Recommend a good honest scooter for postie work

[Oakie]

They are good scooters. Some of the postie crowd have gotten 12,000ks doing this work from the TGB's. , I hope it all works out for her.

She'll be pleased to hear that. Didn't know others had used them. Thanks for your help. I wouldn't be surprised if you see her on these pages pretty soon.

[awa355]

I should've put in 25,000 instead of 12,000k. Postie work is about as harder work as you can put a scooter through.

[Moi]

...imagine working UP to a CT110...

could be worse - imagining working down to one

[nzspokes]

NZpost sell off there ct's off at not a bad price through there recycle center in Kapiti.

[danchop]

ive used the suzuki uz125 for courier work,cant fault the maintainence side of these(my first got 86000kms before just the drive belt broke,and two others ive got are in the 60-70000km mark atm)but you cant buy them new anymore,above 50cc id go for the fuel injected yamaha 125 at $2995.
and its easy to bypass the switch that cuts the motor when the side stand is down

[GDOBSSOR]

My daughter (Oakie ver b~ii) is looking for a scooter which will stand the rigours of postie work. She's contracting to do a flat run and after a day playing on a scooter yesterday has decided a scooter (but not necessarily the standard CT 110 'postie bike') is the way to go.

Doesn't have to be too grunty so I guess a 50cc would do (car licence only?). The important thing is that it would need to be fairly robust as it will be carrying a bit of weight on panniers on the back in addition to the fruit of my loins on the front. (Perhaps extra weight of a load of mail means something bigger than a 50? I dunno.). I guess a sturdy frame is what I'm on about.

Anyway Scooteratti ... what suggestions have ye for a good honest work-scoot?

If it's a 50cc... A Yamaha Jog would be excellent. They're 2 stroke, not 4 stroke, so it'll have far more grunt getting uphill than a Honda Today. There's also the Suzuki SJ50 or SJ125 model. What Edbear said re the Chinese ones - If you are happy to fix it up, Chinese models are ok to keep as a runaround only.

[Oakie]

So here's my girl on her much loved TGB. Been riding it for work now for three weeks including the obligatory (for posties) rain, hail and snow with no whoopsies (but apparently the odd skiddy-mark on the odd bits of grass).

[awa355]

That's a neat set up. I like the front basket. Useful for holding the next 50 envelopes.

I hope it goes well for her and I hope the delivery rate is better than 7 years ago.

[Road kill]

She needs to be more visible from the side.

Those bags could take a big hi vis panel.

[unstuck]

One of the paper deliverers down here uses the same bike as your daughter, and she is a fairly big lassie and carries a fair few papers. The thing must love the work, because it keeps on scooting past @ 5am.

[Oakie]

That's a neat set up. I like the front basket. Useful for holding the next 50 envelopes.
I hope it goes well for her and I hope the delivery rate is better than 7 years ago.

The basket was off a golf cart I believe. The shop that sells the bikes did the fabrication to get it connected.

She needs to be more visible from the side. Those bags could take a big hi vis panel.

Good point. I'll pass that on. Perhaps on the side of the box at the back too. I suggested reflective stuff on the back of the right hand one to make it more visible from behind and make it seem wider.

One of the paper deliverers down here uses the same bike as your daughter, and she is a fairly big lassie and carries a fair few papers. The thing must love the work, because it keeps on scooting past @ 5am.

This is the only 50cc scooter they sell in the shop at Queenstown as it's the only one that will handle the hills. It will, I believe, comfortably negotiate a Queenstown hill, two up.

[unstuck]

Heard you the first time ,sheesh. Or is that the Altzimers kicking in?

[Oakie]

Heard you the first time ,sheesh. Or is that the Altzimers kicking in?

Fixed that ... thanks (post went up twice)

[awa355]

How is the pony express service going?

[Oakie]

How is the pony express service going?

Good thanks. A couple of teething problems getting it set up right and then having the realisation that all other road users are out to kill her ... but she's going really well. Had her first off last week but that was at a virtual standstill wuith her bike top-heavy with the 'SkyWatch' magazine. She knew what was happening so just lay down with it and no damage done to bike or rider (apart from a bruised knee).