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The MIC reports that new motorcycle and scooter sales among the leading brands included in its data capture were up for the full year 2021 , with sales of all on-road motorcycles ( including scooters , on-highway and dual ) up by + 14.2 %. This is a second consecutive of growth , with sales now + 21.8 % across all categories ( scooters , on-highway , dual and off-highway ) since 2019 . Scooter sales are up 19.6 % over 2020 and 31.4 % over 2019 . On-highway motorcycle sales are up 12.9 % over 2020 . Dual sport models were up 18.6 % over what was considered a monster year of sales in 2020 , which saw a 46.2 % increase in sales over 2019 . Interest in off-highway motorcycles continues to be strong with a two-year increase of 42.9 %.

According to UK motorcycle industry association MCIA , November 2021 saw Super Soco become the first ever 100 % electric brand to feature in the UK ' s top ten best-selling PTWs - outselling far more established manufacturers such as Suzuki , Ducati , Aprilia and H-D . Super Soco also remained the UK ' s bestselling electric powered two-wheeler ( e-PTW ) brand YTD , with its market share rising to 29.57 %. Its CPx maxi-scooter was holding steady as the top-selling electric model , accounting for 20 % of e-PTW sales for the YTD and 33 % of e-PTW sales for November .

Provisional figures from Piaggio for its 2021 financial year to 31st December put consolidated net sales at approx . € 1.668m (+ 27 % from € 1.313.7m in 2020 ) with a net financial position of approx . € 380m (+€ 43m from € 423.6m in 2020 ). Capital expenditure is said to have been + 10 % at € 154m in 2021 . CEO Roberto Colaninno : " The preliminary figures show that we are gradually moving out of the deterioration that developed during the pandemic . A healthy upsurge in sales can be seen on all markets and this suggests a positive trend in turnover ." A number of problems with material supplies and inflation rates continue , but we are ready to meet this situation ."

Citing a January 2022 Interbrand report , Piaggio Group (" Europe ' s largest scooter and motorcycle manufacturer ") says that in 2021 , the Vespa brand value totalled € 906m . " Vespa is much more than a mobility brand , it symbolises art , design , technology and fun ," said Michele Colaninno , Director for Strategy , Products & Innovation . " Vespa is an icon of style : its uniqueness makes it one of the most admired and desired brands , belonging to the premium space as well as fashion and lifestyle brands ."

While most of Europe ' s ' Big Five ' major markets ( Italy , France , Spain , UK ) are showing PTW registration growth in 2021 , Germany is the exception . Data from the IVM , the motorcycle industry trade association in Germany , shows 2021 full year new motorcycle registrations having been down in Germany by -11.90 % ( 116,407 units ). This is up compared to the prepandemic levels seen in Germany in 2019 ( 113,039 units ), but down against 2020 ( 132,126 ) as a result of what appeared at the time to be a disproportionately strong German market recovery surge in the second half of 2020 . In total PTW terms , the German market was -9.71 % ( 197,540 units ) compared to 218,778 units in 2020 and 165,311 units in 2019 . For context though , 2021 has remained a " good year " for the German market - in motorcycle sales terms , 2021 was the third strongest year since before the 2008-2010 financial crisis and was the second best since then in total PTW terms . BMW remained motorcycle ( and overall ) market share leader with 26,699 motorcycle units sold for a

The latest data available from JAMA ( the automotive trade association in Japan , which includes representation of motorcycle manufacturers among its membership ) shows exports of Japanese made motorcycles to Europe ( over 250 cc ) growing in 2021 ( for the first time in four years ) at + 36.55 % to 177,567 units for the full year - the fourth highest since 2010 . Japanese made motorcycle exports to USA were + 73.37 % for the full year 2021 at 74,429 units . Globally the Japanese factories were + 40.31 % in motorcycle export terms at 323,108 units - the strongest export performance from the Japanese factories since 2018 .

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22.94 % market share - BMW had eight models in the top twenty-five best sellers in 2021 . Honda was second ( 12.42 % share / 14,459 units sold ), KTM third ( 11.74 % share , 13,664 units ), Kawasaki fourth ( 10.47 % share , 12,191 units ) and Yamaha fifth ( 7.5 % share , 8,730 units ), followed by Harley- Davidson , Ducati , Triumph , Suzuki and Husqvarna . Unsurprisingly , the top selling model was BMW ' s R 1250 GS ( 9,377 units sold ), followed by the Kawasaki Z900 and Z650 in second and third , Yamaha

In total PTW terms , shipments to Europe were + 37.14 % ( 197,651 units ); total PTW shipments to USA were + 57.32 % at 128,842 units for the full year and , globally , + 40.08 % at 437,042 PTW units were exported from Japan to all markets - the highest level since 2018 . The increasing number of units being made by Japanese manufacturers elsewhere in Asia , the US and South / Central America goes some way to providing historical context for the data . Most of the Japanese made machines coming into Europe are of higher value , larger displacements . Most of their overseas factories are primarily engaged in making and

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MT-07 in fourth , just ahead of Honda ' s CRF1100L Africa Twin in fifth . For the record - the 2020 full year saw the German motorcycle market grow by + 16.89 % with 132,126 units sold ( theoretically ), compared to 2019 at 113,039 units . However , that apparent 16.89 % growth in the worst pandemichit year was distorted in the final quarter of 2020 by the rush to preregister unsold Euro 4 models before the December 31st final extended deadline for doing so - all units registered since January 1st , 2021 , have been Euro 5 compliant machines .

selling scooters and smaller capacity units in and for ' emerging ' markets ( where import tariffs are high ) and in making ATV / UTV units - especially in the United States , where demand for such machines is at its highest and grew strongly in 2020 . For the record - annual worldwide Japanese made motorcycle and moped exports ( all PTW ) fell off a cliff in 2009 to 583,879 from over 1 million in 2008 , having peaked at 1,641 million units in 2000 . They have continued to decline most years since then . Most recently they were 463,123 units in 2017 ; 456,758 in 2018 ; 386,379 in 2019 and 311,998 in 2020 .

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