I am not sure where you are in Indonesia. But I have driven and ridden motorcycles and scooters around Java (Jakarta to Yogjakarta), Bali, Lombok, and some islands... All a challenge and in some ways, no worse than doing the same here at home.
Minis are still great fun, even in traffic. I am getting lazy and like the idea of Air Conditioning. Sweating is what I do on a bike. But driving a Morris is just fun. Even though I hate working on A-series engines...Alfas on the other hand, are almost fun.
Why is the Defender so popular? I love them (a good family friend used to work at LD, in fact he was the first person to be transported in the first PopeMobile), but my affection is rare.