#Custom postie bikes melbourne manual

Whether you decide to customise it yourself or get a workshop to do the build for you is a personal one.

#Custom postie bikes melbourne manual

The Postie makes a great first custom build because of its simple and manageable design, easy-to-maintain motor, lower ride height, lack of full manual transmission as well as being learner approved. In the coming weeks and months, we’ll be exploring all the different types of custom motorcycle, but for the novice bike wrencher and expert alike, customising a Postie can be a lot of fun. In 2013 it was decided Australia Post would retire the red rocket and make way for the more fuel efficient but less stylish NBC110 Super Cub. Something that couldn’t be said for other bike manufacturers with names rhyming with Hardley Jamison. Up until 2013 Australia Post put it’s faith in the trusty CT110 to deliver mail to thousands of Australians, as it was not only reliable but provided good bang for buck. The single-cylinder 110cc engine was renowned as being bulletproof with a number of events and charities using posties to ride ridiculous distances that would put a modern day tourer to shame. Its appeal stretched across a wide audience, and rightly so. There wasn’t a sound more joyous than that of the postie’s single cylinder tearing up the footpath on the way to deliver your bae’s letter, only to find out it was a reminder for your overdue library book.Īs it turned out the humble Honda CT110 Postie became quite the Australian icon years after it was introduced by Australia Post in 1980. Once upon a time in the suburbs before email / insta-snap-tok-face messaging became the norm, the only way you could slide into someone’s DMs was through a handwritten letter. To see the full reveal video jump on our face book page for the footage.From sourcing a donor bike to the tools you’ll need, a bike builder reveals the tips and tricks that will transform your Postie bike from boring to jaw-dropping. The bike was fully assembled, a surf board rack was fitted as the owner was a keen surfer, the bike was then test road, all nuts and bolts checked after the test ride for a final safety check and the big reveal awaits. The seat had 1 inch of foam removed and reupholstered in a silver glitter vinyl and matching grips to suit. I made them as close to the grips and seat upholstery as possible and at a size where they were not too in your face yet still visible. Then the next step was to design custom decals of the new owners nick name. To make the front guard I used the brackets off the original guard, cutting them down and making the rest of the guard in 3 pieces.Īfter making the guards, TIG welding them to the frame and blending everything, the frame was off to paint while the wheels were stripped, engine painted and white walls fitted. As the original rear guard had a peak down the centre of it I had to make the new guard blend in like it was a factory version, to do so I had to make the guard in 4 pieces, two sides, the top, and then another section on top of the top section to blend both guards together. After disassembling the bike completely I cut the fenders straight off and made a start on hand making a new front and rear guard. Reupholstering the seat, giving the bike a whole new custom bright red paint job, new high bars, grips, mirrors, painted engine, new exhaust, white wall tyres and all new cables to suit the high bars. The plan of attack was to strip the bike down to bare bones and cut the rear guard off completely, also removing the front guard and hand making new low slung chopper style guards from scratch.

This was going to be a massive job and I had 6 weeks to make it happen in time for Christmas. Doug came to the shop and we sat down and went over photos of ideas he had for the build, after seeing the images I went straight to Doug’s house to pick up the postie and get started right away.

I received a phone call from a gentleman named Doug who had a postie bike that he had big dreams for and planned on surprising his cousin with it when it was finished as a Christmas present.