>>784891
The bike has had several odometers replaced, sohas done about 120,000 kms now.

The one major mechanical drama: burning out the clutch plates.
After leaving Charleville, I wasn't able to find wet-clutch/motorcycle compatible motor oil, and after a 1000 kms of doodling around south western QLD and not being able to find any, the clutch plates finally burnt out from having to use car motor oil (..which was better than nothing..)
Posties wear down, they don't break down :) ..and so the bike's top speed was now 40 km/h ..and it was 400 kilometres to the nearest Honda dealer (back at Charleville) .. I rode at 40 for three days. Eh, still faster than the flies, and Ive been a cyclist, so it wasn't too distressing.
I finally arrive at Charleville, wheel the bike into the mechanics there, and the Boss Mech goes "Oh! A FARM BIKE! Just take it down the back right now. We've got clutch plates on the shelf waiting for you!"
A WALK-IN MOTORBIKE REPAIR JOB! ..and the parts didn't need to be shipped in from overseas.. like the 20 other jobs that mechanic was waiting on.
Anyway, he gets Postie up on the lift, disassembles it for the clutch job.. looks at the bike.. and goes, "Your bike is NACKERED! ..would you like a full engine rebuild? .. Here's a list of all the parts needed, and it'll only be a week getting some other parts sent by Australia Post."
A WALK-IN MOTORBIKE FULL ENGINE REBUILD!
He and the apprentices went completely over Postie, fixing a few other things that weren't the engine as well. The job list went for 3 pages. It cost as much as I paid for the bike 16 years ago, $1700... 6 hours of labour + parts, a good price actually.