Growth continues in the UK

Growth continues in the UK

Motorcycle registrations have continued their upward trend in the UK in April with 18.04 percent growth (9,024 units) compared to April 2013 (7,645 units).

April was the tenth month of motorcycle registration growth seen in the last 12 months (July 2013 was only off by -0.51 percent, with February this year down by -11.04 percent due to poor weather). For the year-to-date, the UK is up by 15.97 percent at 29,445 units compared to 25,390 for the first four months of 2013.

At the present rate of growth, the UK could see new motorcycle sales edging towards the 100,000 unit mark by the end of this year, if the current trend continues. Last year, the UK motorcycle market grew by 1.16 percent compared to 2012 (81,180 units), having grown by 1.07 percent to 80,251 units in 2012 – which means that the UK motorcycle market had been stable for four years following the 95,000 units sold in 2009.
The small cc market in the UK remains low in terms of volume (approximately 3,000 units for the year-to-date). In total PTW terms, the UK was up by 16.09 percent in April (up by 18.22 percent in March) and is up by 13.66 percent for the year-to-date at 32,470 units in total.