MARILAQUE: A Ride Report

Last Updated on Thursday, 04 May 2006 11:37 Written by Bri71ph Wednesday, 08 March 2006 08:13

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When I arrived at Shell C5, ala nang XPhils. The only bike na inabutan ko is a Kawasaki Zephyr ridden by a certain Jeff. then an Aprilia RSV arrived later (forgot the name of the rider). I asked Jeff kung may naabutan syang mga naka Z200's dito pero sabi nya late na rin daw sya dumating. Sabi nya sabay-sabay na tayo when he asked me saan ang ride ng group pero nahiya akong sumabay coz puro big-bike dala nila, hehe. So nagpaalam nako sa kanila na mauna coz they were still waiting for some riders. My first plan was to take the route via Ortigas and going up to Antipolo but changed my mind and go directly to Marcos Hiway via Masinag.

Traffic was slow when i reached Masinag until sa palengke (don't know the name). After Boso-Boso resort, the twisties already started and maluwag na traffic. I was able to make pukpok with my Z2 para lang makahabol.

Paglagpas sa mang Vic's Bulalo, another set of twisties started. There was this section where some water trucks are filling up and that makes the road slippery. I feel a lowside has started twice when i approached a right-hander and a left-hander (stock tires/hard compound kse, tsk!) so i back off a little and played the throttle in 3rd & 4th gears in the twisties. After the slippery portion, I make pukpok w/ my Z2 again. I was able to apply some body cornering positions when I feel I entered the curve a bit fast, hehe. SARAP maglaro sa twisties! (pero ingat lang...)

After I reached the DENR housing, may nasalubong ako Z200 (I think it was Spectralknight) and 3 or 4 bikers consisting of Z2's, nakeds, etc... yun pala, sila Jhong, Emjay, Antipolo Knights w/ Michael Ro & co. Hinatid si Julius to the nearest hospital. Nalaman ko na lang pagdating ko na sa Sierra Madre Resort ang nangyari... get well soon Julius.

After reaching the military checkpoint, there was sir Steelman and 2 others on the road side. I thought they just took some rest coz hindi nila ako pinara, nag wave lang sila. Yun pala, binabantayan nila bike ni Emjay...

I was able to catch up with the group at the Sierra Madre Resort already. there was sir Hardliner, Alexis, Leo, Rico, and some other Z200 riders and the rest of the Antipolo Knights who rode with us.

Time for breakfast and some chitchat, and waited for the group who drove Julius to the hospital.

The Zephyr, S4 & RSV arrived minutes later...

According to my GPS reading: the resort is 647 meters above sea level (North=14.57897,East=121.36473). my max speed was 110 kph.

We left Sierra Madre Resort consisting of 2 groups: 1st group are the hataw boys and the 2nd group alalay boys. I was with the alalay boys pauwi coz tapos nako humataw paakyat (naubos ata adrenalin ko, hehe). Si Emjay sumasabay sa S4's ng Antipolo Knights sa banking, grabe!

I left the group at Mang Vic's Bulalalo coz i need to take some rest from my work which lasted at 5am on that sat morning.

Can't wait for the next ride on the twisties, hehe!