BLAZE: The First PINOY Motorcycle Brand?

[jpdm]

Mura na locally made pa! A boost to our local motorcycle manufacturing industry!

Manila Bulletin
July 7, 2008

RP firm to produce low-cost motorcycle Filipino-owned Blaze Motortech Corp. is investing P112.853 million for the establishment of a new motorcycle production facility in Meycauayan, Bulacan as it intends to sell motorcycles for as low as P25,200 per unit.

Based on its application for registration with the Board of Investments, the company has committed to assemble eight new motorcycle models with the most affordable model QH110-8 having an estimated retail price of only P25,200 per unit while the top end models QH 200 GY III and QH 200 GY VII have estimated retail price at P42,000 a unit.

It would start production at its new plant in Meycauayan, Bulacan this month with an annual production capacity of 10,999 units.

The company has an existing technical licensing agreement with Chongqing Koayeng Motorcycle Industry Co. Ltd. for the supply of some of knock-down parts that are not locally manufactured.
But Motortech president Wilbert A. Lim said it would also prioritize local procurement to promote local parts manufacturing and its supporting industry.

As a percentage to its overall manufacturing cost, the company has placed the local value content for its motorcycles at 39 percent.

Among the motorcycle parts and components that are available locally are battery, muffler, bolts and nuts, tires, mirror, fender including mud guard, seats upholstery and tool kit and manual.

The company said it is now developing body frames, plastic parts and electrical components initially for their own consumption. Later on, the firm plans to supply to other manufacturers of and distributors of motorcycles.

Blaze is an existing participant of the Motor Vehicle Development Program as a motorcycle assembler but has transferred its plant to Meycauayan, Bulacan from Pasig .

Already, the Board of Investments management committee said the project can be considered as a new project because the proposed investment of P112.853 million is over 201 percent of the required company fixed assets.

Based on its 2007 financial statement, the company’s fixed asset was placed at P56.094 million. It has an authorized capital stock of P120 million, subscribed capital of P30 milllion and paid-up capital of P20 million.

The project would funded through equity contributions from its shareholders, supplier’s credit and loan.

Maayos na lang na sidecar ang ikabit...

[rmb]

congrats,next...iyan ang pinoy! next... passenger car

[jpdm]

I hope they will increase the local content of the motorcycle and the quality of their bikes to make them at par with more established ones...

They should also intensify their marketing program to help bring into the Pinoy consciousness of a new Pinoy bike....

[meledson]

Sana maging successful ang business venture na ito.

[safeorigin]

i hope it will soon progress along the car industry. hopefully it can acquire the next generation of pinoy geniuses to create alternative powerplants

[miLes]

but please no more tricycles, they're a menace on the street. we have a house in antipolo and ive seen what the effect is when the trike numbers have more than doubled in the last few years.

more traffic, more noise, madaming barumbadong trike drivers singit ng singit. they make a line anywhere making it harder to park, tapos pag pinapaalis mo magagalit, they become tambays since sa dami nila there's a surplus vs passengers na

[pitbullz]

di ko alam kung matutuwa ako o mapapailing...mixed feelings...happy dahil more jobs for people...sad dahil dadami nanaman ang mga peste sa kalsada(3wheelers PUV)

[dprox]

di ko alam kung matutuwa ako o mapapailing...mixed feelings...happy dahil more jobs for people...sad dahil dadami nanaman ang mga peste sa kalsada(3wheelers PUV)

Same here, pitbullz.
IMHO, una sa lahat, mass transport systems ang dinedemanda ng panahon. More passengers per vehicle. Kailangan lang ng sanayan sa ganitong sistema. At disiplina sana sa strategic planning & implementation, katulad ng Singapore atbp. Kaso, bara-bara ang national planning (if ever meron). Nakukulayan ng pulitika, sipsipan, at vested interests ang transport sector, starting with Congressional committees all the way down to the traffic enforcers.
Ang pag-asenso ng Blaze would be the right step
... in the wrong direction, IMO lang.
Abangan din dapat ang pagdami ng fatalities ng motorcycle accidents.

[Bogeyman]

If Blaze promises a boost in the local motorcycle manufacturing industry, sana may kasamang boost din sa riding discipline and safety.

A lot of riders think na once nakabili ka na ng motor, that's it. They don't bother investing enough in safety equipment such as knee pads, riding boots and quality helmets, much less on proper riding lessons.

[mazdamazda]

This is not the first Pinoy motorcycle brand.

MCX Motorcyles already has a factory in Meycauyan, Bulacan.


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[pitbullz]

dprox: oo nga eh, hintayin na lang natin. the thing is...yun tricycles dapat sa mga subdivisions lang yan at mga maliliit na side streets. pero minsan makikita mo sa mga main roads. napaka istorbo at bastos sama mo na yun mga pedicab. wala kasing political will ang mga mambabatas natin. importante lang sa kanila magpataba!

[jpdm]

This is not the first Pinoy motorcycle brand.

MCX Motorcyles already has a factory in Meycauyan, Bulacan.

Yup, there is another local motorcycle brand, the MCX motorcycle. But Im not sure if its the first..

Anyway, We should e happy because these motorcycle brands will be the start of something big...in terms of replacing the imported bikes and the old and existing motorcycles and tricycles....and a truly local motorcycle manufacturing capability....

[jpdm]

I think they are selling like hotcakes....

ang mura kasi...(26,000 pesos for the basic model)

...good news is more and more Pinoy spare parts are use...


....bad news. mukhang iingay na naman lalo kapaligiran natin...

[TambayBlues]

Suzuki, Honda and so goes for a couple of Chinese car makers started out as motorcycle manufacturers and look at them now. This is a good step in the right direction. Mas mataas kc ang economies of scale for motorcycles kaya its a better entry point in mass production of vehicles than the auto industry especially if you're building original designs.

[Majongero]

At 26k, yes it is cheap.

But most motorcycle riders still prefer Japanese.

As far as I know, Blaze is just a badge. It's Chinese all over. Not that I have anything against Chinese motorcycles, but going back to my previous point, Pinoys want Japanese bikes. And they know a Jap bike when they see one. There are a lot of horror stories about lemon bikes from China. Someone told me that Blaze is pretty strict with their quality control. I sure hope so, because that's one thing the China bikes seem to lack: quality control.

[1D4LV]

lalong dadami ang mga sira ulong naka motor sa daan.

[low_profile2]

tama ka bro dadami sira ulo at aksidente sa daan...ingat lang mga kabayan

[safeorigin]

not unless they put in a promo with free helmets upon every purchase

[boybi]

not unless they put in a promo with free helmets upon every purchase

Para may mailagay na helmet sa siko yung rider?

[uls]

Wow, a pinoy motorcycle factory

Now the Phils. is on its way to become like...

Vietnam

hehe

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam has set a target to become a major motorcycle manufacturer in the region by 2015. The industry's development strategy for the period 2006-2015 and until 2020 has been approved by the Prime Minister.

According to the Ministry of Planning and Investment, there are more than 60 enterprises engaged in the industry, of which some 50 of them are directly involved in production while the remainders are assembling.

Under the master plan for the development of the motorcycle industry until 2015, the government has asked the enterprise to gather and talk about their cooperation plans in order to utilize their technology they have and finally cut down the production cost.