My only gripe was that it's not clear what country this is for, and of course every country has different learner legal laws. I was only able to conclude it was Australia after reading about the founders.
I'd love to see this expanded to other countries, especially for EU countries with the new 4 tier motorcycle licensing (so glad I passed before they brought that in)
I'd be super interested to know how other countries / jurisdictions specify what is learner approved. For us, I guess it would just mean a bigger dataset and potentially, more sophisticated mechanisms of filtering?
Cool bike btw :)
The law regarding learning has changed twice in the UK (and Europe) since I passed, so I don't know all the details, but I think there's now two or three tests to take in stages, each on progressing you to a more powerful machine. Unless you're over 25, then you can do Direct Access and go straight to any bike.
We plan on growing the site into a place where all riders can discuss the pros and cons of each Learner Approved motorbike.
Lots of places we're looking improve on this, (ie the initial page load). We'd love to hear any other thoughts you have!
I realize this is targeting Aussies, but the more resources dealing with the idea of learning to ride _safely_, the better.
Edit: Thankfully where acanby and I live, it's compulsory to complete learner riding training + to ride a learner approved bike (shameless plug) and few other restrictions. eg. Zero alcohol limit, speed limits, not allowed to double people on the back etc etc.
Labels for the dropdowns should be added, is someone new to motorcycles even going to realize that the first dropdown has motorcycle makes?
With regard to price, its a tough one. We purposefully left it out initially because it's subjective. If we use RRP - should a 2000MY Suzuki 650F be filtered because a brand new (2013) one is outside your price bracket? Obviously there are going to be differences, but we're thinking hard for a way to include this. I agree it would be a big helper!
As an aside, the postie bike as we know them now (and for the past 20-30 years) are Honda CT110's. Seemingly our dataset is missing this model. Something else we're looking into.
We plan on adding a reporting system into the site so people can flag inaccuracies, but that is still a little while off.
"have an engine capacity up to and including 660ml and do not exceed a power to weight ratio of 150 kilowatts per tonne." - rta.nsw.gov.au
Cofounders - me and acanby
I'm not sure whether most of these are good learners. Especially the entire armada of barely road-legal enduros ;) Many bikes seem to be expensive classics (often with shocking handling, miserable brakes), or stuff for the really dedicated (e.g. the Dnepr, a SU/Ukrainian make that no longer exists, which will teach you more about motorcycle mechanics than you ever wanted to know).
So idk about the selection... are you targeting a specific part of the world?
This targets the Australian market, and more specifically the state of New South Wales.
Some of the bikes may be expensive (or not worth learning on), but this list is provided by the Roads authority (RMS) as to what you can ride, not necessarily what you should ride.
Thanks for the feedback!
That and videos of bikers waiting, stopped, at a red trafic light only to get killed or very seriously injured by cars losing controls. Accidents in which people in cars were still perfectly fine.
Life is too short to make it even shorter or to experience it has a paraplegic when you're perfectly healthy. Do like me: get rid of your bikes and buy a fancy Porsche 911 Carrera ; )
The Carrera is probably more dangerous than a Prius but doctors do not refer to Carrera owners as "organ donors'.
