My Sweet Bike

I had been contemplating buying a motorbike for a few months now. Some friends thought it was a great idea and some thought it was just a horrible horrible idea! I came back to Aceh after vacay and was in a total funk and decided that buying a bike would make me really happy. So I went out to the dealership over lunch one day and bought one!

And oh am I happy with my decision!!!

I've gotten to be pretty good at maneuvering it around the Banda town traffic. The traffic circles were a bit daunting at first - as the traffic goes clockwise instead of counter clockwise and there are always 500 bajillion cars and motorbikes around it. But after a couple of whirls around the circles around town, I feel pretty confident now...the trick is to just keep going at the same speed as everyone else! Then the next test was driving through busy market streets and narrow back alleys. So on Saturday, the friend who taught me how to ride and I went around the busy streets and alleys surrounding the central market. The streets are currently even more crowded now than normal because it's the end of Ramadan. Proud to say, I made it out of there alive too!

Here are the specs for my bike...sorry it's in Indonesian.