BANJARBARU – Chairman of the South Kalimantan Indonesian Motorcycle Association, Ir H Eddy Sudarmadi. At the end of 2023, with my favorite BMW GS 1,200 Adventure motorbike. Doing a single tour. This time the countries targeted are Brunei Darusslam and Sabah, Malaysia.
Just to remind you, in 2014. When he was 47 years old, Eddy Sudarmadi had a BMW with a 1,170cc engine and 125 horsepower. Performing a single touring pilgrimage on a BMW motorbike through Malaysia to the holy land of Mecca.
Now in 2023, he will be 56 years old. Eddy started from the South Kalimantan IMI Secretariat, Jalan Mistar Cokroaminoto, Banjarbaru City, Tuesday (5/12/2023). Eddy headed to Brunei Darussalam and Sabah, Malaysia.
“Single touring to Brunei and Sabah has been intended for a long time, only this year we can carry it out,” said Eddy when asked for information via cellphone while in Toba District, Sanggau Regency, West Kalimantan, Wednesday afternoon (6/12/2023).
Eddy said, by road from the South Kalimantan IMI Secretariat, Banjarbaru, Eddy’s BMW had completed stage 1, 735 km long. Then on the second day, Eddy completed 560 km in Toga Sanggau District, West Kalimantan.
Resting the night in Sanggau, West Kalimantan, Eddy prepared to complete his next trip to Brunei and Sabah. “This single touring is to make friends with friends who are 4×4 automotive lovers in the country of Bruneai,” he said.
According to Eddy, his desire for single touring is also based on letting go of his longing for his adoptive parents in Brunei Darussalam. “I miss my parents who I consider my own mother and miss the sons and daughters of my adoptive parents,” he said.
Apart from that, Eddy Sudarmadi’s single tuoring to the two ASEAN countries was also to take part in the big event of the Borneo Island Intertational Bike Bike Festival. “We want to let go of our friends in Sabah Malaysia, who we haven’t seen for a long time,” he said enthusiastically.
Anang Fadhilah
