<P> Robert M. Pirsig rode a CB77 Super Hawk on the trip he made with his son and their friends in 1968 on a two - month round trip from their home in St. Paul , Minnesota to Petaluma , California , which became the basis for the novel Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance : An Inquiry into Values . The novel never mentions the make or model of Pirsig 's motorcycle , but does discuss their companions ' , John and Sylvia Sutherland 's , new BMW , an R60 / 2 . The R60 / 2 , prized for its place in motorcycle literature , has changed hands and is still regularly ridden , while Pirsig was , as of 2007 , still the owner of his CB77 Super Hawk . </P>
<P> Robert M. Pirsig rode a CB77 Super Hawk on the trip he made with his son and their friends in 1968 on a two - month round trip from their home in St. Paul , Minnesota to Petaluma , California , which became the basis for the novel Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance : An Inquiry into Values . The novel never mentions the make or model of Pirsig 's motorcycle , but does discuss their companions ' , John and Sylvia Sutherland 's , new BMW , an R60 / 2 . The R60 / 2 , prized for its place in motorcycle literature , has changed hands and is still regularly ridden , while Pirsig was , as of 2007 , still the owner of his CB77 Super Hawk . </P>
zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance bikes
zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance bikes
CB77 Super Hawk BMW , an R60 / 2
CB77 Super Hawk BMW , an R60 / 2