Social Distancing by Motorcycle

[Biketographer]

DENVER, June 2, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- The pandemic is forcing the fastest recreational revolution in human history. Concerts, sporting events, cruise ships and other crowd-based pastimes have just been upended by individual activities involving far less social interaction.

"Motorcycling may be one of the purest forms of individual recreation that can also be shared with others, but with virtually zero physical contact," said John Metzger, author of two books that show how to approach the sport from a Zen-inspired perspective. "With today's new normal of distancing from society, stress and routine, inner peace is best achieved on a motorcycle."

Metzger's latest book, Meditation by Motorcycle, shares lessons learned over a lifetime of reverent riding, and makes the case that motorcycling is the best way to find elusive "Nirvana Moments" in a high-pressure world. His first book, Motorcycling Through Midlife, recounts his personal recalibration between growing up and getting older on two wheels. The author claims that the Greatest Generation bestowed the luxury of leisure time on the Baby Boomers, and with this gift, they pursued every path to fun and freedom imaginable, from Frisbees and yoga to frequent flyer vacations and Burning Man.

Metzger tried them all, but ultimately found the best recreational, head-clearing and spiritual experience on a motorcycle. With humor and irony, he advocates the ethics of pragmatic technique, safety and courtesy versus the leisure-time crowd culture of the past, fueled by cheap thrills and perpetual adolescence.

Meditation by Motorcycle – Ride Your Carbon Footprint to the Apex of Enlightenment, and, Motorcycling Through Midlife – The Call of the Corner, are available on Amazon. Contact: John Metzger, john@metzger.com.