Nothing puts a smile on a builder's dial quite like seeing a familiar face stroll back into the House of Simple Pleasures. Especially when it belongs to one of our favourite clients.

We kicked things off with coffee and the kind of conversations that make you late to leave, courtesy of SejiwaCoffee. We then hit the streets, a rolling parade of 2 wheeled machines  through the city of Bandung before landing at nrd.laboratory for the afternoon.

Our first Jakarta, Deus Kumpul-Kumpul Ride 2026 certainly lived up to its name, attracting riders from across the entire Jabodetabek. People began to gather at Taman Menteng from before 3 PM, despite the heavy rain that had punctuated the morning and early afternoon. Much to our relief, riders kept arriving, filling the area with an enthusiastic crowd with their kaleidoscope of custom motorcycles, Vespas, and the perennial crowd-pleasing classics.