15 Gary Wiwaha, a Pulsar 200 owner writes from Indonesia

Gary Wiwaha, an Indonesian biker writes to "The Bike Chronicles of India"..

Readers of "The Bike Chronicles of India.. Please welcome Gary Wiwaha, a biker from Indonesia.

Hi, my name is Gary, living in Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia. I am 30 Years old and working as Operation Mgr at Oil & Gas Drilling Co. (Gary can be reached at: gary.wiwaha@gmail.com)

Gary on his Pulsar 200 DTSi

Gary has invited me (Payeng) to attend the 2008 "Jakarta Motor Show" to be held in August 2008..

I would love to visit Indonesia on my bike..

Anyone interested in sponsoring this "Biker Next Door"..??

I have bought a Pulsar 200 DTSi quite recently. Previously I have owned a Honda Tiger (200 cc), then a Suzuki EN-125 (125 cc) and the legendary 2 stroke Kawasaki Ninja RR 150 (150 cc).

I sold my Honda Tiger in January 2006. It gave me a lot of problems, such as bad engine noise, gear problems and a poor starter relay. It sucked! After the Tiger, I changed to Suzuki EN-125. But now even the EN-125 has been sold. Although the Yamaha Vixion is available in Indonesia, it is too small for me. It is like a bicycle to me..!! That's why I did not opt for it.(I am 181 cms in height)

The Pulsar caught my attention when I saw a Pulsar 180 (UG II) in Singapore in June 2006. I wondered "Which bike is this..?" It was Big, had Macho Styling and was not like any other bikes that I had seen. In the beginning I thought it was Kawasaki Pulsar from the logo on the tank. But later when I surfed the internet about the Pulsar, I came to know that it was an Indian bike manufactured by BAJAJ AUTO and the brand was PULSAR.

In Indonesia (especially in Jakarta) the name BAJAJ is synonymous with a 3-wheeler passenger vehicle with 2-stroke engine (it has been in Jakarta since 1970). Never did I know that BAJAJ also made such a Macho Bike.

As soon as I came back to Indonesia from Singapore, I tried to find if there was any Bajaj dealer for motorcycle in Jakarta. But alas, luck was not on my side. There are no Bajaj dealers in Indonesia at that time. As time went by, my wish to own the Pulsar slowly started to fade. But surprise..!! In August 2006 there was JMS (Jakarta Motor Show) in Jakarta. And guess who the main sponsor was..?? It was BAJAJ. Bajaj was launching its latest PULSAR 180 DTS-i UG-III in Indonesia..!!

I said to myself, "Wow..!!, Its finally here and my wait will be over soon". I took the test test of the bike. The looks of the bike and the engine was comparable to Japanese motorcycles. But there was something bugging me, it was the gearbox which wasn’t that good. I was ready to buy the Pulsar. But the dealer told me, if you can hold on for a year, you can get the Pulsar 200 DTSi. Wow..!! the Pulsar-180 has just been launched and the Pulsar 200 will come soon too. Cool..!!

I decided to wait patiently for the P-200. Finally I purchased the P-200 on 30-01-2008. the wait is definitely worth. FINALLY!! I am quite pleased with my Pulsar 200. The engine is very smooth and the tone of the silencer is music to the ears. The gears on the Pulsar 200 is also much improved than the Pulsar 180.

I have christened my Pulsar 200 as "Black Beowulf" which means “The hero without fear”.

Gary has invited me to attend the 2008 "Jakarta Motor Show" to be held in August 2008.. I would actually love to visit Indonesia on my bike. But I would need some sponsors to make this possible.

Anyone interested in sponsoring this "Biker Next Door"..??

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