Tagged: Motorcycle
Motorcycle Maintenance
Motorcycle Maintenance I drive an older motorcycle but maintenance is just as important on a new bike. Changing the oil, replacing tires, tune ups, and adjusting the chain on a regular basis will keep your break downs on the road to a minimum. The ignition switch on my Honda needed replacement so I pulled into [...]
Chaw Rubber Bushings Cebu
Meet Chaw – owner of Chaw Rubber Bushings under the overpass in Talisay Cebu. He recycles old truck tires by carving them into bushings for motor mounts, vibration dampeners, shock absorbers, and any other application you can think off. Chaw’s fabrication plant I always respect a man that is highly skilled and is proud of [...]
Motorcycle Rental El Nido Palawan
Motorbike rental in El Nido Palawan Pit Stop Bike and Car Rental Le Poulichet Amaud cell 0919 8747178 email arnaudlep @ yahoo.fr Mindoro Branch Puerto Galera cell 0919 5007309 Motorcycle rental El Nido Palawan The 200XR rents for 1000 pesos per day The XRM rents for 700 The motorbikes can be rented one way to [...]
Motorcycle Rental Palawan
Palawan Motorcycle Rental ATO Motorcycle Rental and Repair shop on the Rizal Avenue Ext. (airport road) in Puerto Princesa has bikes for rent. Smart 0920 4913069 Globe 0927 4503064 Riding around on a trail bike or a scooter gives you more flexibility to stop and go when you feel like it. Honda wave type bikes [...]
Island Hopping to Balabac
Island hopping in the Philippines – with a motorbike is one way to see a lot of the country. Here is an account of a trip from Ormoc, Leyte to Balabac, Palawan. A typhoon was approaching so I decided not to delay and got on the next boat from Ormoc to Cebu City. This is [...]
Ultimate Tricycles Sipalay
The tricycles of Sipalay look like they were designed by the Wright brothers. Even the foot pedaled trikes have a huge wing keeping off the rain. Tricycle taxi Sipalay gets a lot of rain! Tarps are secured over a bamboo framework. It must work because all the tricycles are rigged up like this. It must [...]
Biliran Island Leyte by Motorbike
Biliran Island by motorbike. Biliran is a pleasant, but lightly touristed island off the north eastern tip of Leyte. A motorbike trip around the island can be done in a day but you will miss some of the sights. Biliran has a rugged interior with heaps of coconut trees and rice fields along the coast. [...]
Oriental Distributors
Oriental Distributors- This repair shop next to the Petron in Ormoc is the top motorbike repair facility in town. The Honda dealers do not keep many parts in stock so this is the place everyone goes. Parts are available and freelance mechanics work on the sidewalk out front. It seems a bit haphazard but the [...]
Buying Goldfish
Buying Goldfish Only in the Philippines would you expect a vendor to be selling goldfish from a motorcycle with a side cart. This mobile tropical fish store on wheels was well planned. Two large black rubbish bins held the water and tanks were set up on top on a piece of plywood. There was a [...]
Catbalogan Again
Weekend in Catbalogan – Samar I hopped on my motorbike and drove the 220 kilometers to Catbalogan in about 4 1/2 hours. There was no rain and the road was beautiful, complete with white center stripes and a gold painted edges. This wouldn’t sound like a big deal to someone that has never been to [...]
Climbing Mount Apo
General Santos
Growing Orchids
Judy's Resto Bar
Logging with Motorcycles
Mount Mayon
Balabac Island
Biri Island
Calbiga Cave
Capul Island
Mangrove Swamp Palawan
Mikes's Resort