postie bike chop

[liam]

just saw this on grey ghost. there's some cool details

 

[liam]

and following from that, funnily enough i see that one of melbourne's trendiest suburbs is getting its own postie bike modifying shop, obviously referencing both deus ex machina, and the moped trend in america.
http://indolentdandy.net/fitzroyalty/2009/10/26/postmodern-motorcycles-coming-soon-to-fitzroy/

 

[Steve F]

and following from that, funnily enough i see that one of melbourne's trendiest suburbs is getting its own postie bike modifying shop, obviously referencing both deus ex machina, and the moped trend in america.
http://indolentdandy.net/fitzroyalty/2009/10/26/postmodern-motorcycles-coming-soon-to-fitzroy/

I wonder what the prices will be like, it says more affordable than Deus (you'd hope so being a postie) but I wonder what the figures will be. As an aside I really like that bluee postie and wouldn't mind something like it but our Cafe bikes are not that much different anyway just more power etc so I cant see the point. As an inner city scoot it's be fun though

Cheers
Steve

 

[sebatron]

it would indeed, and theres a lot of chinese motors that bolt right up.
there's an appeal, but then again, it's a postie bike. i see too many of them already.

 

[liam]

i think postie bikes are overpriced to begin with, but i guess if they sell for 2,500 to 3,000 that's not too bad, compared to shitty chinese scooters, these will probably last alot longer, and aren't made of plastic. I've got a friend who works for Aus Post and he says they struggle to get over 80kph.
price from the auctions is ~1300, $200 for the powdercoat, $120 for the tyres, the rest would mostly be labour. just noticed the green bike is a rigid tail. that is worrying.

 

[lachbeth1125]

just saw this on grey ghost. there's some cool details

There are some cool details Liam, kinda wild in a lame sort of way
Check this one out.
Cheers Jase

 

[bikeboy]

There are some cool details Liam, kinda wild in a lame sort of way
Check this one out.
Cheers Jase

a sense of humour at least ;D

steering damper indeed :

 

[liam]

i think you need a steering damper to be allowed to run on the salt flats for speed records.

 

[boingk]

Like the look of that war-scheme postie.

This is reminding me of a classic ride about a month ago. I went along with two mates, riding my RS125. One had a ZX-6, the other had his postie, hahaha....we pottered along at 80km/h and he had the hide to overtake people! Most people thought it was funny as hell but one guy on a Hog got really angry. Top speed down a long hill was touching 90km/h. Thing was, he almost took out the 'modern classic' category, people were hanging around and noting down the entry number all afternoon! Gotta love Australia.

Anyway, guess no-ones seen the place that turbos these things?

- boingk

 

[hotfunk67]

Posties the most fun you can have at 70kmh. the best part is you can take them anywhere...
I posted this one somewhere else on here but here it is again.
started as this

became this

 

[Haysie]

All I can say is WOW!!! Was there a build thread with it? Would like to see what they had done to the chassis.

 

[hotfunk67]

here's a gallery link
http://www.motogarage-life.com/gallery6.html

 

[boingk]

Hell yeah, man, I'd ride that thing for sure! Love the details on that, and the original leading-link front suspension.

Geez, be a blast to rip around town on that...even just for the looks you'd get.

- boingk

 

[Haysie]

Got the bug and started having a Google, found this one.... tons of speed holes and love the ape hangers. Nice piece of recycling for the seat!

 

[hotfunk67]

yeh thats great. watch the postie bug it can bite ya!

 

[Represto]

I kinda like the before better! What's the actual bike model? Our postmen in Canada either have a sturdy pair of shoes or a truck

 

[hotfunk67]

It's a honda c65 or otherwise known as a Honda cub

 

[liam]

the cub front end is an attractive piece of work, the silver chopper hotfunk posted isn't my favourite (my brain says- petrol tank in front of seat is only right way- -), would have gone towards vintage lightweight racebike, but there's still something special going on




another one i saw on the internet today...

 

[hotfunk67]

Yeh that looks great, it's a honda chaly. Love the fat little comstars!

 

[H100]

wouldn't call it a chop really, but saw this @ phillip island (australia) on the weekend for the superbike races.

the blue bottle looked like giggle gas, but from what we could see, was only for a giggle anyway (ie: not real). got alot of laughs!
the twin pipes were cool too.