By: Arnel B.Santos-Ynigo
For this week we are featuring a
Monster Energy MotoGP inspired Yamaha Sniper 150MXi from Brgy. Tinago
Cebu City. The bike is owned by Reche G. Cadungog an employee of
Oriental Port and Allied Services Corporation (OPASCOR) and a proud
member of the Club Sniper 150 MXi Cebu. Originally Reche wanted to
apply the "Moviestar" MotoGP theme to his bike but then he
noticed the Monster Energy logo below the moviestar logo when he was
washing his bike. So it inspired the idea to pursue a Monster Energy
theme and for him it was not a common concept and color scheme for
the Sniper150. So it would make his bike standout even more. From
then on he started working on his show bike, focusing to stay true
with the overall theme and color scheme.
The bike sports Racing Boy goodies such
as the Brake and Clutch Levers Hand Grips, Rearset,Front and Rear
Disk Rotors. He also used various THDM parts such a Rizoma Side
Mirrors,Rizoma Low Profile Signal Lights, Rizoma Grab Bar, Brembo
Brake Calipers, Shafer Inverted Forks, Mody5 Crankcase cover, Mody5
Headlight Assembly, Mody5 Owl Eye, Yamaha Belt Drive, VMAX Muffler,
Custom Seat and Muttaru Spyder Mag wheel. The body panels were then
wrapped with custom cut Monster Energy theme decals made by CYRUS
Grafix Decals. Reche also installed Custom Fiberglass belly pan.
During the build, there were a lot of
challenges encountered by Reche and his mechanics, especially when
the parts they ordered didn't reach in time for the big motor shows
in Cebu because most of the parts they used are shipped from Luzon.
They also encountered problems when some parts do not fit right away
due to some slight variation so they had to do some custom machining
to integrate the parts seamlessly. There was also one time that his
team almost did not reach the time cut-off for ingress due to fitment
problems. But his team persevered and overcame the challenges they
encountered. Reche has been racking-up wins in the local bike show
scene and the nearby cities. So far the hard work, time and money he
has invested on the bike has been paying off.
CATCH THE FULL DETAILS ON THE PAGES OF INSIDE RACING MAGAZINE.
JUST CLICK ON THE PICTURES TO VIEW IN HIGH RESOLUTION.
No comments:
Post a Comment