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by notokay 2244 days ago
When I was a teenager, I bought my first motorcycle and this book.

I was thinking that this book would contain a tech manual for repairing motorcycles in a special "zen-way".

I was very angry when I finished reading it.

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Ha ha. Sorry that happened to you.

The intro does say: It should in no way be associated with that great body of factual information relating to orthodox Zen Buddhist practice. It's not very factual on motorcycles, either.

On the other hand, I hope you enjoyed your motorcycle.

Have you looked at the book again? One surprising thing for me is that as I've reread it over the years, it seems different each time.