Traveling on motorbike is fun. Yogyakarta is used to be called as city of bicycles, and now it can reasonably called as city of motorbikes. So riding a motorbike is pretty challenging here, due to some reasons.
Firstly, we ride on the left lane like in Japan, UK, Malaysia, Thailand, Australia. For you who live in a country drive on right, this makes you take some time to adjust yourself.
Secondly, some Indonesians don’t really go with the rules. You need to watch the road restlessly and be aware to anything that may come unexpectedly. You can surely blow your horn in this case, while most of the time we don’t do this.
Thirdly, Yogyakarta has beaches and mountains which means there some uphill roads. This takes more skill to ride, especially when you go downhill. A manual clutch or semi manual motorbike is better than a scooter since it will have more reliable engine-brake to help you reduce the speed when descending.
Last but not least, you better have your driver’s license ready.
And you can rent a motorbike at Jogjatripper.
