The latest data released by the motorcycle industry trade association in Germany (the IVM) shows that new motorcycle registrations there were +17.56 percent in June (at 12,030 units), compared to down by -4.26 percent in May.
For the year-to-date the market in Germany is +5.12 percent at 69,412 units, compared to 66,033 units for the first six months of 2014. This is the best June and best first half of the year seen in Germany since 2008.
In total PTW terms the German market was +15.42 percent in June (17,746 units - the best since 2008) and +4.95 percent at 96,066 units for the first half of the year, also the best since 2008.
The best selling motorcycle in Germany for the all-important first six months of the year was the BMW R 1200 GS, with 5,130 units sold. Second was Yamaha's MT-07 (2,306 units); third was BMWs R Nine T (1,915 units); fourth was the Yamaha MT-09 (1,780 units); fifth was the Kawasaki ER-6n (1,695 units).
In sixth place was the BMW S 1000 R (1,466 units); seventh was the BMW R 1200 R (1,422 units); eighth was the Kawasaki Z 800 (1,259 units); ninth the KTM 690 SMC (1,033 units); with the Ducati Scrambler tenth (1,019 units).
