The latest data released by the motorcycle industry trade association in the UK (MCIA) shows that new motorcycle registrations for April were +13.27 percent (11,500 units) and are +9.94 percent for the year-to-date (36,814 units).
Moped sales continue to be down, as elsewhere in Europe, but overall total PTW registrations in the UK are +8.88 percent YTD at 39,414 units.
The strongest growing sectors in the UK for the first four months of 2016 are custom-style bikes (+17.4 percent, 3,310 units YTD); adventure sport models (+16.8 percent, 6,679 units YTD); scooters (+16.5 percent, 7,842 units YTD); and sport/tour models (+14.3 percent, 1,362 units YTD).
The largest sector in the UK remains naked-style bikes (+6.4 percent, 10,046 units YTD); the historically strong Supersport market in the UK was -4.2 percent for the first four months of the year (4,383 units).
In powerband terms, the 651-1,000 cc market is growing strongly, as elsewhere in Europe, at +14 percent (9,852 units YTD), with Honda's CRF 1000 'Africa Twin' the bestseller in all categories in April (182 units).
The best selling 1,000cc+ model was BMW’s R 1200 GS Adventure, with the sector as a whole +4.7 percent YTD (7,239 units).
Honda were market share leaders in the UK in April (2,109 units), followed by Yamaha and Triumph.
