On the Trail Of Robert Pirsig And The Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance, Mark Richardson, c. 2008

On the Trail of Robert Pirsig and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, Mark Richardson, c. 2008. 917.3RIC.

The author: auto reporter for the Toronto Star.

The route:

• Day 0: Minneapolis, MN -- start
  
• Day 1: Oakes, ND
• Day 2: Lemmon, SD
• Day 3: Miles City, MT
• Day 4: Laurel, MT
• Day 5: Gardiner, MT
• Day 6: Bozeman, MT
• Day 7: Missoula, MT
• Day 8: New Cambridge, ID
• Day 9: Bend, OR
• Day 10: Grants Pass, OR
• Day 11: Eureka, CA
• Day 12: San Francisco, CA -- finish

The original Zen riders:

• 1968
• Robert Pirsig and his eleven-year-old son Chris
  
• 28-horsepower, 305-cc Honda Superhawk CB77
• John and Sylvia Sutherland
• their new BMW R60/2

Robert and Chris:

• Robert: now a recluse in New England.
• Chris: stabbed to death, 1979, San Francisco, the Zen Center
• about to turn 23
• bungled mugging, robbery; Chris had no money in his pocket
• weapon: a kitchen knife; murderer(s) never caught
  

The Sutherlands: the author did meet for an extended conversation with John Sutherland

• Sylvia Sutherland would not meet with him or discuss the book
• John and Sylvia, now divorced, still friends

I didn't count the pages, but about a third of the book is devoted to North Dakota and half of the book to North Dakota and Montana. California is a few pages; San Francisco, two.