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UK registrations - Year-to-date 2018
UK motorcycle registrations
+9.55 percent Jan/Feb 2018 10,000
+7.30%
2018
2017
+9.55%
percent for the YTD on low volumes
(moped Euro 4 emissions
requirements became active from
January 1st this year), with overall total
PTW registrations +7.30 percent at
9,338 units.
‘Naked’ style bikes remain the most
popular in the UK at 2,452 units for
the year to date (out of 8,616 units in
total); 2,032 Scooters have been sold
far in 2018; 1,362 Adventure Sport
models and 1,056 Trail/Enduro
machines. The Sport/Tour and
Supersport sectors continue to decline.
Honda was the top selling brand in the
UK in February, followed by Yamaha
and BMW. The top-selling Adventure
Sport model was the Honda CRF 1000
Africa Twin; the top-selling ‘Naked’
style bike was the Honda CB 125 F.
The MCIA reports that the total
number of road registered motorcycles
in use has continued to grow, with the
8,000
4,000
6,000
The latest data released by the MCIA
(Motorcycle Industry Association) in
the UK shows new motorcycle
registrations in February up by +5.3
percent (3,613 units) and running at
+9.55 percent (8,616 units) for the
first two months of 2018.
Although that is up on the same period
of last year, it remains down from the
9,650 registrations seen in January
and February of 2016, though actually
the second best first two months UK
market performance since before
2009.
The UK market was reported at -18.52
percent at 96,943 units for 2017.
However, because of the Euro 3-4
carry-over effects, the UK trade
association is on record as thinking
that, in reality, the market was
essentially flat in 2017 at between -
2.5 and + 2.5 percent.
Moped registrations are -13.88
2,000
TOTAL PTW
latest available figures (2016) putting
the market at 1.27 m units, with 4.6
billion km/2.8 billion miles estimated
to have been ridden in the UK in 2016.
The number of motorcycle tests being
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passed has continued to grow, with
2016/17 put at 40,600, up from
37,500 in 2014/16, 34,5000 in
2014/15 and just 30,500 in 2013/14.
Japanese +250 cc exports to Europe -7.14 percent
for January/February 2018
Japanese Exports to Europe - Year-to-date 2018
2017
50,000
Japanese Exports to America- Year-to-date 2018
2018
2017
2018
50,000
-5.46%
-7.14%
+17.82%
20,000
TOTAL
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PTW
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percent to USA (21,278 units)
and were +2.17 percent
worldwide (90,459 units).
For the full year Japanese
motorcycle exports to Europe
were +15.83 percent at 208,823
units – the strongest since 2008;
worldwide they were +12.39
percent at 362,558 units – their
strongest since 2009.
TOTAL
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PTW
The increasing number of units
being made by the Japanese
manufacturers elsewhere in Asia,
the US and South/Central
America goes some way to
providing historical context for
the data, though the majority of
higher value larger displacement
Japanese brand machines,
especially those being sold in
10,000
10,000
+29.84%
20,000
30,000
30,000 40,000
40,000
The latest data released by JAMA
(the automotive trade
association in Japan, which
includes representation of
motorcycle manufacturers among
its membership) shows exports
of Japanese made motorcycles to
Europe running at -7.14 percent
YTD (44,658 units).
Although that is down on the
Euro 3-4 affected early 2017
data, it is up on the 40,320
exports recoded for the first two
months of 2016, and apart from
last year, is the best start to the
year for Japanese made
motorcycle exports to Europe
since 2009.
Exports to the USA for the first
two months were +29.84 percent
(15,570 units) and the worldwide
total of 75,569 units is +3.05 on
the start of 2017.
Total Japanese manufactured
PTW exports to Europe were -
5.46 percent for the first two
months (46,660 units); +17.82
MOTORCYCLE
Europe, are still made in Japan.
Their overseas factories are
primarily engaged in making and
selling scooters and smaller
capacity units in 'emerging'
markets (where import tariffs are
high) and in making ATV/UTV
units - especially in the United
States, where demand for such
machines is strongest.
Swiss PTW registrations -2.79 percent January/February
The latest new registrations data
released by Swiss industry association
MotoSuisse shows total new PTW
registrations down by -2.79 percent
for the first two months of 2018 at
2,985 units, with motorcycles down by
-16.94 percent on low volumes so far
(1,393 units).
For the full year 2017, motorcycle
registrations were up by +2.08
percent at 26,942 units (-3.4
percent/26,391 units in 2016 after
being +17 percent in 2015), with total
PTW registrations broadly flat (-0.89
percent) at 45,487 units in total (-6.21
percent/45,896 units in 2016).
In motorcycle market share terms,
Yamaha continued as market leader
for the first two months of 2018,
selling 204 PTWs in total for a 28.17
percent share; Honda was second
(25.00 percent share), with Harley-
Davidson third.
Kawasaki’s Z 900 was top seller
through February, followed by Honda’s
CRF1000L Africa Twin, the Yamaha
MT-09, Kawasaki Z650 and Yamaha
MT-07.
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