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Piaggio Group has extended the warranty period for all its scooter brands to four years. Buyers of Euro5 + Aprilia, Piaggio( including Liberty, Medley, Beverly and MP3) and Vespas with combustion engines of 50 cc and larger displacements have been covered by a four-year warranty since May 19.
Igor Akrapovic was awarded the Nicolas Rodil del Valle Gold Medal by the FIM at its annual ' Black-Tie ' awards dinner at the end of last year. The award was made in recognition of the Slovenian exhaust manufacturer ' s " important contribution to motorcycle sport ". Akrapovic, a former motorcycle racer, founded the business 33 years ago, and to date 190 world champions in two- and four-wheel motorsport have achieved success using Akrapovic exhaust systems; www. akrapovic. com
Owned by the 2Ride Group, French helmet brand Shark has lost a fouryear legal battle with its Barcelona, Spain based, Chinese owned LS2 rival. Shark had accused LS2 of infringing a patent on flip-up helmets with its Liao System 2. The court has now determined that the LS2 Convert and Valiant models did not infringe a patent, which Shark filed in 2005 and that expires at the end of 2025. The helmets featured a chin guard that could be pushed back beyond the usual position at forehead level to just below the neck area / B & B.
Some 15,000 visitors are said to have attended Touratech ' s Travel Event in the Black Forest, Germany( May 31-June 1). The event was staged at its Niedereschach headquarters and marked Touratech ' s 20th such event and the 35th anniversary of Touratech itself / B & B.
As part of the fall-out from the KTM bankruptcy, Austria based Hans Leeb GmbH took over distribution of CFMoto motorcycles in Germany and Austria at the start of June 2025. Leeb had already held the distribution rights for CF Moto ATVs( since June 2024) and will now additionally take over distribution of the Chinese company ' s motorcycle division. Initially, Leeb will act as a general importer, with a two-wheeler sector joint venture planned for 2026. In the medium term, the dealer network is expected to grow to 150 specialist retailers.
Germany motorcycle registrations to May-30.90 %
The latest data from the German motorcycle industry association( IVM) show motorcycle registrations for the period to May 2025 down by a massive-30.90 % with 47,149 units sold YTD. For the record, registrations were recoded as-51.15 % in January,-46.28 % in February,-33.56 % in March,-20.16 % in April and-21.47 % in a May. The trend appears therefore to be headed back towards some kind of equilibrium, but being so down after three of what are generally the strongest months for new motorcycle registrations in Germany( in most markets in fact) doesn’ t look good. Though at 72,895 units(-30.76 %) total PTW registrations don’ t offer any clues either. There’ s no apparent correlation suggesting a spending
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GERMANY budget tightening flight to low-cost PTWs apparent in these numbers yet. So, we can’ t make any kind of judgement- in either direction- about the extent to which the 21,082 motorcycle units lost in the first five months are sat within the apparent 25,793 October- December 24 Euro 5 + pre-regs compared to 2023. The German market continues to see way more dealership closures( some retirements and bankruptcies) and P & A / G & A vendors getting into difficulties than is usual in the spring- peak time is generally in the months leading up to winter and the year end. The list of top selling models and brand market shares remain pretty much the same compared to 2024, but on lower numbers. The traditional top seller- the BMW R
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1300 GS- remains top of the pile in Germany, followed by the Z900, CBR 650 R, Z650 and CB 750 Hornet. With 11 models in the 50 best-selling list YTD, it’ s no surprise that BMW remains top dog in its home market with a 23.51 % market share( 11,084 units). It was followed by Honda( 20.90 %/ 9,854 units), Kawasaki( 15.29 %/ 7,208), Triumph( 7.28 %/ 3,434) and Yamaha in fifth with a 6.75 % share( 3,183 units). In Electric light motorcycles, Zero is ahead, with a 16.80 % share( 144 units), followed by Vmoto( 6.30 %/ 54 units), Kawasaki( 4.67 % share, 40 units), Bombardier( Can AM) with a 3.27 % share / 28 units and Harley- Davidson on a 1.87 % share with just 16 of its Livewire electric motorcycle sold in the period.
Italy motorcycle registrations to June-15.03 %
Don’ t panic. The latest data from ANCMA, the motorcycle industry trade association for Italy shows new motorcycle registrations down for the first six months by-15.03 %( 81,933 units YTD). However, as is the case in most other European markets( especially Germany), the data remains hopelessly distorted by the Q4, 2024
rush by the primary OEMs to preregister unsold Euro 5 spec models before the upgraded Euro 5 + regulations can into force on 1st January this year. The result? In statistical terms a confused and confusing picture. However, the underlying data for Italy doesn’ t appear as bad as elsewhere( looking at you again Germany).
In each of the last four first half periods in Italy, the market grew well- by + 55.05 % in 2021( 74,593 units- Covid bounce), by + 6.02 % in 2022( 79,086 units- still bouncing), + 13.14 % in 2023( 89,478 units- even more bounce) and by + 7.77 % in 2024( 96,429 units- an eternal bounce!). In that context, it looks likely that at
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