![]() Maybe this is all great progress, but we doubt the new Kyburz trikes will ever inspire words like this love letter from MotorbikeWriter. The CT110 replaced the CT90, which was essentially the same machine but with a smaller displacement engine. ![]() In the 1960s, as Japan underwent rapid urbanization, the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunication s put out a call to manufacturers to design vehicles exclusively for mail carriers. The Honda CT110 is a small dual-sport motorcycle made by Honda in Japan since 1980 and is sold in various parts of the world. The Honda Shop in Midland is the main supplier of Honda postie bikes to Australia Post and associated contractors. They’re supposed to be more environmentally friendly, and they’re allowed on footpaths. Honda’s postal service bikes were named Super Cub MD50, MD90, or 110MD depending on the engine size (the MD stood for Mail Delivery). Information for Australia Post Contractors. It is in excellent condition for a vintage bike and runs great. They’re supposed to be safer than the postie bikes, with far less accidents. This bike has the dual-range transmission and is a 4-speed with an auto-clutch. reports the last of the Hondas are getting phased out by 2025, replaced with Swiss-built Kyburz trikes. Postie Bike is Back Honda confirms CT125 for Australia Other changes include a larger fuel tank (5.3lt vs 3. Now, as said above, the Aussies are getting rid of their postie bikes, and going with new electric threee-wheeled scoots. ![]() Nathan Millward’s ex-postie bike Dot is perhaps the most famous exampl, having traveled around the globe and starred in two books. Surplus postie bikes are a trustworthy RTW rig, if you don’t mind life in the slow lane. So much so, in fact, that the country has the famous Postie Bike Challenge rally, based around these machines. The familiar sight of the postie on a bike. In more recent years, Honda recommended the Aussies switch over to the Super Cub, but the Postie Bike is a national icon in its original CT form. These weird dual-sport machines (half scooter, half motorcycle hybrids) had the right blend of utility, reliability and reliability for the Australian national postal service, and for many years, they’ve been used for rural “posties” to deliver mail. And, perhaps more iconic than those, in many ways, because its use spanned a whole continent for decades: The Honda CT90 and CT110 “Postie bike.”Īnd now, alas, the postie bike is on the way out, replaced by an electric three-wheeler-truly an ignominious fate for the little Honda machines. Some bikes are iconic because they’re government-issued.
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