Rating: Summary: Really repetitive Review: After reading the other reviews, this book was a disappointing read. It would make an interesting magazine article, but I think that it drags on- even for a short (141 page) book. I found myself zoning out while reading, it didn't capture my attention past the first few pages.I highly suggest that you read the sample pages, and imagine it being repeated about 50 times. The message is good, I loved the stories from his friends, but expected a lot more.
Rating: Summary: Really repetitive Review: After reading the other reviews, this book was a disappointing read. It would make an interesting magazine article, but I think that it drags on- even for a short (141 page) book. I found myself zoning out while reading, it didn't capture my attention past the first few pages. I highly suggest that you read the sample pages, and imagine it being repeated about 50 times. The message is good, I loved the stories from his friends, but expected a lot more.
Rating: Summary: Straight up! Review: Bro...remember the patch that says "If I have to explain...you won't understand". You managed to explain the Ride in ways both Riders and non-Riders will understand. Everyone needs a place to be able to focus, and for me, my place is my bike. For my daughter, it's her guitar, for my mom it's a horse. (Okay..getting into a good piece of blues does it too!) There is a great deal of wisdom in the saying "Sometimes it takes an entire tank of gas before you can think straight." Thanks Bro. Shineyside Up!
Rating: Summary: A real stinker! Review: If you believe that the frequency of a Harley at idle is in tune with your alpha rythms and the rythm of the earth, if you can't stand words of more than 3 syllables, if you think Harley is a synonym for motorcycle, this book may be for you. A narcissistic exploration of new age mysticism by a fellow who seems to know little about anything, including the bare rudiments of how to care for his bike. Fifteen years ago he would have posed in a leisure suit with gold chains. Now the cover photo shows an earnest searching looking fellow on the back of a Harley with the obligatory tatoos. Lao Tzu must be rolling over in his grave!
Rating: Summary: Thanks for the inspiration! Review: If you didn't "get" Robert Pirsig's Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, you may not understand this book, either... But if you've ever spent any time on a motorcycle, even if you aren't conversant in the principles of Taoism and Qi, you'll likely connect with the prose of The Tao of the Ride. This book was a big factor in getting me back on a bike after a 20-plus year hiatus after a bad encounter with an Oldsmobile on my 400-Twin. In my twenties, I loved bikes because they were fast, "dangerous" and cool; In my fifties, I have discovered an entirely new aspect of riding: I ride for the meditation, the feeling of balance, the sights, smells, and sounds as the countryside flys by. I also find that although I usually double my average travel time when riding, I get to my destination totally exhilarated and refreshed. Thanks for the insight and inspiration, Garri!
Rating: Summary: Thanks for the inspiration! Review: If you didn't "get" Robert Pirsig's Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, you may not understand this book, either... But if you've ever spent any time on a motorcycle, even if you aren't conversant in the principles of Taoism and Qi, you'll likely connect with the prose of The Tao of the Ride. This book was a big factor in getting me back on a bike after a 20-plus year hiatus after a bad encounter with an Oldsmobile on my 400-Twin. In my twenties, I loved bikes because they were fast, "dangerous" and cool; In my fifties, I have discovered an entirely new aspect of riding: I ride for the meditation, the feeling of balance, the sights, smells, and sounds as the countryside flys by. I also find that although I usually double my average travel time when riding, I get to my destination totally exhilarated and refreshed. Thanks for the insight and inspiration, Garri!
Rating: Summary: Review of the Tao of the Ride Review: If you like words of wisdom like "my motorcycle is my monastery" then this book is for you. For the rest of us, just forget it. The stories by other motorcyclists at the end of the book were generally interesting, but not worth the purchase of the book.
Rating: Summary: Review of the Tao of the Ride Review: If you like words of wisdom like "my motorcycle is my monastery" then this book is for you. For the rest of us, just forget it. The stories by other motorcyclists at the end of the book were generally interesting, but not worth the purchase of the book.
Rating: Summary: Take the Ride of Your Life Review: Tao of the Ride changed the way I look at motorcycling and the way I look at life. Garri Garripoli masterfully leads readers along a spiritual road toward what it is to live a more peaceful existence. The best book of its kind to come along since Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance.
Rating: Summary: Disappointed... Review: the Ride is a learning process of Love. Love is everthing... that is: Love Is. Nothing else Is. Everything but Love is an illusion. There are other names for Love... such as true balance. A pure Ride has pure Balance. Riding out of Topanga Canyon onto PCH, hearing the purr of a Boxer twin, is indeed a reflection of life's Balance... and therefore, as it feels at the time, a piece or lesson of Love. Ask all that ride, and they will express Love in thier moments on the bike.
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