In Reply to: Cost to buy a scooter in Bali posted by BaliBelle on Sunday, 19. August 2007 at 13:39 Bali Time:
One of the guys at the hotel I stayed in gave me a ride on his motorbike. He was buying it from new on credit - a nice little bike, not a big monster one (leg-over one, not step-through scooter one).
It was costing him 500,000 rupiah per month for 24 or 25 months. Considering that he earned only 300,000 rupiah a month wages I got a good idea how important tips for service and 'transporrrrt' bike ride payments are!