While most of Europe ' s ' Big Five ' major markets 150,000 ( Italy , France , Spain , UK ) showed motorcycle and PTW registration 100,000 growth in 2021 , Germany was the primary exception at -11.90% for 50,000 motorcycles and -9.71% for total PTWs . The current year started strongly in Germany , with , as seen elsewhere , some anomalous results for the start of the year and , as predicted by IDN in the last issue , a downward trend setting in as the well documented recessionary pressure starts to eat away at consumer discretionary spending . According to the latest data available from the IVM - the motorcycle trade association in Germany - new motorcycle registrations went negative in April , stayed there in May and were a whopping -27.39% in June at 11,198 units - the weakest June market performance seen in Germany since 2014 . For the first six months , motorcycle registrations were
-4.22 % at 68,370 units , the weakest first six months since 2017 . In total PTW terms , registrations for the first half of 2022 were just about still positive at + 3.08 % ( 118,402 units ), still a best first half since before 2009 , so there is still a strong market in Germany , but the underlying trend is down , with June seeing total PTW sales down by -19.87 % at 21,948 units , which is lower than June 2020 and 2021 . The top selling motorcycle in Germany YTD was the BMW R 1250 GS with 5,896 units sold for a share of the total market of 8.62 % - remarkable for a single model - and way ahead of the Kawasaki Z900 in second
( 2,256 units ). Followed by the Yamaha MT-07 , Honda CB 650 R Neo Sports Café , the Ténéré 700 , CRF 1000 Africa Twin , Z650 , CMX 500 Rebel , the BMW S 1000 R and KTM 890 Duke in 10th spot . With seven models in the top 30 bestsellers , it is no surprise that BMW is ( again ) the runaway market share leader in its home market with a 22.93 % share ( 15,680 total units sold YTD ). Honda is a distant second with a 12.20 % share ( 8,342 units ), followed by Kawasaki ( 11.35 %/ 7,760 units ), Yamaha ( 8.05 %/ 5,501 units ) and KTM fifth ( 7.96 %/ 5,439 units ). The top ten sees Harley-Davidson in sixth , followed by Triumph , Ducati , Suzuki and Royal Enfield 10th ( 2.99 % share / 2,044 units ). For the record - motorcycle registrations for the 2021 full year in Germany were -11.09 % ( 116,407 units ), with total PTWs at -9.71 % ( 197,540 units ) against 218,778 units in 2020 and 165,311 units in 2019 . In 2020 , the German motorcycle market grew by + 16.89 % ( 132,126 compared to a Euro 4 / 5 transition distorted 113,039 in 2019 ).
Japanese made motorcycle exports to Europe -18.92 % for first six months of 2022
After a massive ' bump ' in January this year (+ 42.58 %/ 17,574 units ), the latest available data from JAMA ( the automotive trade association in Japan , which includes representation of motorcycle manufacturers among its membership ) continues to show exports of Japanese made motorcycles to Europe ( over 250 cc ) down for a fifth straight month to -18.92 % for the YTD at 86,618 units . In total PTW terms , European imports from the ' Big Four ' Japanese factories have been down for five out of six months for the first half year and stand at -14.33 % ( 96,654 units ) YTD . Japanese made motorcycle exports to the USA have been down for three out of the six months in the first half and were -5.50 % for the year to end of June at 34,030 units . Total global Japanese made
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German registrations to June
114,867
+ 3.08 %
118,402
PTW
71,379
2021 2022
-4.22 %
68,370
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motorcycle exports from Japan were -14.22% at 250,000 153,064 units YTD , with global total PTW exports from Japan -8.72% at
200,000
203,369 units . For the record - annual
150,000 worldwide Japanese made motorcycle and moped exports ( all
100,000
PTWs ) fell off a cliff in 2009 to 583,879 from over 1 million in 2008 , 50,000 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 ; 396,379 in 2019 ; 311,998 in 2020 , but significantly up in 2021 ( for the first time since 2017 ) at 437,042 units
Japanese exports to June
112,819
2021
2022
-14.33 %
96,654
PTW EXPORTS TO EUROPE
222,803
-8.72 %
203,369
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(+ 40.08 %). European PTW imports from Japanese factories were + 37.14 % for the full year 2021 at 197,651 units - ahead of 2019 ( 191,144 ) and 2020 ( 144,127 ).
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Austria : Having been down in Q1 ( -1.50 % at 8,128 units ) and Q2 ( -5.54 % at 18,555 units ), total new PTW registrations in Austria were -4.35 % for the first six months of 2022 at 26,683 units - down by some 1,200 units on 2021 , but otherwise the highest in Austria for the first half year since 2013 . For context , the full year 2021 in Austria closed out at -2.93 % ( 44,747 units ).
Poland : June saw 4,754 new PTWs registered , + 4.7 % on June 2021 ; new PTW registrations were + 13.5 % (+ 2,442 units ) for the first six months of 2022 at 20,569 units , with motorcycles accounting for 70 % of registrations (+ 18.4 %/ 14,488 units ). 3,241 motorcycles registered made 2022 the best June for the Polish new motorcycle market since 2005 . Since the start of the year , the Polish market has seen 6,081 new mopeds registered (+ 3.2 %).
Dutch new motorcycle registrations were up by + 6.4 % for the first half of 2022 at 9,837 units - the best first six months in the Dutch market since 2009 . The increasing popularity of motorcycling in the Netherlands is also being seen in A driving license passes . In 2020 , during the Covid pandemic , a total of 26,606 first A driving license exams were taken , this increased to 33,021 exams in 2021 , 8,050 in the first five months . That number has increased further in the first five months of 2022 to 13,077 exams taken for the A motorcycle license .
The motorcycle market in Croatia is small , just 10,519 units in 2021 , with only 1.5 % of those being electric . However , Damir Derek , CEO of new Croatian Energica distributor INFIDEL D . O . O ., thinks the market for electrics in Croatia could be set for strong growth - forecasting 47 % of total PTW sales there to be electric by 2035 .
According to the European Confederation of the Bike , E-Bike , Components and Accessories Industry ( CONEBI ), in 2021 the European bicycle industry saw over 22 million units sold for the first time . Growth in the Eurozone was particularly driven by the continued robust demand for e-bikes , which exceeded 5 million units sold . Total sales of bicycles and e-bikes reached a value of € 19.7bn , + 7.5 % compared to 2020 .
Brembo has reported strong growth in the first six months of 2022 , with revenues at € 1,746.5m (+ 28.3 %); EBITDA up by 13 % at € 305.3m ( EBITDA margin : 17.5 %); EBIT also up by 13 % at € 187.5m ( EBIT margin : 10.7 %); net profit at + 17.3 % and net investments for the period amounted to € 121.6m . At € 595.1m (€ 368.0m prior to the application of IFRS 16 ), net financial debt was up € 98.2m compared to 30 June 2021 .
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