I have always loved bikes and riding has been a passion which has grown over the years. Like most Indians, riding a two wheeler was my means of everyday transportations when I started to work. As the years passed and my disposable income grew, I moved onto four wheels for my everyday transportation and not riding on a daily basis, only made my passion for bikes grow.
A few years ago, I managed to convince my wife (who hates me riding on Indian highways) and purchased a Karizma. The bike has been awesome and every long distance trip has been loads of fun.
Moving to today, my job has brought me to Bali (Indonesia
Biking in Indonesia is very different from India and Bali more so. In India Bali are what we would call mobikes or scooters. Honda and Yamaha rule the sales of two wheelers, however most bikes would be in the 100cc to 125cc range and would either be automatic or the rotary gears. For the younger generation, who have not seen a lot of rotary gears, we did have a bike from Hero Honda known as the Street which was launched around the mid nineties. Needless to say the bike dint, sell much and died a natural death in the Indian market.
So the options for me are ranging from a scooters like scooty’s moving up to bikes like the Yamaha FZ… Lets hope I can get a good bike at a good rate…
Shall be looking at a few bikes in the next few days and will keep you posted on how my ongoing search for a bike goes…. J
Happy riding to all you people in India
Amit Sakhrani