choice but to work with show total registrations of 115,714 units (+ 2.63 %) with only 3,750 of those being electric powertrain units ( -7.7 %). As elsewhere , the majority of the electrics sold in the UK are low power models .
The latest data from the German motorcycle industry association ( IVM ) shows motorcycle registrations even more drastically impacted by Euro 5 + pre-registration ' channel stuffing ' than was the case seen in Italy with as many as 23,000 to 25,000 units rushed through in the final quarter of 2024 to beat the January 1,2025 cut-off . Therefore the IVM ' s formal data has to be viewed with caution and the best estimates that we here at IDN can arrive at , based on our archives and experience , is that motorcycle registrations in Germany in 2024 were indeed up , but by something in the region of 3,000 to 4,000 units for the year , giving a ' real ' 2024 market growth of around 3.00 % at best ( 129,000 units ). Certainly not the + 21.47 % ( 152,704 units ) that the trade association and government registrations department ( KBA ) have had no choice in reporting . Corresponding ' real ' estimates in total PTW terms for the German market in 2024 would be around 223,000 units for approximate annual market growth of + 2.5 %. The top selling model in Germany in 2024 was the BMW R 1300 GS with ( a theoretical ) 7,174 units sold for a 4.7 % market share . This was followed by the Kawasaki Z900 ( theoretically 4,126 / 2.70 %), Honda CB 750 Hornet ( 2,935 / 1.92 %), BMW R 1250 GS ( 2,631 / 1.72 %) and Honda XL 750 Transalp overtaking the Yamaha MT- 07 ( 2,581 / 1.69 % and 2,512 / 1.65 %
For the record : the UK motorcycle market was down by -1.20 % in 2023 , at 107,215 units . Total PTW registrations down further by -2.53 % ( 112,748 units ). These statistics reflect the fact that the UK entered a small but definite technical
Germany 2024 - motorcycle registrations up by approx . + 3.00 %
300,000
200,000
100,000
German registrations 2024
215,501
+ 16.37 %
250,783
PTW
2023 2024
125,709
+ 21.47 %
152,704
MOTORCYCLE respectively ) The top 10 is rounded out by the KTM 690 SMC in 7th spot ( 2,285 / 1.50 %), Yamaha Tenere 700 ( 2,255 / 1.48 %), BMW F 900 R ( 2,205 / 1.44 %) and Kawasaki Z 650 ( 2,173 / 1.42 %) in tenth . Then come the Husqvarna 701 Supermoto , KTM 790 Duke , KTM 1290 Super Duke R , Honda CBR 650 R and the Yamaha MT-09 . The top-selling Suzuki YTD was the GSX-8S in 20th spot ( 1,355 units ); the GASGAS SM 700 ( 1,398 ) was in 19th spot ; the Scrambler 400 X was Triumph ' s best seller in 37th spot ( 1,025 units ); the Multistrada V4 ( 911 units ) was the best-selling Ducati in 45th spot with Harley-Davidson having dropped out of the top 50 bestselling models list entirely . With 11 models in the top 50 , it is no surprise that BMW remains the dominant market share leader in its home market , with 28,581 units sold ( up on the 23,978 sold in 2023 though with a marginally reduced market share of 18.72 %). This was followed by Honda with
recession in the second half of 2023 and through the winter into early 2024 . Despite that , 2023 saw the second-best annual sales figures for the UK motorcycle market since before the 2007 / 2008 financial crisis .
( 14.03 % share / 21,431 units sold ); KTM ( 15,559 units sold for a 10.19 % share ); Kawasaki ( 10.12 %/ 15,460 units - up on 2023 ); and Yamaha ( 8.05 %/ 12,296 ). The top 10 market shares were rounded out by Harley- Davidson , Triumph , Ducati , Suzuki and Husqvarna . Overall , electric PTW sales were fractionally up over 2023 ( 1,733 units over 1,614 in 2023 ) with Kawasaki surprisingly in top spot with 561 units sold for 32.37 % market share . This was followed by Zero Motorcycles ( 273 units / 15.75 % market share ), Vmoto ( 135 units / 7.79 %), Tinbot ( 62 units / 3.58 %) and KTM ( 60 units / 3.46 % share ); LiveWire has fallen out of the top 5 best-selling electric motorcycle brand listing . For the record - In motorcycle terms , the German market was up in 2023 at + 16.41 % ( 125,709 units ). In total PTW terms the German market was + 6.98 % at 215,501 units . The used market in Germany in 2023 saw 442,868 vehicles change hands in 2023 . The top selling motorcycle in Germany in 2023 was the BMW R 1250 GS with 7,529 units sold for a 5.99 % market share ( the Kawasaki Z900 was second , Honda CB 750 Hornet third ). BMW retained its top spot as German motorcycle market share leader with 23,978 units sold for 19.07 % market share , which marked some 4.4 % growth on its unit sales in 2022 . Honda took second spot with Kawasaki third .
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The announcement last year that Honda , Mitsubishi and Nissan had arrived at the Memorandum of Understanding stage ( MOU ) in respect of a proposed merger came as a surprise to those outside the Japanese automotive industry . Well , just as much of a surprise was the February 2025 announcement that the three had fallen out of love and torn up those same plans . Honda says that " going forward , the three companies will collaborate within the framework of a strategic partnership aimed at the era of intelligence and electrified vehicles . This framework was established within the MOU signed on August 1 last year , striving to create new value and maximise the corporate value of each company ." Okay then , remaining friends but not moving in together .
Do you remember the popular range of Koni shock absorbers ? Yes , of course you do ! Manufactured in The Netherlands , the original 1857 founded owner ( A . de Koning ) founded Koni in 1928 and started making friction type shocks in 1932 . The company started making motorcycle shock absorbers as Koni B . V . in 1967 , and was bought by the American ITT Corporation in 1972 . It owned and operated Koni until 2001 when the Australian Importer ( Proven products Pty Ltd ., NSW - Geoff and Louise Lowe ) bought the technology and designs but not the brand name - turning the Koni motorcycle suspension product line into IKON Suspension . Well , at the start of this year IKON signed German online store and suspension specialist Wirth Federn ( Bispingen , Lower Saxony ) as its exclusive distributor for Germany , the Netherlands , Belgium and Luxembourg ; www . ikonsuspension . com