The Facebook Group Is Great. We're Making the Website Better!
The Pillion Link Facebook group is great, but it's grown above all expectations. It's a great place to start, but it simply can't do effectively what it was designed to do, and that's put riders and pillions together. We've built a Pillion Link community where people can actually find each other, connect properly, and build real riding friendships. Here's what the community offers that the group simply can't.
A Community Built Around Riding — Not Around Facebook
Every person on Pillion Link is a rider or pillion. The website exists entirely for this community — it doesn't compete with birthday reminders, news feeds, or ads for things you searched for once. The group is a corner of someone else's platform. The website is yours.
Member Profiles That Actually Say Something
Pillion Link profiles show your bike, your location, your riding style, and whether you're looking for social rides, a pillion, or someone to share adventures with. A Facebook profile tells people what films you liked in 2014. That's not the same thing.
Find Riders Near You — By Location
Browse members in your area directly, without trawling through thousands of group posts hoping someone nearby has commented recently. Location-based search is built into the platform — find riders in your town, your county, or wherever you're heading next.
Private Messaging Without the Awkwardness
Message members directly and safely within Pillion Link. No need to send a Facebook friend request, no crossing into someone's personal profile, no awkward blur between "we're in a group together" and "now we're Facebook friends". The platform handles the introduction.
No Algorithm Deciding What You See
Facebook's feed surfaces what it thinks will keep you scrolling — not necessarily what matters to you as a rider. On Pillion Link you browse members, read articles, and follow community activity on your own terms. What you see is what's there, not what an algorithm chose for you.
No Ads. No Data Selling.
Pillion Link is a member platform, not an advertising machine. Your activity here isn't used to build a profile that gets sold to third-party advertisers. What you share in the Pillion Link community stays in the riding community.
An Optional Dating Layer — If You Ever Want It
If you're open to meeting someone, you can switch the dating layer on at any time. It's completely optional and never the default — social first, romance when you're ready, and not a moment before. The Facebook group can't offer that.
Articles, Polls & Community Features Built for Riders
Pillion Link hosts riding articles, community polls, member blogs, and a whole hub of content built specifically for people on two wheels. It's a living community resource — not a group feed that buries last week's posts by the time you check in on Thursday.
24/7 Dedicated Customer Care
If something makes you uncomfortable or something goes wrong, Pillion Link's team is available around the clock. That's not something a Facebook group admin — who has their own job and their own life — can realistically offer.
The Facebook group is a great gateway. The website is where the community actually lives.
Join Pillion Link free, set up your profile, and find riders and pillions near you — with features that a Facebook group simply can't match.