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The motorcycle has a long history in this country. Motorcycles are already present in this country since I was under Dutch occupation and was named the East Indies, or East India Oost Indie.

Existing data mentions that the motorcycle is present in Indonesia since the year 1893 or 115 years ago. Interestingly, although at the time this country was still under Dutch occupation, the first person who has a motorcycle in this country are not the Dutch, but English people. And, the man named John C. Potter, who worked daily as an engineer's first sugar factory Oemboel (read Bannerman), Probolinggo, East Java.

In Crete book Satan (de duivelswagen) tells how John C. Potter book own bike to the manufacturer, Hildebrand und Wolfmüller, in Munich, Germany.
The motorcycle arrived in 1893, one year before the first car arrived in this country. It makes John C. Potter became the first person in this country who use motor vehicles.
Hildebrand made motorcycle und Wolfmüller was not using chains, not to use gears, not using a magnet, not to use the battery (batteries), not to use the coil, and not using electrical cables.
Motorcycle bearing horizontal two-cylinder engine that uses gasoline or naphtha. It takes approximately 20 minutes to revive and stabilize the engine.

In 1932, this motorcycle was found in damaged condition in the garage at the residence of John C. Potter. The bike is sitting for 40 years on the corner of the garage in a state of poorly maintained and rusted.
Top-mechanic marine mechanic assistance in Surabaya, the motorcycle was owned by John C. Potter restored (corrected as before) and stored in the editorial office weekly De Motor. Then the antique motorcycle that brought traffic to a museum in Surabaya, which is now no longer known where their location.

Along with the number of cars, number of motorcycles continues to increase. Thus was born the clubs touring motorcycles, whose members are businessmen and bigwigs of plantation sugar mill. Various brands of motorcycles sold in this country, from the Reading Standard, Excelsior, Harley Davidson, Indian, King Dick, Brough Superior, Henderson, to Norton. Motorcycle brands present in this country can be seen from the ads motorcycle that was published in newspapers during the period from 1916 until 1926.

Java Crossing

Not to be outdone by car drivers, motorcyclists also seeks to record the trip across Java from Batavia (Jakarta) to Soerabaja (Surabaya), a distance of about 850 kilometers.

Then, May 16, 1917, Frits Sl uijmers and Wim Wygchel which alternately riding a motorcycle Excelsior fix a record that was recorded Gerrit de Raadt. They record 20 hours and 24 minutes, with an average speed of 42 kilometers per hour.

The record did not last long. Nine days later, May 24, 1917, Younge Goddy with Harley Davidson motorcycles new record with a record time of 17 hours and 37 minutes, with an average speed of 48 miles per hour.
Record that had lasted for five months before solved by Barend ten Dam Indian motorcycle riding within 15 hours and 37 minutes on September 18, 1917, with an average speed of 52 kilometers per hour.

See his record broken by Barend ten Dam, six days later, September 24, 1917, Goddy Younge originating from Hyderabad back carve a new record with a record time of 14 hours and 11 minutes, and the speed of Harley Davidson motorcycles are driven an average of 60 miles per hour .

In the early 1960s, began to enter all the Vespa scooter, which was followed by Lambretta scooters in the late 1960s. At that time, also signed a Japanese motorcycle, Suzuki, Honda, Yamaha, Kawasaki and later also.
Over time, Japanese motorcycles dominate the motorcycle market in the country. The top sequence is occupied by Honda, followed by Yamaha and Suzuki in second place in third place. (JL)