Season Greetings from Honda Philippines Inc.

Nicholas Escobar Bravo

Well I am Nicholas Danniel Escobar an Office worker here in Cagayan De Oro City and A part time singer in a band. 28 years of age, single. My Honda Bravo modifications: Mags 3 spokes with VEE Rubber street tires, Shock white and red combination color, BYWARD HID lights, RED background lights for the Speedometer, Transparent Underneath with improvized lock for UBOX, Neon lights inside the transparent underneath, Chrome Hand Brake, Chrome DBS sprocket SET and Chrome Stand, Alloy foot rests, Alloy Grips, Strobe lights, YRS Muffler, Customized Stickers and Papap Horns with Relay. This is the brief info Sir about me and my MC. Thank you

R3klamador Child Christening

Sorry po, pero more on pictures lang po ito. This happened last November 16. It's some sort of a reunion of PBRC.

Notes taken from HSDC Free Seminar

as posted by sir xyphrus of UBP

Eto na po yung mga naisulat kong notes ko during the Honda Safety
Riding Seminar nung isang araw. Pasensya na po kayo medyo maikli
lang ito kase medyo mabilis yung paglipat from another topic to
another dun sa LCD/monitor nila kaya hindi ko nakopya yung iba.
And there are topics naman na puro graphics and pictures yung mga
pinapakita kaya eto lang po ang mga nakalap ko...


Attitude and Mindset when Driving

1. Couteous
2. Considerate
3. Control of Speed
4. Modest Risk Taking
5. Patient

Consequences of Accidents

1. Time - abala sa oras
2. Money - syempre dagdag gastos din
3. Physical and Mental Aspects
4. Live - at ang pinakamatindi, ang buhay natin..


Eto naman daw ang 6 na factors na nakaka-affect sa pagda-drive
natin. They called this as IM SAFE..

Ilness - affects information processing capabilities
Mental Stress - affects concentration

Sleep - affects alertness
Alcohol - impairs your mental capabilities
Fatigue - poor judgement of distance
Emotion - like heart broken, family problem, financial
problems, work concerns, etc..


Following Distance

A. The 2 Sec. Rule
B. 4 Seconds Rule - when on wet road/poor visibility due to rain


7 Ways of Proper Riding


1. Look Straight
2. Elbow Slight Bend
3. Wrist forming 120 degress
4. Knee Grip
5. Shoulder Relax
6. Sit closed to the tank
7. Feet pointing straight ahead


Eto para sa mahilig magbangking dyan..

Proper Leaning (hindi raw bangking)


Lean out - eto ang gagawin during sharp bend at low speed.
In tagalog, pasalungat yung katawan sa motor.

Lean in - eto naman gagawin during sharp bend at high
speed. A good example ng ganitong galaw is yung style ni Sir CJ.
Panoorin nyo sya magbangking kapag nasa bend, naka lean-in sya..
In tagalog, mas naka-lean ka pa sa motor. Madalas tong
ginagawa ng mga nangangarera...


Eto pa konteng na-take down ko...

* 90% of traffic accident is due to human error. (so walang kinalaman ang modification dito..)
* Passenger must always face at the right side. (para toh sa
laging may mga backide dyan gaya ko.. )

And last one,

* Up to 80% of accidents are caused by POOR sighting skills..

So to avoid this one, eto tip nila.. The distance (in meters)
must be 3x the speed (kph). Ibig sabihin, if you're running at
20kph, i-multiply mo yun sa 3, so 20x3 = 60. So kung 20kph ang
takbo mo, dapat ang tingin mo sa kalsada is 60 meters away. Eh
pano kung 130kph na ang takbo mo, do you think you can still see
390meters away from you? Think about it...

Hope may natutunan po kayo sa munti kong nai-take down. Ride safe
po tayong lahat...

HPI Free Safety Riding Seminar for Motorcycle

As public service to promote road safety education, HSDC will conduct FREE Safety Riding Seminar to motorbikes users of any brand.

