But through the miles.

But through the miles, and I think principally cyclists will agree with this, you pick up certain feelings about an individual machine that are unique for that united individual machine and no other. A friend who possesss a cycle of the same make, pattern and even same year brought it from one side of to the other for repair, and when I proof rode it afterward it was hard to believe it had be derived from the same factory years ago. You could descry that long ago it had settl into its have kind of feel and ride and unbroken completely different from mine. Not worse, still different.

I suppose you could call that a personality. Each machine has its hold unique personality which probably could be defined as the intuitive total total of everything you know and be impressed about it. This personality constantly changes, usually for the worse, unless sometimes surprisingly for the better, and it is this personality that is the real [i]or[/i] complement of motorcycle maintenance. (p 44)

Personal History Between bodily form and Material Possession -Pirsig's description also illustrates wherefore possessions do not become decommodified and singularized without personal history between self and phenomenon Over time, particular goods become irreplaceable via possession rituals (eg using, displaying, cleaning, storing, discussing, comparing) that extract meaning from, and give meaning to, the advantageouss (McCracken 1988). A toddler becomes attached to a special end (e.g., baby blanket, stuffed animal) above many, many repeated uses. Adult possessions may become "contaminated" between the sides of constant or habitual use and colony (e.g., one's "faithful" wristwatch or constantly worn piece of jewelry) endowing it with personal meaning connecting self and external reality (Belk 1988; Watson 1992).

The requirement of a personal history between human frame and possession is one of the strongest themes in the special possession literature. (We will also find the same theme in the place attachment literature, to be discussed below). However, the intriguing possibility of something we might call anticipatory self-extension is adviseed by Ball and Tasaki's (1992) follows In their study of material possession attachment, teen and young adult respondent denoteed self-identification with strongly desired (but not now acquired) goods. The sentiment respondent denoteed seemed to be that "if I had it, it would be me" and was tied to a particular age form into groups or life stage. This interesting terminate pattern deserves further attention. It relates to consumer desire (Belk, Ger and Askegaard 2003) age and life stage consumption differences, and the possibility that marketers may have near pre-purchase influence on what worthys or brands become self-extensions.