Zen Moments.

[Dafe]

For anybody wondering what a Zen moment is..............

I read an extract from the motorcyclists racing bible today. (Total Control)

In my personal opinion - It's an ultimate rush!

"Being in the zone.

Before you can get in the zone in any activity, you first must practice your techniques over and over. The skills must become second nature, and you shouldn't have to think about them, Your reactions seemingly happen automatically, and you can react instantaneously to any situation. Just as you don't have to think how to breath or how to beat your own heart or even walk. When riding in the zone, the correct inputs will happen as a matter of natural course. In this state, all your awareness is spent on what to react to, not how to react.

In actual practice, you don't know you're in the zone while you're there. The moment that you conciously comtemplate your performance, you have left it. You only recognize it when you leave it, by comparing it to the previous moment's lack of concious reflection. This is different from when we are sleeping, because we don't have awareness while we sleep. When we're in the zone, we have total awareness of our environment, but don't make internal commentary about it."

In short - The zen moment is that time - when everything clicks!
You are riding in the zone and your concious state of mind has heightened amazingly and your reactions and concentrations are at levels that seem abnormal. But they are nonetheless, Precise!

Everything just flows!

This is why I'll never not own a motorcycle!:yeah:
I'll always being hunting the Zen!

[chanceyy]

In short - The zen moment is that time - when everything clicks!
You are riding in the zone and your concious state of mind has heightened amazingly and your reactions and concerntrations are at levels that seem abnormal. But they are nonetheless, Precise!

Everything just flows!
!

yup thats the Zen moment .. its amazing & can apply to other things than riding motorbikes too ...

damn awesome feelings .. and the Euphoria wowwwwwwwww :first:

[Fatjim]

Just thinking your in the zone is satisfaction enough. Had that today on the Tuka's. Not saying I'm a good rider, but I rode to the best of my current skills and really enjoyed it.

I remember a moment when I was on the power thinking "this is starting to click", and just feeling all "at one with myself" :)

[justsomeguy]

Wretched things those Zen moments, you see the road and only the road - you see corner exits and apexes, you see little dips in the road, the painted white edges of the road and the machine gun bullet like broken white lines in the middle of the road start flashing past, you feel as one with your machine, it's just an extension of your body performing in perfect harmony with the engine singing it's melody with glorious revs as you dance with it.........

Then you realise probably that night after coming home and tuckin your bike into the garage after oiling it's chain and having a shower and some food that there were others too on the ride and there was some traffic and then realise you may have passed them a bit too close and that they were real live people who actually existed and were not just part of some chicane set up for you to play with.

Yeah, wretched things those Zen moments.....:nono:

[Macktheknife]

AHHHRRRGGGGGHHHH stick your zen up your bum....
stomps off in disgust at not be able to ride
I have withdrawal symptoms!

[Two Smoker]

Only ever had Zen Moments on the track... when im absolutely in the zone... You dont think at all, you just do...

[Motu]

And how does this apply to the Labour Goverment,Helen Clark and the state of our Nation Daft? This is a very out of character post....has something gone right today?

[Jamezo]

Are you getting confused with Finn........?

[sAsLEX]

And how does this apply to the Labour Goverment,Helen Clark and the state of our Nation Daft? This is a very out of character post....has something gone right today?

It is linked to speeding as one is often going too fast during these moments........which links back to the qouta and revenue gathering pigs:yes:

[Dafe]

And how does this apply to the Labour Goverment,Helen Clark and the state of our Nation Daft? This is a very out of character post....has something gone right today?

Yep, Just heard your mum's gonna have under floor heating installed in the Arohata womans prison toilet block!

[petesmeats]

Wretched things those Zen moments, you see the road and only the road - you see corner exits and apexes, you see little dips in the road, the painted white edges of the road and the machine gun bullet like broken white lines in the middle of the road start flashing past, you feel as one with your machine, it's just an extension of your body performing in perfect harmony with the engine singing it's melody with glorious revs as you dance with it.........

Then you realise probably that night after coming home and tuckin your bike into the garage after oiling it's chain and having a shower and some food that there were others too on the ride and there was some traffic and then realise you may have passed them a bit too close and that they were real live people who actually existed and were not just part of some chicane set up for you to play with.

Yeah, wretched things those Zen moments.....:nono:

I wonder if it would hold up in a court of law...

