Surplus postie bikes are a trustworthy RTW rig, if you don’t mind life in the slow lane. So much so, in fact, that the country has the famous Postie Bike Challenge rally, based around these machines. This was the fifth year the event has been held around the streets of Cessnock and spokesman Dave Robinson stressed the significant contribution that local businesses make. In more recent years, Honda recommended the Aussies switch over to the Super Cub, but the Postie Bike is a national icon in its original CT form. Behind Pickering were fellow main event contenders Karina Bailey and Sophie Lovett, while Ainsley Childs rounded out the top five. Nine of the riders finished on the same lap with Keegan Pickering, a clear top qualifier, looking set for an all-the-way win only to be pipped in the last few metres by inaugural Finke Women’s winner Ellyse O’Connor.
With the support of SMW Drilling Services paying the entry fees, qualifying saw 25 bikes on the track and only one of them was missing when the ultra-competitive 10-lap race was flagged off.Īll riders had to use a machine that was entered in the main event and three of them raced in the main event. It was the first street-racing event in Australia since Port Kembla in 1997 when it was launched in 2014, and in 2018 Cessnock saw the first staging of an all-female race.
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