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States was up by 7,000 units to 45,000 . Emerging markets were up by 333,000 units overall at 158,000 , with the Philippines remaining Kawasaki ' s strongest market at 103,000 units , up by 37,000 over the year-ago period . Total motorcycle business revenue was up at 265.1bn yen (+ 58.4bn yen ), with revenue up in emerging and developed markets , UTV , ATV and

" ACEM - Spain , Italy and UK up YTD "

PWC , and in its general purpose engine business . In corporate terms , Suzuki says net sales and profit increased year-on-year for the April-September period , mainly owing to improvement in sales mix / price , increase in volume , and the impact of the exchange rates , and as a result it has revised its full year forecast upwards . In terms of its motorcycle business , net sales increased by 28.2bn yen ( 45.8 %) YoY to 89.6bn yen , with operating profit increased by 4.5bn yen ( 185.4 %), YoY to 7.0bn yen - mainly owing to increased volume in India . The company says it also benefitted from improvement in the mix / price of its unit sales and the impact of the exchange rates . In unit terms , sales for the first half year totalled 960,000 units - up by + 22.9 % from 781,000 units in the year-ago period ; additionally , Suzuki ' s ATV sales were flat YoY at 8,000 units for the first half . Domestic Japanese motorcycle sales

" Honda and Yamaha units down in Europe "

were down for Suzuki by 6,000 units / - 18.5 %. Europe was essentially flat at -0.4% ( 18,000 units ). Asian unit sales were + 27.5 % at 787,000 units ( India and China were its biggest single markets at + 35.7 %/ 350,000 units and + 10 . 2 %/ 245 , 000 units respectively ), but its strongest growth came in the Philippines (+ 37.2 %) and Indonesia (+ 42.9 %). Suzuki ' s North American growth was strong too at + 16.7 %, but on low volume at 19,000 units . Consolidated net sales revenue from its motorcycle business totalled + 18.2 % for the period at 175.9bn yen .

association that includes the ' Big Four ' Japanese motorcycle manufacturers among its membership . JAMA regularly releases information about motorcycle exports from the Japanese motorcycle factories , and while much of production , especially in small cc and powersports units , that data still makes interesting reading . Just as this edition of IDN went to press , the latest JAMA data showed that the ongoing decline in exports of 250 cc + motorcycles to Europe turned dramatically into growth at the end of summer - in September by + 89.40 % ( 18 , 643 units ) and by + 133.67 %/ 21,998 in October ( in both cases the highest such figures since 2007 ). That data could simply be a statistical blip , but equally it could quite likely represent the recently reported easing of the logistical bottleneck . If so , then unless it represents MY2023 inventory , it hasn ' t come at the best time of year for Europe ' s dealer network , but at least it has meant improved dealer inventory supply of some kind .

" Kawasaki and Suzuki units down in Europe "

Ducati Diavel V4 - Voted " Most Beautiful Bike " at EICMA 2022 .

motorcycles YTD were slightly up on the 49,719 for the first nine months of 2021 . Operating profit was up from 67 to € 109m (+ 62 %). Italy remains Ducati ' s best market ( 8,283 units ) followed by USA ( 6,595 ) and Germany ( 5,701 ). China was fourth and posted the strongest growth for Ducati ( 4 , 103 units /+ 15 %). The Multistrada V4 remained Ducati ' s best-seller in Q3 and YTD with 8,776 units delivered in the first nine months of 2022 , followed by the Monster ( 6,903 ) and the Ducati Scrambler 800 family ( 5,771 ). The Piaggio Group reports sales of 410,000 two-wheeler vehicles ( and spare parts ) worldwide to September 2022 (+ 12 % compared to 366,000 for the year-ago period ), for a net turnover of € 1,338.9m , up by + 20.6 % compared to € 1,110.2m as at 30 September 2021 . " The turnover generated by twowheelers was particularly strong in the Asia Pacific area (+ 55.1 %), followed by the Americas (+ 44.4 %) and EMEA (+ 7.7 %) markets , while the Indian market of two-wheelers recorded

steady turnover of + 1 %". In Europe , the Piaggio Group " confirmed and consolidated its leadership in the scooter segment , with a share of 23.5 % ( up from 23.1 % in the first nine months of 2021 ), and further strengthened its position on the North American scooter market ", reaching 34.9 % share ( up from 34.5 % as at 30 September 2021 ). Piaggio ' s scooter sector saw a " double-digits increase in sales globally , driven in particular by the Vespa brand , which recorded doubledigits revenue growth and record sales volumes for the period , and by the Aprilia brand scooters ". The motorcycle sector was also " very positive " for Piaggio , with both the Aprilia and Moto Guzzi brands achieving " record sales in the first nine months of the year with the highest volumes and revenues ever . Particularly noteworthy has been the popularity of the new 660 cc Aprilia RS and Tuono , and the Moto Guzzi V7 and

" BMW global units + 1.7 %"

V85TT ". The most recent data from the KTM Group covered the first half of 2022 ( January to end of June ) and showed unit sales recovering , but still down compared to the same period of 2021 by -7.2 % at 163,334 units ( a figure which includes the models sold by its Asian partner Bajaj ).

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