According to the latest data released by the motorcycle industry trade association in Germany (IVM, Essen) new motorcycle registrations in September were down a little at -1.81 percent compared to September 2014 at 6,013 units, but are +6.18 percent for the year-to-date (94,110 units - the best first nine month market performance in Germany since 2008).
In total PTW terms the German market was actually up by +3.46 percent in September (9,926 units) and is running at +6.99 percent for the year-to-date (136,233 units - also the highest for the first nine months of the year since 2008).
Last year the German market saw 96,823 new motorcycles registered for the full 12 months (140, 609 total PTWs), and it is possible that these figures will be exceeded this year with a month or two to spare.