Date: September 9, 16, 22, 29 (2008)
Every Tuesday
Time: 3:00 - 4:00 pm
Venue: HSDC Training Room
Km 17 East Service Road, SLEX, Bicutan
Tel No: 838-0814 (landline)
0928-555-5695 (mobile phone)

Advance reservation is recommended due to limited slots. The seminar will be handled by highly-trained HSDC instructors, aided by the newly-acquired computerized motorcycle rider trainer.

Ano pang hinihintay niyo....register na para magkita-kita tayo dun.

Honda Safety Driving Tips

Share ko lang, taken from HONDAPH website.

PBRC 1st Anniversary Ride

Guys, PBRC has celebrated it's 1st anniversary today. It's just a simple celebration with a quick ride to Tagaytay, just to commemorate the month when PBRC was organized.

Thanks to the following riders who joined the ride:
1. Jet - former President, honorary member
2. Archer - former VP, honorary member
3. Majongero - founder, honorary member
4. Tali - Treasurer
5. Mike - Member
6. Fiel - Member
7. Jay - Member
8. Nayf - Member
9. Perey Bikers Club of Mandaluyong - who generously hosted our celebration by offering their place where we had our lunch (Bulalo all you can. hehehe) Plus, the relatives of one of the Perey Club who graciously gave us Indian Mangoes and Avocado to bring home to our family.

The ride was fun and fast with no accidents whatsoever. All in all, those who joined the Anniversary ride enjoy the day and went home with stomach and ubox full.....hehehehe

Till next year guys! Ride Safe.

Honda Bravo V2 Test Drive

PBRC was invited by Team Admiral, a Honda 3's shop located in Espana, Manila for their event; Test Drive the New Honda Bravo. We started the event by having a motorcade from Admiral to the nearby area, all participants were given a jersey to be worn during the motorcade. It was followed by registration of participants and a raffle draw. Coolworld and Tali was able to won a 1 liter of Honda Multigrade Oil. All PBRC members who attended the event was given a sample Inside Racing magazine and was able to test drive the new Honda Bravo.

All in all, everyone enjoyed the event!

Balayan Batangas Ride with Francis

Here are some of the pictures of the Balayan-Batangas ride of co-forumers of HondaPH

Sama naman kami sa sunod.

2nd Honda Plant Visit

Group Picture outside Honda

Group picture inside Honda Admin Conference Room

The South group early birds.

Honda Plant Visit Ride Report

After almost 2 weeks of waiting for the ride event, March 1 finally came and almost 30 riders sign up for the plant visit in Honda Plant in Tanauan, Batangas. The purpose of the ride is for interested Honda owners / riders to have a plant tour in Honda Philipines Plant thus giving us the chance to see how Honda manufacture our bikes.

Even though the ride was organized and coordinated by Arlan, the vice-president for external affairs of Philippine Bravo Riders Club (PBRC), the invitation was extended to owner/rider of none Honda Bravo owners as long as it is Honda. The invitation was welcomed by other Honda owners; Owners of Honda Wave Alpha/100/100R/125 listed and show interest on the plant visit.

There were 2 meeting place designated for the ride, for those coming from the North, Shell – J.Vargas in C5 is their meeting place and for those who are coming from the South, Honda Motorworld in Alabang is the meeting place at the same time it is the link up place for both North and South riders since the group decide to take the Alabang National Road going to Calamba.

Riders from the North was met by co-member, Mike Apo, who spearhead the group to Honda Motorworld Alabang. Their take off time was 6:30AM so that they can link up with the South group at around 7:30AM. Some of those who suppose to join the North group wasn’t able to come due to personal reason and we were thankful enough since they text earlier before the take off time thus avoiding delay in their take off time. North group was able to take off from Shell at around 6:30AM and was able to link up with the South group at around 7:30AM.

