Author: Reekay V.
Since 2012 I’ve been traveling through various islands of the Philippines as a full-time Expat and spent 1999 living in Vietnam.
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look for anti-lock brakes on newer models.
Rode an FXTS Harley in the late 1980’s in Luzon, mostly in Subic and surrounding areas. A con you have to consider is the monsoon rainy season. One of the years I was stationed there, it started raining one day and stopped 3 months latter. Also, watch for rice patches on the road (drying rice on road is common) during harvesting season. Never speed in populated areas; locals might see you coming; but they will totally miscalculate how fast you are approaching them.
Get a Honda Click 125i… Also the bigger the tyres the better. That’s my opinion in Asia. I’ve slipped and nearly fell too many times on bikes with slim or balding tyres. You definitely don’t want to ‘save money’ when it comes to your Bike!
the honda xrm 125 is the bike of the Philippines or the xr 150 l
Do they sell Harleys over there?
Great information. I recently purchased a new Kawasaki 150 for my in-laws in Bulacan I am surprise quite a bit less than the states. It was about $2800 for the bike and the side car. In California it would be around 7000.. I do you like Kawasaki because I have a great respect for their JetSki’s… I was wondering if it what you felt about reliability among all the motorcycles and mopeds there?
As an auto mechanic, living here, I’d be highly suspicious of buying any kind of used vehicles here. Filipinos are famous for ignoring problems, and cutting corners on everything automotive. Bald Eagle Brand tires on Jeepneys, using river water for radiator coolant, while running without radiator caps, speedometer cables almost universally disconnected on EVERYTHING! But that also disconnects the odometer, witch provides information I NEED! And as Reekay has pointed out before, you cant drive over 45 MPH here. You just can’t. Buy new if you can, if not, buyer beware!!!