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this is probably closer to an LR scooter

Scottish built off road vehicle, green, all terrain, bio diesel motorbike built in Scotland, UK

Well today on the way home I dropped into Pro Honda at Rocklea and booked a QRIDE course for next Thursday and Friday. Will spend the rest of this week trying to find a good CT110

honda ct110 - postie bikes - eBay Honda, Road Bikes, Motorcycles, Cars, Bikes, Boats. (end time 01-Apr-08 10:25:04 AEST)

heaps more on fleabay.

If you are cashed up then look at this



Sachs Madass

Originally Posted by paulthepilot_5

Well today on the way home I dropped into Pro Honda at Rocklea and booked a QRIDE course for next Thursday and Friday. Will spend the rest of this week trying to find a good CT110

Are you following me?? Lol!
I can't say enough good things about Pro Honda - that's where i got my Qride ticket too. Really good instructors, had me through the course in a day

Re looking for a postie - watch for valve/timing chain noise, smoke, or difficulty/roughness when changing gears. Also look for signs of oil leaks around the clutch housings, like greasy footpegs or bashguards.

I would also suggest swapping the front sprocket up from 14 to 15 teeth - AusPost use a 14 to give more torque in second gear but it limits you to about 70-75km/h. 15 teeth is the standard cog for general riding, and still gives a light bloke like you more than enough acceleration to find the 90km/h speed limiter. Pro Honda have always got postie parts in stock - they service the Auspost fleet for the Southside

Oh, and buy a $15 galvanised toolbox from Bunnings, and bolt it on the back. Cheapest and safest lockbox i've found to stow your gear

Speaking of gear - Morgan and Wacker at Brekky Creek do a Learner's package - RXT Boss helmet, Jacket, Gloves and Boots for $400. Not exactly Rossi's gear, but it's saved my **** more than once.

oh, and avoid the madass - they only sell the 50cc here in Aus and they ride like a dog.

Forget those little step through postie bikes if you are tall and/or heavy. They get very unbalanced if you are long in the leg and have to sit way back, and will actually rear up on a hill and slide you off the back. They don't like going uphill with 115 kilos aboard. Try a Cagiva 125. They are a brilliant little bike with a good riding position, modern frame, suspension, and brakes meant for a much bigger powertrain, and run on a sniff of an oily rag. Being Italian this should be a piece of an Armani suit soaked in best extra virgin olive oil. Seriously, they are a good bit of kit, do somewhere over 60mpg, are good to ride in traffic, and are cheap for what you get.

Originally Posted by Brian Hjelm

Forget those little step through postie bikes if you are tall and/or heavy. They get very unbalanced if you are long in the leg and have to sit way back, and will actually rear up on a hill and slide you off the back. They don't like going uphill with 115 kilos aboard..

Make Believe

i'm 100kg (was 115 until recently!) and 6'3".
Sure, they arent quick up a hill, but get down a gear and you're fine.
As for throwing you off, i have to laugh!- they don't have enough torque! Besides, heard of leaning forward?

The bloody thing did not have enough torque to go forward but sufficient to attempt to climb the chain, rear up, and let me slide off the seat on a quite steep hill.
I uised to ride real bikes where one doesn't have to do trick rider stunts leaning over the front wheel to keep it on the ground in a suburban street. Those days we regarded anything less than 500cc as a girl's bike.