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ISSN 1354-4047
200,000
150,000
100,000
German registrations 2022
200,056
+ 0.69 %
201,433
2021 2022
116,398
-7.22 %
PTW MOTORCYCLE
107,992
IDN FEBRUARY / MARCH 2023 (# 171 )
NEwsROOM ........................................................ 6-37,64
COMMENT - " Flat is the new black " ........................ 4
As the manufacturers report record results and , according to ACEM , European new motorcycle registrations come in " essentially flat " for 2022 , it looks like the motorcycle industry in Europe has ducked another bullet in terms of the potential for a very bad second half to the year .
STATZONE - The detail , all the detail and nothing but the detail .... 6-7
The 2022 full-year national motorcycle industry trade association new motorcycle registrations data makes for compelling reading if you are a " Stat Nerd ", and we are ! We have USA , Italy , Germany , Spain , UK and Australia for you .
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Italian registrations 2022
270,170
+ 0.09 %
270,416
119,009
2021 2022
+ 6.35 %
126,571
PTW MOTORCYCLE
LETTER FROM ITALY - ' Reporting live from Turin '...... 34
Newfren ' s Elisabetta Quadrini reports a good start to 2022 with investments , production reprofiling and supply chain efforts paying off in increased sales and new product .
SBS - " Better Brakes " ........................................ 32-33
Tougher or changed regulations can often have a positive effect on manufacturer business opportunities and consumer choice , product quality and safety . SBS ' response to the new ' Better Brakes ' regulations in the United States on how Green can mean Greenbacks .
VERTEX - 70th Anniversary .......................................... 30
Founded in 1953 , performance specialist Vertex Pistons has celebrated 70 years of developing and manufacturing high performance 2 and 4-stroke pistons for off-road , street , scooter , ATV , UTV , snowmobile , go-kart , ultralight and other motorsport applications . Last year saw them take no less than a staggering nine world titles in motocross , enduro and Supermoto - including Tim Gajser ' s MXGP World Championship , riding the factory Honda HRC .
ROOF INTERNATIONAL - 30th Anniversary .................. 52
French helmet manufacturer Claude Morin has had his setbacks since he founded the business in 1993 , but 30 years on , his originally avant-garde design oeuvre is now mainstream and much imitated , but never bettered ..
PROGUIDE - Puig R 1250 GS Additions ........................ 46
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