TRIVIA
The motorela, locally nicknamed as “the mini jeepney”, is a variant of a motorized tricycle predominantly used in Northern Mindanao, particularly in Cagayan de Oro and Bukidnon province. It is a motorcycle with an enclosed cabin rigidly attached, and has four wheels – the two wheels of a motorcycle, and an additional wheel on each side. It has the capacity to carry more passengers than the traditional tricycle. The motorela was invented by Rafael D. Floirendo, a mechanic from Cagayan de Oro, in 1964. Motorela comes from the words “motorized” and “caritela”.
The first sidecar predates the first motorbike and sidecar by 10 years.
A French Newspaper offered a prize for the best way to carry a passenger on a bicycle and a French army officer, Mr M Bertoux won that prize with his invention of a sidecar for a bicycle. Tricycles in Pagadian, Zamboanga are inclined because most of the roads there are sloped. People sit on the trikes with an inclination of around 30-45 degrees.
A Philippine Tricycle was spotted in the US recently, making history ny becoming the first trike to cross the San Francisco Golden Gate Bridge
