BACK in the heyday of snail mail, the Honda CT110 was the biggest-selling motorcycle in Australia, year after year, decade after decade, despite there being only one customer in the country for most of that time. The clutchless wonder was lightweight and cheap but boasted serious carrying capacity, which made it perfect for delivering mail.
Australia Post bought them in their zillions. Even better, after approximately three years or 25,000km, they’d flog them at monthly auctions for the rest of us to enjoy. Amazingly, despite being around since 1980, it wasn’t until 2009 that local Honda dealers began selling road-going CT110s new to the public for the first time, until the model was discontinued in 2013.
Along the way, postie bikes took on a cult following with a cottage industry…