Thread: I bought a Postie Bike

Originally Posted by B.S.F.

They must be very popular. Last year when we were camping in the Flinders Ranges 83
Postie bikes went past our camp, later on we met another 40+ between St. George and Nindigully in QLD. .W.

My work mate was on that ride...

Bunch of local lads purchased a heap at auction.
It's like a 110cc version of Wild Hogs...

They're everywhere, all summer!

There is an auction coming up in Albany.Most seem to be listed at around 25-30K km.No chance of them being glazed up,big hills in Albany.
Note they list them as mopeds
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Andrew

My mate left one stored on our farm. I took it out the other only to discover it was the version with a two speed transfer case.

He won't be getting it back

Originally Posted by The Cone of Silence

80kph top speed. You can get a different sized sprocket for a bit more top end though.

Fuel economy is completely off the charts.

60 km/l (1.6 litres per 100 km) @ 50 km/h (140 mpg @ 31.1 mph)

This isn't quite right. There was a rumour that Honda introduced a rev limiter to counter problems with cracking frames. If there is one, I've never hit it. Mine will do over 100km/h but I did rebuild it very soon after I bought it and it now has a pit bike pipe. It did about 95km/h prior to the exhaust.

These speeds are just reving out speeds. There is no way the motor is comfortable doing it.

I go through a couple of sets of peg stops per year but you'll want to ditch the old tyres if you are going to ride like this. I run Michelin M45 tyres.

Make sure you adjust the valve clearances every service as they do walk excessivly. Maybe this is why you have starting troubles. Mine starts first kick, every time, even after it's not riden for 6 months during the wet season.

I do a service every 1000km. I always use good synthetic oil but considering it only takes less than 2 cups of oil. It's still cheap to service.

Happy Days.

They are great for going and getting parts while the LR is out of action too.

This is the whole ACE anti-sway bar on the back:



The most I've had was a 9Kg gas bottle, 20Kg bag of dog food and 20kg bag of salt. All stacked up on the back and I weight 80kg.

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Would be great as cheap Transport..save the Land rover for LONG distances..

What's the Furthest anyone had ridden on A postie bike? 200 kays a week?

200km? and the rest. I do 200 easy and often.

Happy Days