VFRP RIDER OF THE MONTH: RALPH GO

It's the season to be Jolly! Last month of the year and everyone is all excited!

With a lot of Christmas Parties going on here and there , I'm sure everyone is busy preparing gifts for their loved ones, for their inaanaks and for their manito-manitas. 

While everyone is feeling the month of Decem-brrrr, lets all chill out get some time to relax and do a little get-up-close-and-personal moments with our Vega Force Boys. 

As promised, I'm going to be featuring a Vega Force Rider of the month to keep the blog active and for everyone to also get to know each other better and what a way to start it off is to feature one of the forefathers of the group. 

Meet Ralph Onie T. Go.

-photo courtesy of Underbone TUNER

*Vega Specs*

Motorcycle name (if any): Green Mamba

Motorcycle Type: Yamaha Vega Force

Color: Green

Year bought: April 22, 2011

Any previous or other motorcyle: Honda Wave 125 Alpha and Suzuki Raider 150 1st Gen

Recognitions received for the motorcycle:

•Minglanilla Motorshow August 2011 (3rd Place Best in Underbone) 

•2nd JVR Motorcycle Competition Talisay October 2014 (2nd Place Best in Modified Bike and Champion Best in Sounds) •Racing Line 2014 Motofest SRP October 2014 (Champion Best in Paint, Champion Best in Sounds, 3rd place Best in Display) 

•Certificate of Participation Consolacion Motorshow 2014

•Cebu Bikers Community Gawad Kalinga Participation July 2011 

•Street Vibrations by the FSB May 2012 Participation

Farthest ride with your motorcycle: Solo Ride - Round South of Cebu and Round North of Cebu

*Bikers Profile*

Name: Ralph Onie T. Go

Nickname: RJ

Age: 28

Date of Birth: October 20, 1986

Location: Cebu City

VFRP member since: September 15, 2012 (Date when VFRP was founded)

What was your main reason for buying your Vega force: 

My only main reason is the Looks and Modification Plans, because the Vega Force bike, especially on the Front angle is very identical with my dream bike which is the Yamaha R6 2009 model.

Most unforgettable experience with your motorbike: 

Toured all the areas of the Cebu island across the North regions up to the South coast areas of Cebu.

Why join VFRP: 

The Unity, Brotherhood, and Friendship is great! Every rider share the same passion and camaraderie.

Biggest achievement with your motorbike: 

Became one of the Founders of Vega Force Riders Pack of Cebu and 1st VFRP President from 2012-2013 and 2013-2014.

Whats the one thing that you really really want to get for your motorcycle: 

Hhhmmm, for my benefit; that would be the Freedom and Fun! And for my motorcycle – that would be a Pro Arm Suspension that I can add for my VF’s Modification soon!

What are your plans for your motorbike 2 to 3 years from now?: 

More Modifications for Green Mamba and More Motorshows to join!!! LOL!

Why the name VFRP?

Before I established and founded VFRP, I started and founded the first Vega force club in Cebu back in 2011 called “Vega Force Cebu (VFC)”, had 17 total members and had two successful meetings and gathering. However, it really did not become too established and organized due to lots of members who worked in the BPO industry. Until the year 2012 came and I joined the Vega Force Riders Club Cebu Chapter Facebook page. I gathered members and some of my members from VFC and bring them in on the very 1st VFRP meeting back in September 15, 2012.

Then, we came in with the name Vega Force Riders Pack, same as a Pack of Wolves. The reason why I chose it, because I want every member to be like a Wolf, who hunts in packs and being together always as a family. That is why I came in with the motto: Unity, Brotherhood, and Friendship! We are a pack of Riders with the same motorbike. And it is not common with every motorcycle groups where there is always the word Club. I want it to be different!

How has the group changed your life?

I became busy every Saturday, especially the first few months of VFRP where I had lack of sleep, lack of time for myself because I was always looking for sponsors, busy going to the shop who makes the VFRP stickers, managing the group, busy in the recruitment process and etc. It changed my life a lot because I became responsible and became a good leader and thinking out of the box to be creative to make lots of projects for the club which you can’t find from other motorcycle clubs specially here in the Queen City of the South.

Being one of the founding members of the VFRP, what are your future plans for the group?

As always…. Members should have more on the quality rather than the number! My plans are simple and achievable, it is just to keep up with what we are doing now, like having Outreach programs, Active on motorcycle events in Cebu, Touring activities, and every Saturday – we can have 50+ members attending on VFRP EBs and Meetings. And the one I always dreamt of, being RECOGNIZED IN CEBU CITY and VFRP will become NATIONWIDE!!! In which I already have plans on achieving that. And before anything else, I would like to feature the names of the Official Pioneer VFRP members from September 15-October 15 2012 (Attended the 1st VFRP Meetings):

Harry Celeste – *VFRP Founder / 1st VFRP Treasurer

Marc Gil Ho - *VFRP Founder

Cyrus Dulpina – *VFRP Founder /1st VFRP Vice President

Ivan Lester Alarcon - *VFRP Founder

William Manaba – *VFRP Founder / VFRP Ride Captain

Marken Labajo – *VFRP Founder/ 1st VFRP Secretary

Junjie Lofranco – VFRP Councilor

Ricky Montilla – 1st VFRP Assistant Secretary

Larrie Badilla

Emil Lopez-Fuentes

Sedney Gomez

Gilo

Oloy Cabanilla

Milfred “Dred” Bonganciso

Jeff Joseph

Wendell Potot

Bob Berdz

Jeff Joseph

Clifford Diaz

Kevin Tam

Some of them might not be active anymore, but one of my main plans and goals is to remember the forefathers of VFRP. Without these people helping me in establishing and organizing this club, VFRP would not become a successful group on what it is today. I don’t want their names to be forgotten especially with lots of new members at this present date! And I appreciate their commitment and loyalty and many thanks to them!