According to Indonesian motorcycle industry association AISI, bike exports from SE Asia’s third-largest country will increase by 122 per cent to more than 60,000 units this year, as both Yamaha and Kawasaki develop their plants in Indonesia as production hubs for global markets.
Yamaha’s local subsidiary Yamaha Indonesia Motor Manufacturing is now producing models for 13 countries in Europe, as well as Japan. And Kawasaki has just invested £62m to build a new factory in West Java to make four models for both export and the Indonesian domestic market.