The latest data from ANESDOR , the motorcycle industry trade association in Spain , shows new motorcycle registrations declining in September for a fourth consecutive month ( -2.60 %/ 15,371 units ). As the market in Spain laps sales increases in the year ago
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According to the latest data from ANCMA ( the motorcycle industry trade association in Italy , and the owner of EICMA ), the Italian motorcycle market was up by + 2.31 % at 8,911 units in September , having been down by -8.44 % in August ( 6,096 units ), -5.95 % in July ( 14,209 units ) and -1.63 % in June ( 16,610 units ). For the year to date , the Italian motorcycle market is still well ahead of the same period in 2020 ( and 2019 ) at + 32.07 % for the first nine months ( 103,783 units ) and has had its best first nine months since before 2011 . In total PTW terms , the Italian market was + 27.98 % for the first nine months with 235,771 new units registered ( compared to 184,227 in 2020 and 198,364 in 2019 ). That is also the best first nine months for total PTW registrations in Italy since before 2011 . It is worth noting that all the motorcycles and scooters registered in Italy ( and elsewhere in EU member states ) since January 1st , 2021 will have needed to be Euro 5 compliant models . The best-selling motorcycle in Italy YTD months , 2021 has seen a softer summer in Spain with August down by -17.44 % ( 11,364 units ); July down by -26.41 % ( 17,524 units ) and June by -11.59 % ( 18,622 units ). For the first nine months of 2021 , motorcycle registrations in Spain are running at + 6.39 % ( 126 , 214
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remains the Benelli TRK 502 / X with 5,818 units registered in the period January to September , followed by the BMW R 1250 GS ( 3,586 units ), the Yamaha Tracer 9 ( 2,712 units ) and the Honda Africa Twin ( 2,564 ).
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134,628 units ). This compares to 118,637 units for the same period in 2020 and 135 , 664 units for the first nine months of 2019 - that was the best market performance for the period in Spain since before the 2007-2009 financial crisis . At 139,377 units YTD , total PTW registrations for the nine-month period were + 3.53 %, which is also ahead of 2020 ( 134,628 units ), but behind the same period for 2019 ( 149,968 units ). Because of its strength in the scooter and > 125 cc markets , Honda is market leader , followed by Yamaha , Piaggio ( Vespa , Aprilia , Moto Guzzi etc .), Taiwan ' s Kymco and SYM , followed by BMW , Kawasaki , KTM , Zontes and Keeway . For the record - full year new motorcycle registrations in Spain were 175,585 units in 2019 (+ 11.07 % over 2018 ) and ( theoretically ) -11.50 % in 2020 at 155,391 units .
For the record - though the final stage of the Euro 4 / 5 transition distorted the figures , new motorcycle registrations were 94,108 units for the full year in 2020 , having been 98,883 units in 2019 (+ 6.26 % compared to 2018 ).
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Royal Enfield ( RE ) has opened a CKD ( Complete Knock Down kit ) assembly plant in Colombia - the third biggest motorcycle market in Latin America - in partnership with its local distributor , Colombiana de Comercio ( Corbeta Group ). The facility in Envigado , Antioquia , marks RE ' s second plant outside of India . RE set up retail operations in Colombia in July 2014 , with a first store in Bogotá . It now has 15 exclusive stores in Colombia and 57 exclusive stores with 40 other retail touchpoints in Latin America overall . Initially the plant will assemble the Royal Enfield Himalayan .
Brembo reported H1 2021 revenues at € 1,360.8m , up 43.1 % compared to 2020 and up 2.8 % compared to the first six months of 2019 . EBITDA was € 270.2m ( margin : 19.9 %), EBIT was € 165.8m ( margin : 12.2 %). Net investments in a quarter in which Brembo marked its 60th anniversary and announced the acquisition of Spanish brakes manufacturer J . Juan ( having bought Danish brakes component manufacturer SBS in Q1 ) amounted to € 99.9m . Net financial debt of € 496.9m was down € 100.6m compared to the period to 30 June , 2020 .
Data released by the MIC in USA shows that motorcycle thefts surged by 30 percent in 2020 ( 13,000 more thefts than in 2019 ), reaching 53,111 , the highest level in five years . The largest number were stolen in California ( 9,483 ), Texas ( 4,448 ) and Florida ( 4,223 ), with most in August ( 6,214 ) and July ( 5,855 ); February saw the least ( 2,701 ). The top 10 brands account for 80 % of all thefts with Honda the most stolen ( 11,030 ), followed by Yamaha ( 8,261 ) and Kawasaki ( 6,340 ). Of all thefts , less than half ( 42 %/ 22,403 ) were recovered .
The MIC reports Q2 new-model motorcycle sales among leading brands were + 15.2 % in USA . Compared to the year-ago period , YTD sales of on-highway models were + 25.2 %; dual sport models + 16.7 %; scooters + 8.3 %. Only off-highway sales dipped slightly through Q2 , by -3.2 %.
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