I have not heard of this "new" book, but I would love a reference. Zen
and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance was a cult classic in my circles
when I was a teenager in Denmark in the 1970s. I still have it (in
Danish).
Cheers,
Nathan
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On Oct 22, 2008, at 6:11 PM, John Hudson wrote:
>
> While we're on the topic of road trips, I have come across a very
> recently
> published retrospective by a Canadian journalist of Robert M.
> Pirsig's early
> 1970s motor cycle ride from Minneapolis to California. Pirsig's bike
> engine
> was all of 305cc or so. Considering the high literacy rate of the list
> membership, and assuming that most all listees will have read
> Pirsig's Zen
> and the Art of Motor Cycle Maintenance, are there any opinions on
> the recent
> retrospective?
>
> jh
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ken Norton" <ken@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2008 12:31 PM
> Subject: [OM] Re: [OT] emissions controls, was: I have returned
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>>
>> The car's computers are also running a 500 mile average on the
>> timing and
>> other things having to do with ignition, fuel-injection and
>> transmittion
>> shift-points. When you alter your driving style or whatever, (like
>> taking
>> a
>> 10000 mile road trip) the computer needs about 500 miles to have
>> completed
>> the transition to the new driving conditions. Dumping the memory by
>> disconnecting the battery will reset the computers to a factory
>> default
>> setting.
>>
>> AG
>>
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