I made a tiny open dataset of which dirt bikes share plastics

A small data project emerged from the author's dual passion for dirt bikes and tiny datasets. The underlying question was whether a graphics kit for one bike model would fit another bike model from the same manufacturer. The author discovered that manufacturers often reuse the same plastic panels for multiple model years, creating an opportunity to compile this information systematically.

The author created a GitHub repository called 'dirt-bike-graphics' where they stored the collected data. The repository currently includes information on 175 model years from 76 models and 11 brands. Each model year is grouped with a reference bike, and every shared panel across model years is included in that group. The rule is that a model year can only belong to one group to ensure accuracy.

The data is presented in two files: one for people and one for code. The 'FITMENT.md' file is a plain table that anyone can easily understand, while the 'fitment.json' file is a JSON version of the same data for developers who want to use it in their projects. The GitHub Pages feature was utilized to serve the JSON file with cross-origin access, allowing any webpage to fetch the data directly.

The author added translations of the README file in German, French, Italian, Polish, and Japanese to cater to a wider audience, each stored as separate Markdown files in the repository. The project also does not require any build step, as each translation is automatically turned into a separate page by GitHub Pages.