The South group meeting time is not as early as those coming from the north, riders coming from the south needs to be in Honda Motorworld at around 7-7:30am. The first to arrive in the meeting place where Arlan, Ram, Rj and Ross. Ram, Rj and Ross still comes from Tondo and was able to come on time. While waiting for the North group to come, other South riders came to the meeting place.

Finally, before 7:30AM, North group arrived in Honda Motorworld. Mike introduce those who joined him from the North to those who are waiting in the South. Since there is still time before the talked take off time, riders got the chance to talk and know the other rider. AlfaR14, dropped by to meet the group but wasn’t able to join the ride for a very important reason.

10 minutes before 8am, Arlan and Mike called the riders for a short briefing on how the group will travel at the same time giving some advice for the first time group riders. Since the National Road is a heavily traffic road, we tend to use the single file formation so as not to create traffic. We consider the road as a public road, thus we should follow traffic regulation. Twenty (20) riders were able to join the group and these was the first time that PBRC has this number of riders in a ride. Considering a large number of rider, we designated Ram and Rj to be the ride marshals and other experienced rider to be place at the back. Norvin was the sweeper of the whole group but we still have another sweeper placed on the 10^th and 11^th position. Ram, give a short prayer before the start of the ride.

Our itinerary was followed, we allotted 2 hours for the travel time from Alabang to Tanauan, Batangas. The trip went smoothly but from time to time the group was cut because of traffic in some area in the national highway. One major delay was when Ram rear tire wiggled when we are just 1-2kms away from Calamba, thus making the whole group stop while Norvin and other rider assist to fix Ram tire. The stop give some riders to freshen up and stretch. After 10-15 minutes, we gear up and start to travel again going now to Tanauan, Batangas.

Finally, we reached the First Philippine Industrial Park (FPIP) where Honda Philippines is located. Arlan went straight to the guard to inform them that the group will be going to Honda Philippines. The group was shocked on how one guard reacted, he started shouting on some riders who are taking pictures of the group while they are still parked outside FPIP. The group was shocked because we are polite and organized when we parked our motorcycle on the right portion of the entrance. After the guard called up and confirmed of our plant visit to Honda, we were allowed to go inside FPIP but before that, we were instructed to follow the maximum speed inside the industrial park which is 40kph and to follow the rule of first stop first to go on intersection.

Arriving at Honda Philippines Plant, we were met but Honda guards and pointed where the group will park our motorcycle. After parking our motorcycle in the designated area, we were met by one of the staff of Sir Jules Cruz of Honda Philippines. We were then escorted to HPI lobby where Honda Motorcycles, both stock and modified are displayed. The group was given the opportunity to take pictures of the different motorcycles. First time visitors was amazed with the modified Honda motorcycle cub especially the modified Honda XRM125 enduro and Honda Bravo. We were able to see the new design of Honda Wave100 and was also informed that the new Honda Wave100 is now Euro 2 compliant.

After 10-15 minutes of taking pictures at the lobby with some Honda motorcycle. The group now was lead to a conference room in the Honda admin building where we met Sir Jules Cruz and was shown how Honda came to be. After the short film showing, we were given a simple freebie and was given the chance to ask some questions regarding our motorcycle. A simple but delicious merienda was prepared for the riders, we were given at least 15mins to consume our merienda so that we can catch up with the production.

After consuming our merienda, we were lead immediately to their production plant. 4 guide were assigned to the group. We were divided into 4 groups with either 5 or 6 members each. All riders were excited because this was the first time that every one in the group was in a motorcycle production plant. We were fascinated on how fast Honda produce a single motorcycle. During our visit, Honda plant was producing Honda XRM 125. We walk the whole production line and we can’t help to be amazed on what we saw, since for every step that you take, you will see how your engine is being built, how the different parts where attached and at the end of the production line you will see a brand new motorcycle, which is ready for testing and storage. We also saw how our chassis and gas tank was assembled and painted, how the different fairings of different motorcycle is painted and strip with stickers. When we finished with the plant tour, we immediately proceed to Honda Philippines shop where riders/visitors were given the chance to buy Honda Apparel such as t-shirt, bags and helmets at a discounted price. Almost all riders bought something to bring home as a proof of their plant visit.

