Turn it off

Solitude can facilitate clarity,

However, like Robert Pirsig said: 

"The only zen you find on the tops of Mountains, is the zen you take up there".

Enlightenment is not geographically specific.

Organic Mechanic Evolution

Over time most machines wear into their own rhythm.

You can replace a worn part with a new one that is made to the correct specifications, 

and not have it fit, or work properly.

That is because the old part evolved a symbiotic relationship with the parts around it and the motorcycle in general.

It became more than the sum of its parts.

Over time, bikes evolve into their own Creatures.

Tastes Like Spring

Contemplation

 Contemplation of Spring, 

cold wrenches, 

scraped knuckles, 

dead batteries,

motor on the air compressor lopes to life,

warm whiskey.

ARTIFACTS

ARTIFACTS: Archaeologists don't collect or study artifacts because of their market value or because of the "thing" itself.  We study artifacts because of the intangible, abstract value they have to tell us about human behavior.  We collect things like broken risers, snapped gas tank tabs, and throw out bearings because of their inherent potential to be more than they are as discarded relics.  We hang on to them because of their inherent value as symbols.  Symbols of a life better lived on clear roads after the yearly Ice Age of the Rocky Mountains.