// About this site
เครดิต & Attribution
Ross Rides is built from public sources — manufacturer press, Wikimedia Commons, motorcycle review publications, and Ross's own ride video reviews. This page documents where everything comes from.
Editorial / Spec Sources
Every spec on every bike page (power, weight, seat height, price, technical features) is cross-checked against at least two of the following sources. Every bike's individual page lists which sources were consulted for its data.
Manufacturer official sources used directly: Honda UK, Yamaha Motor Europe, BMW Motorrad, Triumph, KTM, Ducati, Suzuki, Kawasaki, Royal Enfield, Indian Motorcycle, Harley-Davidson, MV Agusta, Aprilia, Norton, Husqvarna, Moto Guzzi, CFMOTO, Maeving, Energica, LiveWire, Verge, Zero, plus official press portals (e.g. indianmotorcycle.media, press.ktm.com).
Inflation-adjusted prices use the Bank of England's CPI calculator for UK pricing and the US Bureau of Labor Statistics CPI calculator for US pricing.
Photography
Bike photos are sourced from manufacturer press kits, Wikimedia Commons (Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike), and motorcycle review publications. Studio/press shots are preferred over user submissions; every photo has been validated to match the model and era it represents.
Methodology
Most era photos were sourced via a strict-validation pipeline: an automated image search across motorcycle press, manufacturer, and review domains, requiring at least 4 corroborating results matching the bike's model identifier before the photo was accepted. This catches generic, mis-labelled, or wrong-year imagery that ad-hoc image search would miss.
Where the strict pipeline could not validate a photo, the era was either filled from a curated source (listed below) or marked as a "gap" if the bike genuinely did not exist in that period.
Curated photo sources (Wikimedia Commons + others)
The following era photos are individually attributed. All Wikimedia Commons images are reused under CC BY-SA terms; clicking through to the file page on Commons shows full author attribution and licence text:
| Bike | Era | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Yamaha MT-09 SP | 2026 | Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA |
| Honda VTR1000F Firestorm | 2006 | Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA |
| Triumph Daytona 675 | 2006 | Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA |
| Yamaha FZ1 Fazer Gen-2 | 2006 | Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA |
| Kawasaki 1400GTR / Concours 14 | 2016 | Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA |
| Energica (Ego) | 2026 | Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA |
| Triumph Rocket III | 2006 | Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA |
| Harley Iron 883 | 2026 | Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA |
| KTM RC 390 | 2026 | Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA |
| Indian Scout (mid-year) | 2026 | Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA |
| Ducati Scrambler | 2026 | Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA |
| MV Agusta Brutale 1000 RR | 2026 | Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA |
| Honda RC51 / VTR1000 SP-2 | 2006 | Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA |
| Cagiva Raptor 1000 | 2006 | Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA |
| Honda Rebel CMX250 | 1996 | Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA |
| Norton Atlas Ranger | 2016 | Visordown — 2018 Atlas Ranger reveal · Editorial |
| Maeving RM1S | 2026 | Maeving (manufacturer) · Manufacturer press |
| KTM 390 Duke | 2026 | KTM AG official press · Manufacturer press |
| Kawasaki KLR650 | 2016 | Total Motorcycle — 2016 KLR650 · Editorial |
| Harley Street Glide / Road Glide | 2006 | Total Motorcycle — 2006 Street Glide · Editorial |
| Kawasaki Eliminator 600 | 1996 | Bikez archive — 1996 Eliminator · Editorial |
| Indian Scout (Gilroy era) | 2006 | Staud Cycles dealer listing — 2003 Scout · Editorial |
Machine-readable source register (JSON) →
Video Reviews
All embedded reviews on bike pages link to Ross Rides on YouTube. Reviews are recorded and produced by Ross Bassett-Lowe.
Site Build
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Independence
Ross Rides accepts no manufacturer payments, sponsored placements, or affiliate revenue on bike-page editorial content. See the full disclosure & independence statement for detail.
Corrections
Spotted a wrong spec, wrong photo, or missing attribution? Email rossridesreviews@gmail.com and it'll be fixed.