International Dealer News IDN 144 August/September 2018 | Page 8

STAT ZONE
UK motorcycle registrations
+3.48 percent to June
2018
20,000
TOTAL PTW
which data is available. 2016/17
saw 40,600 motorcycle test
passes, the best figure for some
years, though there has been
some softening in early 2018; the
MCIA estimates that motorcyclists
+3.48%
40,000
+2.09%
60,000
most popular in the UK, with
18,259 units sold, a +8.4 percent
increase on the first six months
of 2018. Adventure Sport models
are +0.5 percent YTD at 10,330
units sold; followed by Scooters
at +2.1 percent (9,683 units
sold); custom style bikes (5,023
units/+12.2 percent) and
Supersport models the fifth
largest market sector at 4,719
units sold for the first six months
of 2018, but continuing their
decline popularity at -16.7
percent. The Trail/Enduro sector
was worth 3,511 units YTD
(+13.3 percent).
The UK has 1.27m motorcycles in
use as of 2016, the latest year for
UK registrations - January-June 2018
2017
The latest information from the
motorcycle industry association
in the UK (MCIA) shows
motorcycle sales +9.25 percent
(12,509 units) in June 2018,
following +1.29 percent (10,396
units) in May, leaving the UK
motorcycle market at +3.48
percent (54,984 units) for the
first six months of the year.
Moped sales remain soft in the
UK (-13.83 and -15.11 percent in
May and June respectively;
-21.49 percent YTD at 2,444
units), meaning that total PTW
sales are tracking motorcycle
sales closely at +2.09 percent for
the YTD (57,428 units).
Naked style bikes remain the
80,000
MOTORCYCLE
rode some 4.6 billion km (2.8
billion miles) in 2016.
The UK saw 96,943 new
motorcycles registered in 2017
(-18.52 percent), with 104,655
total PTWs sold (-18.05 percent).
German motorcycle registrations
+6.87 percent to June
German registrations - January-June 2018
2017
+10.45%
100,000
TOTAL PTW
25,000
66,938
50,000
2018
+6.87%
75,000
since before 2008.
The top-selling motorcycle in Germany
YTD is the R 1200 GS (5,168 units
sold), followed by Kawasaki’s Z 900
(2,118), the Yamaha MT-07 (2,056),
Kawasaki Z 650 (1,892) and Honda
Africa Twin (1,606).
With five models among the top 20
sellers, it is no surprise that BMW
remains market share leader in its
home market with a 21.82 percent
share (15,612 units YTD – actually
down from 17,314 units in the first
half of 2017), with Kawasaki second
(8,927 units sold), Honda third (8,495
units), KTM fourth (7,392) and Harley-
Davidson fifth (7,198 units).
The latest data released by the
motorcycle industry trade association
in Germany (IVM) shows motorcycle
registrations up by +5.79 percent for
June (12,838 units), by +7.82 percent
for May (13,851 units) and running at
+6.87 percent for the first six months
of the year (71,539 units).
The moped market in Germany is
performing better than in many other
parts of Europe, resulting in total PTW
registrations of 97,072 units in the
year to June (+10.45 percent), having
been up by +7.78 and +11.09 percent
in June and May respectively (18,406
and 19,388 units). This is probably the
best first half year seen in Germany
MOTORCYCLE
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RCYCLE
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Australia: road bikes -5.3 percent for first six months
Scooters are undergoing a sales
resurgence in Australia, up by
+10.9 percent on low volumes,
but the overall national
motorcycle market there
recorded a -5.9 percent decline
for the first six months of 2018.
From January to June,
motorcycle industry sales
totalled 47,942 compared with
50,939 for the same period in
2017. The segment most
affected by the 2018 downturn
was ATVs and SSVs with