The latest available data from ANESDOR - the motorcycle industry trade association in Spain - show that although the rate of growth in new motorcycle registrations in Spain in the first six months of 2023 has slowed a little , they were up by + 10.86 % at 101,422 units YTD . Registrations were + 15.61 % ( 13,171 units ) in January , + 0.10 % ( 12,436 units ) in February , + 21.78 % ( 17,917 units ) in March , + 12.35 % ( 15,587 units ) in April 2023 , + 10.30 % ( 21,160 units ) in May and + 8.32 % ( 21,150 units ) in June . This is by far the strongest first six-month market performance for new motorcycle registrations in Spain since before 2009 . Moped registrations remain soft in Spain , at -10.46 % down YTD ( 7,079 units ). Total new PTW registrations YTD in Spain were + 9.16 % at 108,501 units . The top-selling motorcycle and scooter brand in Spain YTD was Honda ( 24,399 units for a 24.1 % market share ), followed by
Yamaha ( 12,052 units , 11.9 % share ) and KYMCO third ( 7,427 units , 7.3 % share ), with Sym up to fourth ( 6,626 units , 6.5 % share ) and BMW down to fifth ( 6,610 units , 6.5 % share ). They are followed by Piaggio , Kawasaki , Zontes , KTM and Peugeot . The top-selling model in Spain in the first half year Q1 was Honda ' s PCX 125 ( 4,660 units for a 4.6 % market share ), followed by KYMCO ' s Agility City 125 ( 4,200 units YTD for a 4.1 % share ), the Honda SH125i ( 2,972 units , 2.9 % share ), the Sym Symphony 125 and Honda ' s Forza 125 . The top-selling models over 125 cc were Honda ' s ADV 350 ( 1,192 units ), the Kawasaki Z 900 ( 1,445 units ), Honda ' s XL 750 TransAlp ( 549 units ), Yamaha ' s X-Max 300 , the Honda Forza 350 , Yamaha T-Max 500 , Yamaha MT 07 , BMW F750 GS , Yamaha XTZ 700 Ténéré and BMW R 1250 GS . Electric motorcycle registrations were -23.9 % compared to the year-ago period ; with electric mopeds down -12.7 %.
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Spain - June YTD new motorcycle registrations + 10.86 %
For the record : motorcycle registrations in Spain were + 6.30 % for the full year in 2022 at 175,525 units - essentially flat with 2019 as the equal best year for motorcycle registrations in Spain since before 2009 . In total PTW terms , 2022 was + 4.54 % ( 191,225 units ). Demand for electric powered PTWs was + 53.1 % for the full year at 10,188 units - which was 5.8 % of total PTW sales .
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The significant rebound in new motorcycle registrations so far this year in Germany ( the German motorcycle market was -7.22 % for the 2022 full year ) continued through June 2023 . The most recent available data from the IVM ( the motorcycle trade association in Germany ) show January up by + 31.26 % ( 4,598 units ), February + 22.29 % ( 10,677 units ), March + 11.76 % ( 20,939 units ), April + 10.42 % ( 14,495 units ), May + 9.52 % ( 14,320 units ) and June + 31.34 ( 14,708 units ) - for the YTD a total of 79,737 units (+ 16.63 %). Though the rate of growth in the German market for the first half of 2023 has slowed a little , despite the continuing wider economic
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MOTORCYCLE the first six months ( 130,469 units YTD ) - also the best start to the year since before 2008 . With no fewer than seven models in the top 25 best-sellers , it is no surprise that BMW has maintained its commanding dominance in its home market with 16,590 units sold so far for a 20.81 % market share . Honda is second ( 13,428 / 16.84 % share ), with Kawasaki third ( 8,147 units sold for a 10.22 % share ), followed by KTM , Yamaha , H-D , Ducati , Triumph , Suzuki and Husqvarna in 10th spot . The BMW R 1250 GS has continued into 2023 as the best-selling model so far this year ( 5,051 units sold for a 6.33 % share ), Kawasaki ' s Z 900 is second , with its Z650 in fourth - showing Kawasaki ' s market resurgence of recent years as continuing with 2,447 units sold for a 3.07 % share and 1,524 units sold for a 1.91 % share , respectively . Honda ' s new-for-2023 CB 750 Hornet is the third best-seller YTD in Germany ( 2,240 units sold for a 2.81 % share ), with the company ' s CB 650 R Neo Sports Café in fifth spot ( 1,347 units sold YTD for a 1.69 % share ). The next best-sellers YTD on the German market are the Yamaha MT 07 , Honda ' s CMX 500 Rebel and CBR 650 R , showing that the rise of the middleweights continues , followed by the BMW F 900 R and the Yamaha Ténéré 700 , one spot higher than its MT-09 . Honda ' s also-new-for-2023 XL 750 Transalp is in 12th spot ( 935 sold ). In electric ( light ) motorcycle terms , Zero was the top-selling brand YTD , but on low volumes still with 197 units sold for a 23.7 % share of the German electric ( light ) motorcycles market . Vmoto was the second placed manufacturer ( 112 units / 13.11 % share ), followed by KTM ( 40 units sold , 4.68 % share ), Italy ' s Energica ( 26 units , 3.04 % share ) and Tinbot ( 20 units sold for a 2.34 % market share ). Though road-going electric motorcycles are only part of the EPTW story , they are a bellwether , and with the top-five brands only recording 541 units registered between them so far this year , out of a total of 854 units , in Germany ( of all markets ), there is clearly still a long way to go if the tsunami of capital being invested in electric PTW brands is ever to show a return . In this context , the EU ' s compromise of its 2035 new ICE vehicle ban in the face of the powerful German auto lobby , to allow post-2035 registration of vehicles that run exclusively on e- fuels , puts some of the EPTW forecasts being seen used for ambitions stock market flotations put into an even more ambitious context ( especially ' looking at you ' Harley- Davidson / LiveWire .) Vehicles with internal combustion engines can now still be newly registered throughout the EU after 2035 , if they fill up exclusively with CO2-neutral fuels . For the record : German motorcycle registrations were -7.22 % for the full year in 2022 ( 107,992 units ); thanks to the ongoing beneficial impacts of changes in domestic German licencing , total PTW registrations were essentially flat in 2022 at + 0.69 % ( 201,433 units ).
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