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.
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