Thread: Postie motorbike capacity

My sister was a Postie for a few years... and she reckons that fully loaded with all the Xmas deliveries it would weight almost the same as a person on the back...

On steep hills she'd have to leave a panier at the bottom of the hill and collect it on the way back down... On the flat the CT110 no problem though... good gearing.

Thanks Guys

Yes an Ag bike is my preference but probs not so good for teaching the girls to ride and use.

Chucaro , WTH is a Honda 250 Single Cylinder Chookie

Aussie , A Hi/Lo gearbox ? Are you sure

I'm watching a Chinese ( Kazuma Cheetah) 200cc Ag bike on Ebay currently.
I know , I know , parts problems and service etc etc etc.

I just remember back to 1982 when I was a farm hand and the boss and I used to ride home at night on the Honda Aggie 125 , 2 up ,with a flagon of milk each up our jumpers and no helmets

We did have our hats on though

I also used to ride around the paddocks and scrub first up in the morning during lambing and check for sheep that were down and needed a hand up.

It seemed to do okay.

oh I dunno,,
theres nothing as docile as an ag bike,,,

and its already got racks and knobby tyres and a proper chain guard,,,

i reckon a postie bike has been harder to ride than the few proper style motorikes i've ridden.

easier to get onto, being step through, but they handle like crap!

rode one for many years at aust post , dont waste your money on one they are not bullet proof and the mech was always working on them, at the depo i was at the mech would be in attendance 3 days a week the tyers are way to small for what you want and dont underestimate the girls ability in learning to ride a 150 or 200

Originally Posted by Aussie

I spent many years on the CT110, has a high and low range Gearbox. They are a fantastic little machine, When I was a boy me and the Dad spent a week touring around Dargo high plains on them. We went through river crossings galore on them and then at night we would change the oil at camp. Awesome bikes!!

That would have been a cool trip.........I thought only the 90's had high/low box, but I may be wrong!!!

Originally Posted by land864

Chucaro , WTH is a Honda 250 Single Cylinder Chookie

have a look [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honda_XR250R"]HERE[/ame]

The XL model will be OK the R is for competition.

By the time you have the CT110, the nobblies etc its going to cost a fair bit...

Gears arn't that hard to master, and an old XR200 or 250 will be better in the medium and long term.

A CT110 will be 'friendlier' for the first week but will actually end up being harder to ride as an ag bike has much better suspension. A CT110 just doens't have the wheel travel to handle grass tuffets, bumps, rocks, roots, rabbit holes etc.. these are things that can cause you to loose your balance and come off.

This would be my pick:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honda_XR_series#XR_200R

quiet, light, small, docile, reliable, cheap and friendly. Heaps of torque, and if you want to you can also wind it up and have a lot of fun.