These bikes have been ridden by Australia Post for years all around the country. They will be replaced by Swiss-made Kyburz electric trikes which Australia Post says are safer, can only. The Honda CT110 Postie bike has been used for postal deliveries since the 1970s. There is no better way to see this beautiful land than on an iconic red 110cc postie bike. Australia Post representatives have told a parliamentary inquiry into road safety that they are on track to have all motorbikes phased out of the fleet by 2025. We offer tours that will take you to places that will blow your minds - you will be able to smell the air, feel the freedom, and get a real taste of the delights Australia has to offer.Ĭlick me to find out more about the rides and prices.īut on a postie bike you say? Isn't this a bicycle with nothing more than a whipper snipper motor to power it? Fear not!! These machines of pure engineered genius will have you in awe when you discover the secretly delightful machine which they pretend not to be. Andy Copelands Honda CT110 Express Post Postie bike may not have been the most functional build but despite its small size it left one hell of an impression. Our aim is to provide people with adventure trips of a lifetime in some of the best places Australia has to showcase. See you in the comments.Welcome! You've hit the site of Postie Bike Adventures Australia, so you must have some sort of adventurist spirit in there somewhere right? Well you have certainly landed in the right spot. If you’ve got a custom CT110 why not share a picture with us and tell us all about your bike. There are Facebook Groups dedicated to the CT110 and there are plenty of custom-build ideas to be had. There are a bunch of other one-off postie bike builds in the vein of the collaboration between Rising Sun Workshop and Young Henrys and OS there are a few custom builders too. One of its projects was this custom postie bike called Fika which is Swedish for coffee break. Lanesplitter Garage sells custom bikes and spare parts for all kinds of bikes.
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You can read the full story behind this one HERE. The idea behind this build was that it not only had to be eye catching but it also had to serve as a working beer dispenser. Then there are the one-off builds like this nuts looking chopper built by Rising Sun Workshop and Young Henrys. These guys build in the scrambler style but all its bikes are custom-made to suit the owners wants and needs, but they offer things like wooden front and rear racks and even surfboard carriers. Love it.Īnother awesome CT110 tweaker is Dusted Customs at Moto in Noosa. The Red Dog Postie Bike Challenge will supply you with a Postie Bike (yep the ones that deliver the mail) to ride from Paraburdoo to Dampier - encompassing the National Parks of Karijini, Millstream and Murujuga. The Junk Mail is just that, built from bits it had lying around the workshop the frame has been stretched 200mm. 3700 - Sold out Expressions of interest for 2023 on our sign up page. And the Pinko Bastard is Champion’s ‘take’ on the CT110. The Parcel Bomb by Champion Abbotsford was built, it says, for trails and tar. The workshop is out the back of the beer garden at the Yarra Hotel in Melbourne and the bikes that Jim turns out are perfect for gentlemen riders or learners…me, I want one of every single bike he makes. So, what makes the postie bike a great project? Simple, it’s cheap to buy a second-hand one, the parts are cheap and if you buy an ex-postie bike then you’ll be getting one that’s been tweaked with tougher bits and pieces to handle the rigours of suburban mail delivery.Īny custom postie bike article has to lead with the daddy of the business and that is Champion Abbotsford run by Jim Clark. And while there are a bunch of top-class custom bike builders in Australia that will build you the ultimate scrambler only a couple advertise as exclusive builders of custom postie bikes. But more specifically in customising them.
So, the other day when Honda announced the tougher, rough-road oriented CT125 was going on-sale in Australia it got me thinking about motorbikes again. But I’ve never lost that lust for bikes, especially custom bikes as opposed to racers, and the postie bike holds a special place in my heart. My parents agreed…and even though I pestered them for a postie bike of my own I never got one. But we didn’t back then.īut even then I felt that me, mixed with motorbikes was a recipe for disaster. The first and last motorcycle I ever rode was a postie bike…and I loved it even though I opened the throttle right up straight away and nearly came off the thing. The Honda CT110 is an Australian icon thanks to Australia Post … we’ve picked a couple of the coolest custom postie bikes in Australia.
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