Motorcycle Philippines

Saw this photo and caption in the Lambretta boys ride to baguio thread.

“Walang traffic…ayaw nyo naman kami padaanin!”

Sometimes the strongest statements come from the simplest gestures.

Photo courtesy of Minggoy

Prologue:
Starting point for the Freedom Riders Cavite & Las Piñas Chapter is at SYM Nyog 7am. A brief meeting was conducted the night before to discuss the requirements of each rider to be able to join. A strict implementation of rider attire and motorcycle compliance was agreed upon. This means all motorcycles must have proper side mirrors, full fairings and working lights. Each rider must have a DOT/SNELL certified full face helmet as a minimum requirement. No children, as backrides, are allowed.
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Earlier this morning, we added more memory to the server. It should help ease your surfing woes here at MCP but we will know if that upgrade is enough on Monday noon when traffic is at its peak.

Thank you for your patience.

This is a charity poker run for the Angeles City Street Children Foundation (Bahay Bata Center). All proceeds go to the Street Children Foundation, and all organizers & workers of this run are donating their time, money, and materials. The route chosen is very unique and will without a doubt be a memorable one that will take riders through the scenic winding back roads of Bataan! The actual roundtrip route will take riders from Angeles City to Dinalupihan, continue south into Bataan past Balanga where we then take the Mt. Samat turnoff and continue to the town of Morong and then onto the back side of SBMA (Subic Base). While on SBMA you will find many great places to take your lunch before continuing! After you finish lunch then the route continues through SBMA and then back onto the National Highway leading back into Dinalupihan and back into Angeles City. Total throttle time is 4 to 6hrs. This is a must ride for riders that has never been on this loop before!
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A comprehensive review of Piaggio’s newest addition to it’s lineup, the Piaggio Fly. Review and photos by Gerdie Francisco.

Three weeks after I looked at the Piaggio Fly 125 at 2211 Works, I was ready to take it home. I felt like bringing a new born baby to its new home. Well of course, I don’t know what that feels like but taking home “Firebird” seemed to feel that way. Oh yes, my new red scooter’s name is Firebird. I named it after Igor Stravinsky’s opera.

Before taking it home, I had a taste of test-driving the unit just so I’d be familiar with the controls. It has been seven months since I’ve driven a scooter and so I wanted to make sure that I could still ride and control one.
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Gerry Apolinario is a rider and the owner of Gerry’s Grill chain of restaurants. He is having a bikers night to open a new branch at Silver City, next to Tiendesitas, Pasig. The invitation is open to all clubs and riders who would like to get together for a night of free dinner and drinks. (Iced tea).

Feb. 21, Wendesday night, free food and drinks will be served from 8pm till 1am. This is located behind the Shell station on the corner of Julia Vargas and C5. Please come to help celebrate the night with good food, good times and good friends!

Did i mention free food and drinks ?

Check out the thread here.

Report by jmavendan.

As per Khunja, micro lang daw kasi tatlo lang kami na nagpunta sa coastal to penetrate the expressway.

here is the story, after the first official tambay ng RJRC. khunja, ted and I decided to penetrate the Coastal Expressway, as ted our official photographer and me as an expectator and khunja as the head of the plan, stopped before the tollgate because we forgot to prepare our toll fee, after a minute of stopping we then go and pay for the fee. no pressures going to cavite as we follow the speed limit inside coastal. i was on the 2nd outer lane riding around 70 sometimes 80kph, i feel the pressure of the wind as the bus takes over but no hassles at all, hindi man lang umalis sa pwesto ang motor ko. after 2 or 3 minutes i think, nasa shell na kami sa bacoor. yung 1st entrance namin no problem, walang sumita.

we take a rest at Shell and talked about what happened inside coastal. then after 15 minutes we decided to go back and penetrate again the expressway. pagdating namin ng tollgate ulit may lumapit na officer, i forgot his name eh.

di ko madinig ang usapan nila khunja at nung officer kasi nasa likod ako at nakahelmet pa rin kami. pinagbayad muna kami, then pinark na namin yung mc sa gilid. pinakita ni khunja ang apprehension kit while saying that we are just following what the higher courts decision is, sabi pa nung officer “yung coastal road daw is under ng TRB, but khunja is insisting that supreme court is higher than TRB. tama ba yun khunja? hehe. nagpapaticket na kami pero ayaw nila magissue kasi siguro alam din nila na di pwedeng magticket kaya pinalampas na lang kami. sabi pa nung pulis na yung mataas na lang daw ang kausapin namin. hehe so tuloy ang ligaya pabalik na kami ng macapagal, sobrang traffic pabalik pero ang saya.

Pics here.

The ride started when BIGBOYS member Reybetsy told me that he will ride to NLEX with 2 newbie bikers two days before this ride happened. I was interested to join but I’m still hesitant because I need to ask my wife’s permission first. Especially after knowing about what happened to MGee, she’s kinda nervous to allow me to ride.
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