Judge: So... You were caught doing 420 km/h in a 50k zone... am i right?
Defendant: Um yes BUT i was having a zen moment...
Judge: Oh yes a zen moment... Fair enough... You are free to go.

Hmmm maybe, maybe not.... may be worth trying

[Dafe]

I wonder if it would hold up in a court of law...

Judge: So... You were caught doing 420 km/h in a 50k zone... am i right?
Defendant: Um yes BUT i was having a zen moment...
Judge: Oh yes a zen moment... Fair enough... You are free to go.

Hmmm maybe, maybe not.... may be worth trying

It would be very interesting to see how your perspective changes once you've learned to become a very good rider and tap into the knowledge and experience of the many excellent riders on this site.

It's something that will take a few years to learn. You can't learn to ride correct lines overnight. It has to become natural to you first. You have to learn to do it from habit.

There are people on the site here, who get in the zone on the race track only.
What you haven't noticed is that "riding in the zone", Can't be done where you have continuous oncoming traffic. If you need to keep looking to see what cars look like muftis etc, then you've lost any chance of your mind being able to concentrate deep enough on the road only.

I've found zenning work for me, only on desserted back roads. It's also next to impossible to achieve on a 50kph road.

But I appreciate your point of view about speeding, but I won't be rushing to get my gixxer restricted to 101kph.

[Fatjim]

I never check for cops coming the other way on the tukas. If I do see them I just wave and they tend to smile back. They know what we use the hill for, but I think because we don't kill/injure anybody else enough it gets a real low proirity. Does anybody know when the lasst time a motorcyclist caused a major accident which hospitalised/kill a third party?

For example, that slip on the hill yesterday, the copper putting out the cones would have heard and seen me topping out in 2nd on the passing lane before that, and he just smiled and returned the wave as I slowed for the off road stuff. He was quite lucky cause he was standing under the hill that was coming downand the mighty VTR was liable to start a bit more a a rockslide eh MD.

I'm a little wary of cops going the same way, after all they can only give so much. Always overtake them when you have 100m of vis and nothing stupid in terms of speed, untill they're 2 cars between me and the them at least.

Just remmeber, if you're going up hill at a rate of knots and he/she is going down there is no way in hell he's going to get your plate. And he's not likely to be able to turn round and catch you before you reach the top. Just duck behind the cafe dafe and slip in for a coffee.

[Goblin]

Does anybody know when the last time a motorcyclist caused a major accident which hospitalised/kill a third party?
Wasnt there some dickhead on a Triumph who was doing a runner from the cops & killed a young woman in a car when he crashed into it? Couple or 3 years ago now.

[Fatjim]

Do Triumpgh riders count?

Cheers though gobby.

[petesmeats]

It would be very interesting to see how your perspective changes once you've learned to become a very good rider and tap into the knowledge and experience of the many excellent riders on this site.

It's something that will take a few years to learn. You can't learn to ride correct lines overnight. It has to become natural to you first. You have to learn to do it from habit.

There are people on the site here, who get in the zone on the race track only.
What you haven't noticed is that "riding in the zone", Can't be done where you have continuous oncoming traffic. If you need to keep looking to see what cars look like muftis etc, then you've lost any chance of your mind being able to concentrate deep enough on the road only.

I've found zenning work for me, only on desserted back roads. It's also next to impossible to achieve on a 50kph road.

But I appreciate your point of view about speeding, but I won't be rushing to get my gixxer restricted to 101kph.

Hey look buddy, i was just making a joke... (note the quoted speed of 420)
You are no doubt a much more experienced rider than me (older), but i have also had zen experiences on the roads... Up the rimutakas, up the port hills. I have found that i zen out on the roads that i know well... I have ridden them enough to know what i'm doing on them and what speeds and lines to take. In this situation i feel 'as one' as other people have said. The only thing that is close to zenning on a 50kph road is sleeping (also refer to the joke about going 420 in a 50). I wont be getting my CBR restricted either, in fact i may upgrade before long (heres hoping). I would like to think that my lines are improving (slowly) and that my confidence on a bike is increasing and I am getting closer to my limits, and that my technique and control of the bike is improving and will no doubt continue to improve as i ride.
I look forward to getting the cash money to throw into track riding but until then i will just hit it up the hills and backcountry roads.

Thanks though for your judgements of my personality, skill level and attitude towards speeding, based on a joke. THey weren't a waste of time at all.