About The Moto Ref

The Moto Ref exists because motorcycle comparisons are usually either spec dumps with no judgement or opinions with no data. We wanted the third thing: verdicts you can check.

Who we are

Two cousins who ride, argue about bikes, and got tired of comparison sites that hedge every verdict. One of us commutes daily and tours; the other lives for supermotos. Every bike in the database is one we would genuinely cross-shop.

Who is The Ref

Everything here is published under one byline, The Ref, because a verdict should not depend on which of us typed it. The formula is the real referee; The Ref just writes down what it says, blows the whistle on marketing claims, and occasionally admits a bike we love lost on points. That last part hurts every time.

How the scores work

Every bike gets a score out of 100, computed by a fixed formula from published spec data and normalized within its class. No editorial adjustment, no sponsored placements, ever. The entire formula, every weight and every tier table, is public on the methodology page. If you can read a spec sheet, you can reproduce our numbers.

How the site makes money

Two ways, both labelled: display advertising in fixed slots that never shift the page around, and affiliate links on parts pages, marked as such, which pay us a commission at no cost to you. Neither touches the scores. A bike cannot buy a point on this site.

Found a wrong number?

Spec data is compiled from manufacturer material and checked against multiple sources, but markets differ and manufacturers revise. If you spot an error, tell us and we will fix it; scores recompute automatically from corrected data.