Ditto for Oz.
Novice bikers are resticted to 650cc and 150kw/tonne [1]. Most of the bike companies produce detuned versions of their middleweight bikes for the learner market.
The restriction used to be just 250cc (with no mention of kw/t), but of course the bike companies responded to that by developing hyper-tuned 250cc loonybikes. All hail the RD250LC and RGV250…
[1] Which is more than enough to get you killed, but tends to be slightly more survivable for a learner than going direct to a seriously fast bike [2].
[2] Which are up over 500kw/tonne these days.
