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Germany : After finishing 2021 down by -11.90 % ( 116,407 units ), new motorcycle registrations in Germany have started strongly according to the latest data from the IVM . For the first two months of 2022 , the German motorcycle market is + 22.13 % with 12,234 new units registered . Total new PTW registrations are + 37.90 % for the January and February period , with 18,542 new units registered in total . BMW remains market leader with seven models in the top 20 bestseller list - the best-selling motorcycle in Germany YTD being the R 1250 GS ( 1,376 units ), followed by the MT-07 , Ténéré 700 , Z 900 and the Africa Twin in fifth .
United Kingdom : According to the latest MCIA data , the UK has started the year well , with 10,495 new motorcycles registered in January and February for a + 76.30 % market performance compared to the first two months of 2021 . The UK market was + 10.17 % ( 106,355 units ) for the full year 2021 . Statistics such as those seen in January and February this year are generally due to an anomaly of some kind - though it is possible that , as elsewhere in Europe , the market is responding to the massive spikes in petrol prices . This is the best ' early year ' market performance in the UK since before the 2007 / 2010 financial crisis . Total new PTW registrations YTD in the UK are running at + 71.09 % ( 11,333 units ).
Spain : The latest data from ANESDOR shows new motorcycle registrations in Spain at + 16.88 % for the first three months of 2022 ( 38,701 units ) - though March was down by -3.40 % ( 14,676 units ). Nonetheless , it was still the best Q1 start to the year in Spain since before the 2007 / 2010 financial crisis . Total PTW registrations YTD in Spain were + 16.25 % ( 42,443 units ). Honda is market share leader YTD ( 24.4 % share ), followed by Yamaha , BMW , Piaggio and KYMCO . For the record , the Spanish motorcycle market was + 6.26 % for the full year 2021 at 165,115 units .
Italy : The Italian motorcycle market closed out March at -2.96 % ( 29,646 total PTWs ) according the latest ANCMA data - " motorcycles and mopeds did well , scooters were down ". In fact , scooter registrations were down by -18.36 % ( 13,516 units ), while motorcycles were up strongly at + 16.13 % ( 14,488 units ); mopeds were also up by + 8.1 % ( 1,642 units ). For Q1 , 64,712 new units were registered in total for a + 0.23 % market performance overall ; 32,748 motorcycles (+ 21.38 %); 27,378 scooters ( -18.58 %) and 4,550 mopeds (+ 15.75 %). The electric market was up with 1,486 units registered in March (+ 66.22 %) and 3,424 new electric units registered in total for Q1 (+ 67.27 %).
Letter from Ukraine By DJ Maughfling
Photos : Albert Garcia
Writing on April 2nd , Supersprox ' Director General DJ Maughfling has written this update on how the war with Russia continues to affect business operations and , above all , the people who work for Supersprox at its Ukraine factory , some 150 km west of the capital Kyiv …
It has been 35 days from the start of the war in Ukraine . It feels , for me , that the war has been going on forever . We have faced more difficulties in these few days than we faced in the past 10 years . Things that are not even ' things ' now become huge issues . We face the possibility of death almost every day , from missiles and dropped bombs . There have been some moments when I was scared in a way that I have never known before . Everyone here is finding it difficult and we are all touched by the waste and destruction in the country . However , there is a strange
' a change in one ' s state of mind '
phenomenon that occurs during these testing times . I did not recognise it until I faced the fear of imminent death . There can be a change in one ' s state of mind . People are able to move their borders of fear in order to cope with continuous stress . This state of mind has helped me and will help the people of Ukraine to pass through this war and recover . On the day that the war broke out , I was in Slovakia . It was a shock and hard to process what was happening in the place I had just left . Although I knew from that first day that I needed to come back to Ukraine and support our staff , I was not able to process the reasoning in my mind . That day , I drove with my wife and our small dog back to the border between Slovakia and Ukraine . A border that we had only crossed the day before . I have to admit that my wife was not at all
happy about my plan to return to Zhytomyr . It was understandable ! She told me that she didn ' t want to return , but she was not going to stay in Europe without me . At the border , we were the only car heading into Ukraine . Facing us were thousands of women and children , trying to leave for what they hoped was the safety of western Europe . The Ukraine border guard went to hand us back our passports and then stopped himself . He looked at us for a moment
and said : “ Are you sure that you want to go back ? There shooting in Zhytomyr .” It was terrifying to hear . At that very moment my heart felt as if it would jump from my chest . I wasn ' t even sure anymore whether I was doing something helpful or completely stupid . I didn ' t say anything to the guard , just took the passports and returned to our car . In the car , the silence was deafening . It might have taken an hour to pass through the crowds of people and abandoned cars at the border . Finally on the road , we started driving towards the Carpathian Mountains . There are two roads going to Zhytomyr . The northern route is faster . However , we decided to go on a
Sergiy removing scraps , with Valeriy behind
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