0-100 time?

I have nothing but respect for those things. The design hasn't changed in 30 odd years at least. A friend of mine brought one to a new years camping weekend at a farm. We thrashed the wheels of it, including many alcohol induced stunt sessions and it never missed a beat. Got air with 4 people on board at one stage!

I have a collection of vintage '60's and '70's Honda minibikes. Never had one as a kid, kinda making up for it now. Some are worth good money to collectors. You can still buy anything you want for them brand new.

yeah i was joking, top speed after 1 minute would be about 70kph?

Aah the CT110, used to ride these around when I was working at the Willowbank dragstrip. I think they used to run 24 sec or so down the quarter, awesome! The only problems I had was with the throttle sticking, it was annoying/embarrassing when trying to work my way around the beams under the grandstands and below the tower Apart from that they were as reliable as anything, they still use the same ones I think.

I don't know whether it was just the particular bikes we used or whether it's just something these bikes do, but if you hold it flat out while changing from 1st to 2nd on dirt it'll spin the rear, you can get some decent slides out of them.

little posties are the go, they are almost industructable. ive only ever heard of one dying and that was a mates brother who pretty much thrashed it non stop but then they big bored it etc to see how much of abeast it would be.

but as stated above its pretty good that you can still get brand new parts for these as threy keep making them and the design is still going the same. its just like the 1200 dattos in south africa, they still make them today and one of my mates needed a part who is south african and got his uncle to send it over brand new. pretty handy thing to have i reckon.

also was good about posties --- cheap on fuel

well guys i can claim to have one of the fastest posties in the country.... a few of the many mods and i do mean only a few are. big bore with custom high comp piston (secret spec but about 16:1 CR), race cam, flat slide carby (big.. off a 250cc 2 stroke), stainlees zorst, heaps of head work, runs on strait methanol..... and much more....... to make it handel you can fit cr80 front forks or even sl ones will fit... for the rear moving the swingarm pivot helps as does a set of adjustable shocks.... any way mine will power wheelie in 3rd..... they will go for ever and are a great bit of gear.

Nice job Mike, but I reckon you've lost some of the appeal of the CT110. Slidin into a corner with the pannier racks shuddering is half the fun.

yeah that one is strictly off road. i had a road rego one and did a few less drastic mods to that...... after riding bikes for over five years its still the only bike i have ever stacked..... when you lean over the pegs start to drag and fold up.. thats ok but if you go to far the metal base of the peg digs in and levers the rear wheel off the gorund. next thing you know you will wake up laying in the bush not realy sure where you are and everything hurts. the postie was fine other than slightly bent bars and i ride it home a short time later.
for any one that has one the best mod you can do is remove the rear snorkel that goes from the rear of the air filter to the rack. its a massive restriction. now re jet with a .85-.95 main jet and lift the nedal one spot. you should feel a differance strait away and will cost you about $2.

where in tassie? my old man is in delorain and looking for one and it cost to much to freight one down from sydney. i could use your frame if its ok and freight down a motor form syd.

yeah its easy. firts go to your local honda dealer and buy a few jets. just take the carby off and pull the bowel off the bottom and remove the main jet and id try a .85 to start with. take the snorkel off the back of the air bok and go for a ride. now hold it flat in 3rd and see how it feels? now put a slight restriction in the snorkel and if it goes better with the restricter in you need a bigger jet. just play with it till it feels good.do the same with the nedel hight once you have the main jet right. if this all sounds difficult maybe the workshop manual is a good idea. but its easy realy. if you cant get a jet the right size any decent engenering shop will have a drill bit the size you need.......

ive got a CT90 postie with all the original books and manuals from like 1970s lol

awesome thanks. I may be around asking a few more questions in the future as the project progresses.
cheers