Raider Show Bike from Bukidnon Inspired by Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII

This Suzuki Raider show bike is from P4 Bocboc, Don Carlos, Bukidnon. The bike is owned by Hernold Gargar Aguipo, a credit investigator for Forbes. It is inspired by Hernold’s favorite character from the Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII action role playing game, Vincent Valentine.

Vincent, the protagonist of the game, uses three weapons, namely, Cerberus the three barreled handgun, a rifle called Hydra and a machine gun called Grifon. Aside from his impressive weaponry, he also has the ability to transform into a beast called Galian with enhanced speed and strength. His second form is Chaos which is his most powerful form. No wonder this powerful character inspired Hernold as his chore theme for his show bike.

“This is really my dream – to build my own show bike from the conceptualization and build direction. I owned a fully chromed R150 Carb version before but it was not my design and concept. So this time, I wanted to be in full control of its creative direction. I was inspired by my son and daughter KR and Chloie. I built the concept around one of my favorite game characters from Final Fantasy.

The build was really challenging since we had to send our parts to Luzon to have it chromed by Chrome Dazzler. It also took a lot of man-hours since we had to disassemble then reassemble it once all the parts were chromed and also putting back all the wiring and extra LED frame lights was very tedious work but in the end, it was all worth it. We invested a lot of effort to put a lot of detail into this bike. Each individual part has been meticulously chromed and machined. We wanted spectators to see the build quality by showing them how clean the build was executed from the inside and out. I built the bike not to compete but I built it for myself and my family and I am really proud to share my creation every time I join motor shows or when I use the bike,” Hernold shared.

The bike sports full chrome frame, engine, swing arm, caliper, inner and outer tubes and hubs. It is a combination of Silver Chrome and Red Candy tone chrome all done by Chrome Dazzler. It also has Racing Boy rear set, Racing Boy fork stabilizers, lightened disk rotors, Racing Boy side mirrors, DID rims, HISPEED racing exhaust, DID colored chain, Racing Boy swing arm, Racing Boy brake and clutch levers, Racing Boy chain guards, custom LED frame lights, Race Power oversized radiator, Vee Rubber tires and as a final touch and to carry the whole Final Fantasy theme, it sports custom airbrush art by Rommel Sudario of Sudario Airbrush.

“Thank you Lord. Thank you to my mother Herry Aguipo and Father Nolie Aguipo, my daughter Chloie Ann and my son KR. Maraming salamat sa lahat ng tumulong sakin for this build project: Sir Franklin Pahayac, Sir Gerry Sueza, Boss Marki Ubay, Boss Japet Molo, Boss Dexter Jhon Castillano, Boss Jun Mateo, Boss Wesley Lord De Gracia, Boss Madam Kathleen and Julius, Boss JR Ramos, Boss Ryan Gargar and family, Aguipo family, Ramos Family, A and D Sticker Show, Marki Design, Boss Jim Ferolino, mga friends at sa pamilya ko. Big shoutout and big thanks to Boss Rommel Sudario, Boss Leo, Boss Ryan Illarde, Boss Gilbert Ecot , Boss Japet Molo, Boss Marki Ubay and Boss Dexter Jhon Castillano. Special thanks to Sir Al Camba and Sir Arnel Santos-Yñigo and the whole IR Team. InsideRACING lang sakalam!” Hernold expressed.

by Arnel Santos-Yñigo

This was published in InsideRACING Magazine Issue 208

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