HPI supports customers who want to learn and enjoy off-road riding
JOVIE Saulog is an idol for motorcycle enthusiasts of an earlier generation. But his legendary skills and knowledge stay with him until today. Back in the golden days of Philippine motocross, Saulog was fastest and most skillfull among racers and his known for the “Jovie Flick” and the “Triple Jump” in motocross and off-road riding circles.
Recently, Honda Philippines, Inc., (HPI) partnered with Saulog’s JMS Motocross School to “share the joy of mobility,” providing different variants of its popular CRF series to the country’s first motocross school.”
“Everything we do at HPI revolves around the single idea of sharing the joy of mobility. We hope that through this partnership with JMS Motocross School, more people will discover the value of that principle by experiencing the excitement of off-road riding in a safe environment,” Hervic Villa, Honda Philippines Inc. MC Planning Department Manager said.
In the 70s Honda was neck in neck in the motocross scene in the US and Europe with the two-stroke Elsinores. As the motocross market grew in Japan and North America, Honda released the CR–what is to be the longest running series of its motocross motorcycles. From the CR was born the XR which was the trail rider’s weapon of choice. The on-road version, the XL and XLR started using 4-stroke engines and can be considered the grandfather of the CRF–which is Honda’s latest all-surface motorcycle.
As part of the partnership with JMS Motocross School, HPI will be turning over one CRF150L and one CRF300L as training bikes for those who want to learn off-road riding. Meanwhile, for those more inclined to competitive motocross racing, there’s the more aggressive CRF250RX and the CRF450R Works Edition.
“The CRFs are the best bikes for starters, veterans, amateurs, and professionals,” says Coach Saulog. “I have been using Honda CR125 and CR250 since the two-stroke days in 1985, and the CRF250 and CRF450–the start of the Honda four-stroke–in 2002 up to now.
An icon in the Philippine motocross circuit, Coach Saulog has been involved in the sport for more than three decades. He started teaching motocross in the 1990s and established JMS Motocross School as the first of its kind in the Philippines.
The school caters to off-road riders both for competitive racing and leisure riding. JMS Motocross School also fields a racing team that remains active in competitive and invitational events all over the country. Coach Saulog has handled students who went on to become national and international champions.
“There are a lot of good motocross riders in the Philippines, making motocross a very competitive sport,” Saulog says. “You can improve your skills and riding using a CRF by enrolling to JMS-Honda Motocross School.”
