Every electric bike on Gili Meno, registered, inspected and accounted for
One licence per bike, tied to an owner and a serial number. An annual safety inspection. A plate anyone can check in three seconds. Fees that pay for the paths the bikes ride on.
Bikes on the register
71
Gili Meno
Licences in force
54
Expiring within 30 days
4
Inspection pass rate
76%
Last twelve months
Figures come from a sample registry while the scheme is in design.
How it works
Register the bike
Owner details, frame and battery serial, photographs. Ten minutes on a phone.
Pay and collect the plate
QRIS or cash at the village office. A numbered receipt either way.
Pass the safety inspection
Brakes, lights, battery and wiring, checked once a year and photographed.
Ride, and renew each year
Reminders by WhatsApp at sixty, thirty and seven days before expiry.
Who needs a licence
Every electric bicycle kept or used on the island, whoever owns it.
- P
Private (Pribadi)
A bike owned by a resident for personal and household use. Not hired out and not used to carry goods for payment.
- B
Business (Usaha)
A bike owned by a hotel, restaurant, dive shop or other business for its own staff and operations. Not hired to guests.
- R
Rental (Sewa)
A bike hired to visitors. Carries the highest fee and the highest obligations, including a rider pass for every hire.
- C
Commercial goods (Angkutan Barang)
A cargo bike moving freight, waste or construction material for payment.
- G
Government and emergency (Pemerintah)
Village office, clinic and emergency response. Registered and inspected like any other bike, but exempt from fees and from the cap.
What counts as an electric bike
Anything above this ceiling is a motorbike, and motorbikes remain banned on the island.
- Continuous motor rating
- 250 W or less
- Assisted top speed
- 25 km/h or less
- Pedals
- Working pedals, or a human-powered fallback on cargo bikes
- Brakes
- Two brakes that work independently
- Minimum rider age
- 16 years
- Modification
- No aftermarket controller, no removed limiter