My Bikepacking

Hello fellas, postingan kali ini menyambung dengan postingan beberapa waktu yang lalu ya (Transportation Along The Road). Soalnya banyak yang nanya nih kayak, "Rika beneran kalau jalan-jalan sukanya naik motor?", "Rika serius Jogja-Purwodadi naik motor?", "Rika motornya apa?", "Rika biasanya bensin habis berapa?". Haha iya kalau traveling mengunjungi tempat-tempat selama bisa dijangkau dengan motor aku selalu naik motor alias bikepacking. Banyak teman-teman di sekitarku yang sering touring mengendarai motor, jadi bikepacking bukan hal baru buat aku. Selain mudah dan murah kita jadi bisa blusukan ke tempat-tempat yang tidak bisa dijangkau mobil atau transportasi publik.

Aktivitas bikepacking sangat seru dan asik, kita mengeksplorasi alam dan kearifan lokal ditemani sahabat karib, motor kita sendiri. Tempat-tempat yang indah dan masih perawan, masih belum banyak terjamah moda transportasi publik, jadi bikepacking merupakan solusi untuk menuju ke tempat tersebut. Selain itu menyenangkan kalau bikepacking adalah tidak terpaut pada jadwal, kita bisa menetukan kapan akan berangkat, kapan akan istirahat, dan kapan akan pulang. Walaupun sangat mudah dan sederhana dengan syarat punya motor, tapi jangan lupa lengkapi surat-suratnya yah seperti SIM C dan STNK. Tapi kalau gak punya motor bisa juga kok nebeng sama temen ntar kamu yang bagian beli bensin sebagai tanda terimakasih gitu.

Sebelum berangkat pastikan motor dalam keadaan prima, bisa diservis dulu ke bengkel, dicek olinya, cek bannya, cek rem, lampu, bensin, pokoknya harus make sure semuanya aman. Haha padahal aku tuh awam banget kalau masalah motor, jadi secara berkala pasti aku servis ke bengkel resmi untuk memastikan semuanya ok. Motorku adalah Yamaha Mio J keluaran tahun 2013, sudah 2 tahunan ini dia selalu menemani kemanapun aku pergi. Alasan kenapa aku memilih Mio J adalah, gak pernah rewel atau macet walau diajak keluar kota, bensinnya irit banget biasanya Jogja-Solo Baru cuma habis bensin 20 ribu rupiah, lewat jalan yang meliuk-liuk kayak ke Dlingo Bantul, Gunung Kidul atau ke Kulon Progo dia ayo aja.

Haha duh aku udah kayak SPG motor aja ya, tapi yang emang nyaman banget sih sama si Mio J ini walaupun penampilannya cewek banget tapi dia tangguh. Pesan buat kalian yang tertarik buat bikepacking jangan lupa make sure kendaraan aman, pelajari rute yang akan ditempuh, patuhi peraturan lalu lintas, hormati orang-orang yang ada di daerah tersebut, jangan ugal-ugalan, cintailah lingkungan dan cintailah motor yang selalu membawa kita ke tempat-tempat istimewa.

Salam

Transportation along the road

Yellow guys, are you ready for adventure? Okay, before we going around we should make plan for what we'll do, where we'll go, with whom we'll go, when we'll go, which stuff we should take and how we'll go. Because a good traveler has to prepare everything as well before they go and make plan A, plan B, plan C, search as much as you got information about places that you'll visit. Prepare your tickest and documents before you leave, learn about transportation there, can you reach that place by public transportation or you have to rent a motorcycle or car because some places cant reached by public transportation, depends tourism management who handled.

Especially in anti-mainstream places, mostly we cant reached that places by public transportation. Yeah, you know I'm the one who loved anti-mainstream places that give us more adrenaline adventure rush. And talking about transportation, if that place can reached by public transportation I prefer  take LRT or MRT. But if that place cant reached by public transportation I'll ride motorcycle because that's pretty exciting when you ride motorcycle and enjoy the view. Riding motorcycle give you more experience about place you'll go, you can learn society around there, their way of life, all the moment that you cant buy with all of money that you have, precious moment.

Okay, if you want to adventure by ride motorcycle also you should make sure your motorcycle is ready to go. Check all the machine, lamp, and everything are working because we should safety ridding, don't forget to take helm, jacket, shoes, rain coat, mask (to prevent from air pollution). Appropriate motorcycle type with place you'll go, when you'll go to mountain will ride different motorcycle type if you'll go to beach right? Learn where gasoline fuel charge available along the road. If you don't know anything about motorcycle machine you can go to mechanic and give service for your motorcycle, like picture below. Actually that picture is not my motorcycle, I took that picture when I was went service my motorcycle.

For you information I can ride any types of motorcycle, 4 stroke, 2 stroke, trail, and my favorite is automatic, in Indonesia known matic. Mio J is from Yamaha manufactured that always accompany wherever I go, my close friend that bring around places I went. Monthly always bring my motorcycle to mechanic and got service then I can ridding safety and nicely. That's my tips for this time, follow my blog and you'll got more tips for adventure more.