Essay by Margaret Hettinger.

Forum for discussion and study of the Metaphysics of Quality as proposed by Robert M Pirsig in his books Lila: An Inquiry into Morals and Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance.

Further explorations of Robert M. Pirsig's Metaphysics of Quality.

On their motorcycle.

The academic bully immortalized in ZMM, in which the Chairman, a character reputedly based on McKeon, browbeats students "with a gleam in his eye" while graduating "only carbon copies of himself."

Links to articles.

With his motorcycle.

A treatise on the Metaphysics of Quality.

Honda CB77: Superhawk 305

The whole book. Online. "What follows is based on actual occurrences. Although much has been changed for rhetorical purposes, it must be regarded in its essence as fact. However, 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."

HTML version of the book.

Teaching, learning, and exploration of the book "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance", and information on places and people mentioned in the book.