The latest data released by the MCIA, the motorcycle industry trade association in the United Kingdom, puts new motorcycle registrations at +13.3 percent for March this year (15,373 units), with the year to date being up an impressive +14.2 percent (23,329 units).
The UK market has now seen new motorcycle registrations grow for 13 consecutive months, and 21 out of the past 27 months.
In total PTW registration terms, the UK was +11.8 percent in March (16,282 units) and is +11.7 percent at 25,249 units for the year to date - representing 15 consecutive months of total PTW sales growth.
The Naked-style sector continues to be the strongest in the UK at +33.6 percent for the year to date (6,334 units), followed by the adventure sport sector (+17.9 percent, 4,026 units).
The top selling motorcycle in the UK in March this year was the Yamaha MT-09 Tracer (333 units), followed by the BMW S 1000 RR (283 units).
Honda scored top spot in market share terms, selling 3,041 units, followed by Yamaha (2,175), BMW (1,630) and Triumph (1,496).
The most recent available data (2012) says that there are 1.2 million PTWs in use in the UK; that some 45,000 new riders passed their motorcycle test in the UK in 2012/13 (down from 70,000 in 2008/09, and that the total distance travelled by motorcycle in the UK was 4.6 bn KM (2.8 bn miles) in 2012 (down from 5.1 bn KM/3.2 bn miles in 2009).