After all the members finished their buying spree, we returned to the conference room where we left our bags. After that we go out and have our group picture along with Sir Jules. After the picture taking, we bid goodbye to Sir Jules and his staff and jokingly asked him if we could still return to visit the plant.

Gearing up we bid goodbye to Honda Philippines. The group left FPIP and proceed to the national highway going back to Manila. The group plan to have a short stop on any gas station for refueling and have a snack before we proceed to Manila but as the group travel along the National Road, Arlan was informed by a delivery van that one rider encounter a problem that’s why the group immediately stop and check who encounter a problem. We found out that Mike and Ram were missing , so we stop and count the number or rider, Tali and Vin back track to look for Ram, true enough…Ram encountered a technical problem with his Bravo, his rear hub bearing broke and there is no way for him to travel than to replace it with a new one.

While Vin, Rj, Mike and Tali assist Ram in fixing his Bravo, the rest went to Flying V and stop beside 7-11 to wait for the others. This gives time for the other riders to freshen up and have a little snack at 7-11.

At around 3:30-4pm, Ram Bravo was fixed and before we start to return to Manila, PBRC had a small raffle for those members you are active. The prices were 1 liter of Shell VSX Engine Oil and a Balaclava. Mike won the Engine Oil while Vin won the Balaclava.

The way back to Manila is smooth and less problem.

All in all, the plant visit / tour to Honda was an experience we won’t forget for the rest of our life. All those who participated the ride would like to thank Sir Jules and his staff for making it possible for us to have an idea on how our motorcycle were assembled.

Thank you Honda Philippines until our next visit!

Marilaque Breakfast Ride 1-27-08 (Ride Report)

PBRC-Manila Chapter organize a breakfast ride to Marilaque for those new members who haven't gone to Marilaque yet. This was planned right after their ride to Lemery, Batangas.

Most of the rider who joined the ride came from Manila, Ram, Jay, Ross and RJ. Dexter who is from Pasig also joined the ride.

The ride was planned not only to have breakfast in Marilaque but also to raffle the two LED Taillights that was given by Sir Thunder to the group.

The meeting place is on Shell - J. Vargas at 7am. We were able to take off from shell at around 8:30am because of me being late. Hehehehehe (Sorry guys, minsan lang naman e.)

I spearheaded the group until we pass Sta. Lucia and the way where you can go to Antipolo (sorry guys, forgot the name). After that, Ram became the spearhead of the group. All riders with backride are asked to follow the spearhead followed by the single riders.

The way up to Marilaque is smooth and hassle free and the riders enjoyed ever curved and straight of the road until we are almost 3/4 to Mang Vic's Bulalohan were we are meets with drizzle. Since it's just drizzle, we continue our way until we reach Mang Vic's Bulalohan, there we waited for more or less 30minutes before we were able to have our chair.

After taking our breakfast (which I think should be considered as brunch), Archer get a cut out paper were all present in the ride asked to write their names, this is for the raffle of the LEDS LIGHT. I was given the honor to draw the name of the two winners and guess what, RAM was the first one I've drawn and followed by yours truly....heheheheheh (Talking about being lucky).

After resting and taking some pictures, the group prepares to descend from Mang Vic's and call it a day. This time I spearheaded the group again and from time to time being pass by Rj who goes way ahead of the group so that he can take a video of the group ride. (Pre, next time iba naman papakuha natin para kasama ka). As we are nearing Cogeo, the rain pour down and we have to take shelter and wait for the rain to stop, after 15mins of rest the rain stops and we continue our descend.

