Posti Bikes ct110's

Gday

Im interested in buying a posti bike for my partner.

the ct110 models, how easy are they to work on and repair.

I understand they are semi sequential, aka no clutch ?

what top speeds can I expect from one, you can fiddle with the rear cogs I
believe to gain more top speed?

and more importantly what should I look for and expect to pay for a decent
one.

cheers
Nathan

 

"MadBiker" wrote

If you're looking for speed, this is not the bike for you.

They're free. Wait behind your letterbox with a club and pat Pat with it.

Theo

 

Yup. Not a two-stroke James.

Theo

 

AusPost auction them off every month and you can pick them up for about
$500-600 unreg.
I paid a $1000 for mine, with 12 months reg. and recond engine. It did about
80km/h, I may have even had it up to 90km/h down hill
Great little runabout.

 

In aus.motorcycles on Wed, 3 Dec 2003 13:17:46 +0800

Well no, Villiers went bust years ago.

Zebee

 

Pardon?

The Honda CT110 is a four stroke.....as were all the rest of the
C50/70/90/ etc. family.

They have, indeed, a centrifugal clutch.

It does make riding one...err....interesting.....(I think that's the
word I'm looking for.)

They are, like most motorcycles sequential gear shift, but have a
heel-and-toe shifter.

On down shifts, by easing off the pressure on the toe, after the shift
has been made, it allows for a "clutch-effect".....I _know_ what I
mean...but it's difficult to explain. :-|

Up-shifts, you tend to need to use your heel on the back bit of the
shifter, and also button right off the throttle.

You can do that...yes.

However, unless your partner is under 40 kilos in weight, and very small
(perhaps petite?) _or_ you feel like spending lots of money on it....
It won't be very fast.

How fast can you afford to go?

With some fiddling, and a small rider, I expect a CT110 could make about
the 90 to 95 kph.

As James said, they do go for a wide range of prices....<shrug>

I guess a lot depends on _why_ you think it's an appropriate bike for
your partner.

They don't actually work just like a "normal" motorcycle, so the likes
of the pre-learners is slightly wasted on someone who's going to ride a
postie. (If they are complete beginners.)

Nor are they automatic.

If the requirement is for a reliable wee work-horse to do suburban
deliveries of something.....yup! They are good for that. Probably why
Oz Post keeps buying them.

There are other small motorcycles out there.....more "normal" in their
behaviour. Admittedly, the others all tend to be older than postie bikes.

regards,
CrazyCam

 

There might be a fair degree of "woosh" amongst our younger readers. ;-)

regards,
CrazyCam

 

The James D1 Flying Ace of 1932 was my favourite a 500cc OHV V twin with
classic fish tail pipes.

Boxer

 

I've had bikes that got a bit semi-sequential; 1, 2, neutral, clunk, 2, 2,
[copious swearing] 3!!
(But I think he meant semi-automatic)
Clem

 

I like the scott flying squirrel...not a villiers but a 2 stroke

 

"CrazyCam" wrote

;-)

Made me smile. I had a Villiers two-stroke lawnmower once, but the
smoke killed the lawn.

Theo

 

Just sold one. 1995 17000Km for $850 pretty good condition.
Expect to pay around $1000 for a decent 2nd hand one. I sold mine to a
friend so I wasn't expecting a heap.
S.

 

I know what you mean!
Some don't have the hell-toe shifter, mine was replaced, or mutilated, so it
just has the toe shifter. Works fine, up and down.

I'm 93kg, and I get 90km/hr on the flat, no wind. No mods to the bike.

$1200 RWC and Registered for 12 months is what I paid for mine, 6 months
ago. Prices have dropped slightly since then.
2 options:
Buy from the auctions: Be around $600-900 for one that may or may not need
some work on it. Fowles Auctions sell them. Google.
Buy from tradingpost: Someone has already fixed it up slightly from when
they bought at the auctions. Mine had its seat reupholstered on its journey
from Aus Post to me.

Or delivering uni students to uni, that's where mine excels!

One big advantage as opposed to other small bikes, for the same money,
you'll get one quite recent. Mine is 1998. Parts are available from any
Honda dealer new, or from any number of m/c wreckers around.

Adrian
CT-110

 

All i can say 1 (ONE) good hahaonda in a sea of shit

D/ont forget to leave open the postie bags at the rear all flapping about and
all the mail getting blown out...

Would/nt mind if it was just the bills but the cheques going AWOL well that
suxs

CDIHL

 

What; has he been farting in the squad-car?!!?
Clem

 

Yup. Not a two-stroke James.

Common sense told me that a company called "James Villiers" (or similar)
made two stroke engines/bikes somewhere along the line. Whooosh or not,
you decide (whether i'm correct or not is another story)

 

Near enough for the bush. Umm you do realise that possesing that amount of
logical capability means you're overqualified to be here, now push off before
you make the rest of us look bad

JL

 

Hey Nathan,

Naaaah - buy a double ex for him/her.

Don't worry too much about that crap.

You won't *really* have too many concerns about top speed with a Blackbird.

No longer relevant IMHO.

Glad I could help.

Cheers,
Dave ZZR600 => ST2 (stolen) => '03 XX

 

I know someone who's selling one.

Nev..
'03 ZX12R
'02 CBR1100XX

 

**** OFF SPAMMING BITCH!