In Reply to: Motorcycles posted by 81mwd on Thursday, 23. August 2007 at 12:19 Bali Time:
I've found that anything that is slightly infront of you has right of way,anything bigger left or right of u also has priority, so if u can see it, it has right of way.
Helmets are easily bought in Bali from $10, but arent to aussie standards
Anything unusual on the road indicates a pothole, that will probably swallow the whole bike, If anthing in front swerves, swere to.
Never be first in line at the lights as you will be fined , have your tyre over the line and your gone. Its about the same fine if you go through the red light & they come after you, if you get pulled over by 2 cops expect 2 fines.
And insurance with excess only covers the bike your on, not anything else , nor does it include the prize rooster u run over nor anything else.Your home insurance probably wont cover this either as your not covered for driving a mechanically driven vechicle (also jetski not covered)
If you get a bike make sure it has front Disc brakes as they dont act up in the wet
Also get the owners mobile number and ring him to see if he answers,often they turn off the mobile as soon as you rent. This may be of help if the bike breaks down, if it does breakdown firt check to see if the petrol has been turned off as this is common trick
Its a whole new world and a lot of fun, but be very careful,