Postie motorbike capacity

[land864]

Hi all

I am looking to buy a postie bike to use up the farm.

I'd buy a 150-200cc Ag bike but I want to teach my 2 teenage girls to ride and feel that a step through postie bike would be a good way to get them started.
It's been a long time since I rode and that was as a farm hand.
No MX stuff for me.

I am part of a property co-op and some members have commented that they don't want noisy 2 strokes bangin' around the place.
A postie bike is relatively quiet I think.
I'd also want to use it to poke around the farm and maybe dink the GLW (Good Lady Wife) up to the ridge on the place.
It has spectacular sunsets (The ridge that is)
Would a postie bike take both of us up a relatively steep hill.
It is easily drivable in Hi Range 1.
Hell i used to drive up there in a Subura Outback wagon

Pete

[Scouse]

Capacity? As in cc?
Old ones are 90cc (CT90). I think newish are 110cc (CT110).

[Chucaro]

The 110 it is very good little bike but she will be have a hard life 2 up.
My choice will be a Honda 250 single cyl chookie if you do not like to invest large amount of money.

[Redback]

They were not really designed with a passenger in mind, saddle bags maybe, but not people


Your probably better off getting an AG Bike

[subasurf]

Weld up some brackets, mount a seat and she'll be right

[Chucaro]

They were not really designed with a passenger in mind, saddle bags maybe, but not people

Well..........

[vnx205]

Yes. Use to be 90, now 110 cc.

Apparently they are pretty quick too.

Ex-postie bike breaks land-speed record - Local News - News | Redcliffe & Bayside Herald

And the University of Tasmania got one to run on hydrogen. How green is that?

Google Image Result for http://i.treehugger.com/files/Postie-hydrogen-bike.jpg

[howdy]

if you are going to use a postie bike for farm use allow for 2 new sprockets and a chain to gear done the bike as std gearing is way to high for off road use
been there done that
cheers
howdy

[Pedro_The_Swift]

old postie bikes are worth their weight in gold these days,,,

much cheaper to buy an old ag or even an old trials bike,,

[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!!