Motorcycle Philippines

With some of the motojeepney members at shell off Flintridge exit at La Canada California

By Jojo Medina
Motorcycle Philippines Federation Director

They call themselves MOTOJEEPNEY (a spoof of motogp) but the skills of these groups with regards to riding sportsbikes is no joke. They do weekend rides at Angeles Crest a mountainous stretch of smooth asphalted canyon roads in Los Angeles California and alternated with some weekend rides at different race tracks around Southern California like willow springs race track this May. And Laguna Seca in July were they let go off their skills in a controlled race track environments.

The past Sunday April 27, I was lucky enough to be invited by this group of riders mostly in their 30’s and their mid 40’s with jobs from healthcare, information technology , businessmen etc Everyone has met at the forums of MotorcyclePhilippines.com. Rainer Santos aka Fireblade r and Francis Roco aka Rider_driver were in constant contact with me in arranging the ride with them. As far as I know rider_driver has been with mcp since 2003 like me and still very much active.
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Bits and pieces from my newsletter emails…..

The first American motorcycle only race took place in May of 1901 at a one mile horse racing track in Los Angeles. Four racers competed in ten lap event. The winner crossed the line in 18 ½ minutes….that’s ten miles in nearly twenty minutes! Wow how times have changed! In May of the following year the first road race took place in the US between Irvington and Milburn NJ with the winner averaging a speed of 31 mph.

Here’s a couple more interesting motorcycle history notes…

• Yamaha was founded by Torakusu Yamaha in 1888… originally as Yamaha Musical Instrument Company.
• The first Triumph motorcycle was produced in 1902. It featured a single cylinder engine fitted on a bicycle frame.

from dp-brakes.com

Following in the footsteps of another Italian giant Ferrari, Ducati has launched their own line of wine aptly called Desmorosso.

Desmorosso: not only wine

Like most successful teams beginning a new competition, Ducati moves from the past and embraces what’s new with enthusiasm, passion, and professionalism. Desmorosso is an evolutionary project; born in the spirit of growth in the quest for excellence.

Visit the Desmorosso site here.

image by Jake Verzosa

“In honor of rice”

This festival couldn’t have come at a more opportune time, now that the country is in the throes of a crisis involving our staple food.

A festival which is held once every three years, the Imbayah Festival held this year on April 15-17. This years’ Imbayah featured Imbayah Ritual, Cultural Performances, Agro-industrial Fair, Backstrap Weaving, Wood Carving Demonstration and the ever popular Wooden Scooter Race.

Here are a few images from the scooter races taken by our good friend Jake Verzosa.
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From fellow forumers and members of MCP and the makers of such colorful classified ads such as bouncing boobies, burles bike and the freaky fz, brings you pieces of paper with nice pictures bunched together like no other….

MO2RISTA magazine! for bikers, by bikers….

In this issue, Super4 up against the Raider in a time trial match in Marilaque, the Duc 848, making motards, tire burning, a new bike from Motoasia, some loose bananas and a whole lot more!