October 11 marked the grand opening of the Levi’s Philippines flagship store in newly opened Trinoma mall. It opened with a bang by staging a very unique fashion show. When the event organizers got in touch with me looking for six Vespa scooters and riders, I didn’t had a hard time finding volunteers — I, being one of them! Who wouldn’t? It’s a rare chance to parade a scoot in a show, the rider gets to have a gorgeous babe as his backride and he even gets paid for it! Franky, I would’ve agreed even if it was for free!

Here’s the complete lineup of the Vespa boys who took part in the show:

And here are the Brazillian babes who modeled for the brand:

Check out how these models backride on a Vespa. No two poses are alike, I tell you.

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The action packed weekends again hits Metro Manila at the Fast Track Circuit Taguig on October 28, 2007. After its successful hosting of last weekend naitonal supercross round another exciting weekends come to light with top teams and pro riders, enduro and novice with juniors and exectuvie classes go out on any Sunday dirt track events right in the center of Metro Manila, for more info and vicinty map of Fast Track check out www.namssa.org

(photo courtesy of Vexel9)

Approximately 82 kilometers southeast (or is it southwest?) of Manila and about 500 feet above the mean sea level lies San Pablo City - a place known as the “City of Seven Lakes.” Right at it’s heart is a suburban hub bustling with people, commerce and the resulting traffic; but the backroads still possesses the rustic, rural ambiance with cool and fresh winds fanned by the swaying coconut breeze against the backdrop views of Mounts San Cristobal and even Banahaw on a clear day.

Yesterday, the Vespa Club of the Philppines (VCOP) headed to that direction upon the invitation of two of our members (brothers-in-law Enjo & Jojo) who are based there. Ironic as it may sound, it’s actually my first time to join a VCOP out-of-town ride. By car, San Pablo is just a 90-minute drive via the expressway. The VCOP boys took-off past 6AM and took the longer but scenic route of the Sierra Madre foothills (via Famy) which clocked approximately 3 hours to get to our destination riding for 153kms. Just before heading to San Pablo to meet our gracious hosts, we stopped by the Calauan Church to meet-up with our friends from Scoot66 who took a different route and arrived there ahead and patiently waited for us.

After a short rest and some chitchat outside the church, we headed to the city and were met by our gracious hosts by the roadside who then led us to this sprawling school property (special thanks to the owners of Blue Danube School)  which has a perfect view of Mt. San Cristobal. [READ MORE…]

The newly formed AMDG-Petron MC recently had their inaugural ride to the Summer Capital of the Philippines, Baguio City.

Here’s an excerpt from a ride report prepared by AMDG-Petron member Boo Blanco.
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MCP’s very own BoyG (aka Bimbo Isidro or Vespinoy in the Vespa community) has been interviewed by DaveM of sctrcst.com - the scooter internet radio. They talked about the joys of riding around Manila and in the countryside giving listeners abroad an idea of the pleasures of being a rider in this beautiful tropical country.

I did an episode for the same podcast, but BoyG’s interview definitely takes the cake. Here are the said two Pinoy episodes via sctrcst.com. You can click play and listen to them here directly or download them in your iPod.

• Episode 18 - John Rana from Who rides a Vespa? blog
  [audio:http://media.libsyn.com/media/sctrcst/sctrcst0018.mp3]
• Episode 32 - Interview with Bimbo from the Vespinoy Website
  [audio:http://media.libsyn.com/media/sctrcst/sctrcst0032.mp3]

A big shoutout to DaveM for this chance to promote the riding scene here in the Philippines. We are hoping that more Pinoy riders will be featured in the show in future episodes.

Mabuhay Sctrcst.com!