awful and unlawful seems to have a semblance of plausibility. In the neo-Nazi world, similar calls to action are bieng made as exposed by the Fairfax and Huffpost a few years ago, and we are seeing more and more in public. This is chilling stuff: (Note, it is not about Israel - just the Jews, and it echoes I think section 7 of the Hamas Charter).

The word "midget" is widely considered a highly offensive and derogatory slur by most people with dwarfism and their advocacy organizations. Most importantly, use the person's name rather than a label, as their height is typically irrelevant in everyday interactions.

,,,Have you fully cleaned the plug and combustion chamber by running the starter without the plug in? Have you cleaned the carburettor? Use brakeclean as it does not effect plastic or rubber seals. New clean fuel? Try these first. Good luck

Shortly after Gerry met his demise, Paddy also turned up at the cliff with a cardboard box. He walked to the edge of the cliff, opened the box and took out a hen, He grabbed hold of the hen's legs, and leapt off the cliff. Unfortunately, he suffered the same outcome as Gerry. Joe looked down, shook his head, and said, "Oi ain't goin' fook'n hen-glidin' neither."

Brass cases, so I'd say solids. They're a 2.5" case so they'd hold a fair bit of powder to push the slug a reasonable distance. I haven't seen all the footage so I don't know if they had a 12G as well, but the bolt action gun the young bloke was firing was a .410 ejecting brass cases

Just above your Post I pointed out where THIS Bloke Came from. Ivan Milat Had nothing to do with Islam. People WHO are Here MUST abide by the Laws of THIS country. That's basic anywhere. "Sovereign Citizens" and many religious Nutters and Nazi's don't accept our Laws. What about the whacko's that shot the Cops in Qld and also at Porepunka?. Condemning of the act of killing People doesn't Make that Person an Anti Semite. The BIBLE is extremely CLEAR on that. THOU SHALT NOT KILL. Jews Christians and Islam are all based on the Abrahamic tribes doctrine. Someone saying that THEY are God's CHOSEN People is Bound to cause friction with others, no Matter who does it.. . Nev

You were trained to kill People but didn't have to actually do it, So Was I. A Vickers Machine gun stuffed my hearing at 21 at Singleton Army Camp. The Money I got helped Pay for my flying. Nev

Yeah, at the government's discretion, a high powered rifle was shoved in my hands once, to kill people. I wonder if they ever felt guilty about that? I still have vivid memories of achieving the equivalent of Crossed Rifles, 28 out of 30 from all different positions and distances.

Here's a list of Islamic attacks in Australia since 2014. Most of these occurred because of our involvement in Afghanistan and Iraq, things went quiet after we got out. But now we can add the Bondi attack because Albo said Israel has a right to exist. Numan Haider (Endeavour Hills stabbings (2014) Mohammad-Hassan Manteghi Borujerdi (Man Monis) (Sydney attack 2014) Iranian-born Iraqi-Kurdish (Parramatta shooting 2015) Ihsas Khan, from Bangladesh (Minto stabbing attack 2016) Two Allahu Akbaring teenagers, (Queanbeyan stabbing attacks 2017) Somali-born Islamist Yacqub Khayre, (Brighton siege 2017) Hassan Khalif Shire Ali, from Samalia (Melbourne stabbing attack 2018) Mert Ney, Turkish (Sydney stabbing attack 2019) NSW Premier was coming up with some common sense this morning when he said protests about foreign problems will not go ahead. So that is a good start but it still won't stop Islamic terrorism. To stop that, we need to rid Australia of all the adversarial imams and members of the muslim community who prefer Sharia Law over our Common law, and any who dislike Jews and our Aussie way of life.

Yeah. I was being obtuse again, not aiming at anyone on this forum. Just a comment. At the moment the Conservatives are howling about misuse of funds for travelling by Labor politicians. If they become the Government sometime, Labor will howl about Conseervatives doing the same thing. Rapant thespianism.

Use a Tom Tom. I still have MY Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. It was used in some Psychology Courses. Nev

Anyhow the Elder assassin Came from Hyderabad which is near the East Coast of INDIA South of Madras If I remember correctly. It's NOT a Muslim Area. Poorline will no doubt be apologising Profusely. Nev

IF killing People is the ANSWER, you have the Question WRONG. Nev

Because the suggestions he made about what could and should be done to try and prevent another Bondi happening in the future were reasoned and sensible. He was a good treasurer in his time and Albo is a good Prime Minister, but neither have a monopoly on good ideas.

So, the government of a small, multi-ethnic country is going to turn back nearly two thousand year's worth of human behaviour? Some might think tht Albo is a Kvnt, but he's definitiely not Kanute.

Why would you Listen to Friedhamburger? His electorate kicked him OUT for throwing hand grenades into Victoria. Kooyong was a Blue ribbon Liberal seat. Nev

Josh Frydenberg just gave Albo and the government an angry serve on their failure to do enough to counter anti-semitism. Made some very good points and handed him an action plan. I hope Albo’s listening.

Too late. Somebody already wote.. "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance".

Pity it wasn't sham rock at the Bottom. Nev

Albanese was giving a press conference outlining his visit to the hospitals with the Governor General. I can't believe that, mid speech, Channel 7 cut in and said, "We'll have to leave the Prime Minister there, the cricket is about to start." This was at 9:30! The cricket didn't start till around 10:30.