I am thinking about hiring a motorcycle when in Bali. I have a license for motorcycling in Australia and have gone tthrough the archives and have gathered that I take my own helmet, check my insurance covers me, give way to other traffic entering from the left and make sure you don't hit nothing in front of you. I had planned to take taxi's for the first week just to familiarise myself with road etiquette.
I had really only planned some day trips to Ubud and Lovina so not driving in the bustle of Kuta and Denpasar but I just have a few questions for anyone else who has rented a motorcycle before - easy to purchase fuel out of Kuta? Do mobiles work away from tourists areas in case I need to call for help? Who to call for help - mechanical and medical? When I reach my destination is it safe to park the bike and leave it?... do they give you disk locks?