The group last stop was when we wait for Ram, Ross and Archer who filled their tanks. We then say goodbye to each other and headed home.

A simple but fun breakfast ride of the Group.

- Coolworld

(Left to Right: Dexter & GF, Jay & GF, Archer, Coolworld, RJ, Ram & Mindtwister )

( The two luck winner of the first raffle of PBRC - Coolworld and Reklamador )

Stainless Handle Post for Bravo

Customized Stainless Handle Post for Bravo

Sa lahat ng mga naka-Honda Bravo na gustong mag-modify ng handle bar into POSH or ZOOM eto na yung kailangan nyo, pamalit sa handle bar post, pure stainless and salpak na lang agad and you can choose kung ZOOM or POSH ang ikakabit nyo, unlike sa ibang nag-modify na hindi naila-lock yung manubela itong gawa namin pwede nyo mai-lock ang manubela. here are the pics:

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HANDLE BAR POST - PURE STAINLESS

Price is Php 800.00 (handle bar not included)

For faster transaction call/text 09208500013

Financial Report for January 2007

PBRC Financial Report (as of January 16, 2008)


To all PBRC members,

Hereunder is the financial report of PBRC. Please feel to ask any question or state any errors for corrections. Thanks and mabuhay ang PBRC!

A. Collection:

a. Paid P100 Registration Fee

1. jet_zoooooms
2. coolworld
3. archer22
4. mikecute
5. marjiancanya
6. bravo henry
7. sir_talipandaz
8. joyce
9. eddie_gordo
10. steven_andrei
11. r3klamador

Amount received by sir_talipandaz : P1,100.00

P1,100 = Total balance *as of October 12, 2007


B. Collection:

a. Paid P100 Registration fee

1. bradc73
2. jay
3. crazyrazky
4. alamus

b. Paid P50 November monthly fees

1. jet_zoooooms
2. coolworld
3. archer22
4. mikecute
5. marjiancanya
6. bravo henry
7. bradc73
8. jay
9. crazyrazky
10. alamus (updated up to December monthly fee)

c. Amount received by jet_zoooooms: P950.00

P1,100 c/o sir_talipandaz
P 950 c/o jet_zoooooms
P2,050 = Total Balance *as of November 3, 2007


C. Liquidation:

a. P900 from jet_zoooooms transfered to bradc73 for sticker down payment

P1,100 c/o sir_talipandaz
P 50 c/o jet_zoooooms
P1,150 = Total Balance *as of November 15, 2007


D. Liquidation:

a. P800 from sir_talipandaz transferred to bradc73 for balance payment of sticker

P300 c/o sir_talipandaz
P 50 c/o jet_zoooooms
P350 - Total Balance *as of November 21, 2007


E. Collection:

a. Paid for December monthly fee of P50

1. jet_zoooooms
2. Archer
3. Coolworld
4. Eddie gordo
5. BradC
6. Henry
7. Mikecute (+ P50 for January fee)
8. Reklamador
9. Jian
________________
Sub Total - P500

b. Paid P100 registration fee and P50 December monthly fee

1. Arjay
2. Joel
3. Ryan
________________
Sub Total - P450

c. Jian paid for one year membership dues of P550

Total collection + P1,500

P 300 c/o Talipandaz
P1,550 c/o jet_zoooooms
P1,850 = Total Balance *as of November 30, 2007


F. Collection:

a. Steven_Andrei paid P100 for Monthly fees for November and December

P 300 c/o Talipandaz
P1,650 c/o jet_zoooooms
P1,950 = Total Balance *as of December 5, 2007


G. Collection:

a. Thunder paid P100 for Registration Fee and P550 for 1-year advance membership dues

P 300 - c/o Talipandaz
P2,300 - c/o jet_zoooooms
P2,600 = Total Balance *as of January 15, 2008

Reported by our president.

PBRC featured in Pinoy Rider Extreme Volume 2 Issue 2

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