Credit: Melissa Pedelty /Manjimup-Bridgetown Times Get the latest news from in your inbox. This Honda CT110 Postie Power sticker is top quality and is all-weather & washable. Camera Icon Paul Anning’s crew enjoying the atmosphere at Manjimup Lions Club. This 1996 Honda was stripped back to the frame and sent off to sandblasting, and in the meantime we gave it a fresh set of rubber. A Scandinavian inspired motorcycle build with Fika being Swedish for coffee break we started the build with a solid base. Mr Anning set off on the rest of his journey on Sunday, making his way to Busselton before continuing on across the Wheatbelt out to Kalgoorlie and back down to Esperance and Albany in the Great Southern. The Honda Postie is an icon in mail delivery around Australia.
“Lions is all about having fun, you see.” “For fundraising groups like this to use Lions Clubs as a base, it makes their life easier, they don’t have expenses and they can have a barbie and a bit of fun,” he said. If you find an Used Scooters HONDA C110 POSTIE 2015 USED SCOOTERS. Manjimup Lions Club president Paddy Pemberton said they were happy to be able to accommodate Mr Anning and his support crew as their motto is “having fun doing good”. We sell new and pre-owned ATVs, Motorcycles and UTVs from Kawasaki, Honda and. “The Lions Club are giving us a lot of help including a place to stay and food which keeps costs down and allows us to continue to host events like the ride,” he said. Mr Anning said they stopped at the Walpole IGA and talked to locals about their cause before bringing their story down to the Lions Club in Manjimup. Credit: Melissa Pedelty /Manjimup-Bridgetown Times This fact has also allowed the CT110 to lay claim to being one of Australia’s top selling motorcycles of all time. Camera Icon Paul Anning and his crew at the Manjimup Lions Club. The Honda CT110 earned it’s name as a ‘Postie’ in Australia due to it’s use by the Australian postal service. The new trikes can be ridden/driven in some states on car licences.“We’re hoping that by doing our ride we can encourage anyone to just talk to someone and hopefully hearing it from a stranger might relate to someone and help them in their life,” he said. He also claimed an unforeseen benefit of the electric fleet was that it attracted more women to join the male dominated postal delivery workforce. I gotta say we both had a great time on the bikes.
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He claims drivers trialling the vehicles found they were less fatigued and more visible to other drivers on the road. G'day guys, Alastair and I take out the 2 Postie Bikes (Honda CT110) for a test ride and review. He said since beginning of the replacement program there had been a significant drop in incidents. 125cc Semi Auto Engine motor Set + Bracket For Honda CT110 CT90 Postie bikes. The Kyburz trikes are already the nation’s largest electric vehicle fleet.Īustralia Post says the trikes are safer than the traditional motorcycle because they are easier to see on the road, more stable, have increased rider protection and lower on-road speeds.Īustralia Post safety and wellbeing general manager Rod Maule told the inquiry the motorbike fleet was involved in the most accidents out of all delivery vehicles. I had a similar leak of oil into the starter motor on a 550 Honda. POSTIE BIKE ADV TOURS Ride Honda CT110 & new CT125 Fully guided Join an open day or book as a group Enjoy some green laning on a light manageable machine See the best of North Devon Ride at your own pace Several stops for refreshments/lunch Around 70 miles ridden Suitable for any rider with an A2 or above licence and aged over 21. Postie bikes in Variety Club charity ride
However, it will eventually lead to a scarcity of the popular machines. This is bad news for Honda, but good news for lovers of the bike as there should be a lot hitting the market at bargain prices.
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With parcels now the bulk of Australia Post’s business, the writing was on the wall for the iconic bike.Īustralia Post began ordering the trikes to replace the two-wheelers in 2019 after a two-month trial of three trikes in Brisbane in 2018. The electric trike has a top speed of 45km/h and can carry up to 100 small parcels and 1200 letters at a time, three times more than the old Postie bike. However, I’ve spoken to several posties who say they are dangerous because they can tip over on uneven footpath surfaces. They will be replaced by Swiss-made Kyburz electric trikes which Australia Post says are safer, can only reach 45km/h and are allowed on footpaths. The Honda CT110 Postie bike has been used for postal deliveries since the 1970s. Who would have thought a couple of years ago when we first started seeing those strange electric Postie trikes on our footpaths that they would replace the iconic red Honda Postie bike?Īustralia 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.
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