“The people expressing interest are just after a second run-around vehicle," he says. Somewhat surprisingly, the platform was designed by Honda as a tool for hunters, fisherman and outdoorsmen to traverse mild off road routes and to. And while the bikes will appeal to those with an environmental conscience, the popularity of riding among inner-city dwellers doesn’t hurt matters. The legendary Honda CT110 ‘Postie’ bike is a dual-sport or ‘Trekking’ bike (yes, you read that correctly) that commenced production in Japan in 1980 as a replacement to the company’s CT90. This fact has also allowed the CT110 to lay claim to being one of Australia’s top selling motorcycles of all time. Mitch Buxton The three-wheeled electric delivery vehicles (eDVs) can carry over 100 small parcels and up to 1,200 letters. Some information about the new Honda C110X Postie Bike. The Honda CT110 earned it’s name as a ‘Postie’ in Australia due to it’s use by the Australian postal service. There are clearly commercial opportunities, such as selling back to Australia Post. Each year we get together and ride our Postie bikes around regional Queensland, usually for a week and cover about 2,000 kms. The traditional postie bike is being replaced by new electric vehicles which Australia Post says will keep postmen safer, improve communication and equip them for ecommerce. “One of the main points of this project is to try and get the cost down to a point where it encourages a mass uptake of these type of electric vehicles." What do they think, these locals, when they see this old postie larruping his heavy old bike around the streets I ride hard, making sure though that I. He is also looking at developing his own motor case in-house, “which will allow the motor to fit straight onto the frame and bolt to the same mounting position as the original motor – so eventually the actual process of converting them will be really simple", he says. “Without the cheap, plentiful supply of frames and bike parts it really wouldn’t be possible to get an electric motorbike at that price ," Wansen says. While there are other bikes, and scooters, on the market, Wansen’s advantage is his price: electric bikes often retail for $10,000 because they have been built up from scratch. The 26-year-old started work on the bikes six months ago when he realised his initial idea – to build electric cars – was too expensive.Ī bike requires 10 times less power than an electric car and the battery pack required to power it is noticeably cheaper.Ī removable, rechargeable battery pack costs $500 compared with double that five years ago – in part due to the recent popularity of remote- control hobby cars and planes that run off similar batteries. The Honda CT110 Postie bike has been used for postal deliveries since the 1970s. “The project is to essentially develop a DIY kit that retrofits to these frames and allows people to pretty much build whatever motorcycle they wish," Wansen says. Wansen – who says there are 35,000 unused postie bikes in Australia – has been awarded $20,000 from the British Council’s Big Green Idea initiative to develop the project.Īs well as selling completed bikes, his aim is to offer riders the chance to build their own electric-powered vehicle by adding his motor to an existing postie bike – should they have one. He plans to sell the revamped vehicles for $3500 each and says he’s already got 15 people interested in buying. This is the gear I used, obviously, it could be substituted with stuff you already own, but the list fits inside my luggage, and as the trip was done on a minimal budget most of what’s listed is VERY cheap to buy.Cadel Evans might be doing wonders for sales of racing cycles but a Sydney designer is about to shake up the bike industry with an electric motorcycle due to hit the market in six months’ time.Ĭhunk! Design’s Wil Wansen buys decommissioned Australia Post bikes from eBay and the Trading Post for $100 each and inserts electric motors into the old Honda CT110 frames. Whilst most people would class brief stint in Singapore, Dubai or Hong Kong (or any of the other main airline hubs along the way) as ‘the long route back to England’, for Nathan it meant driving. The Postie Bike is relatively small and lightweight, with a dry weight of 87 kg and the so-called wet weight, including fuel, engine oil, brake fluid, battery and coolant, 92 kg. Everything listed and linked below is what I carried to ride for 57 days and 12,000 miles around the contiguous 48 states, this was the route… Postie Bike Enduro Heres your chance to race an Aussie icon, The Postie Undoubtedly the most cost effective motorsport in Australia, bring it back to a cost per hour and you and your mates are racing for next to nothing.
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