According to the latest data released by the motorcycle industry trade association in Germany (IVM, Essen), new motorcycle registrations in November were essentially "flat" on low volumes at +0.10 percent compared to November 2014 (2,009 units compared to 1,007), meaning that for the year-to-date (January to November 2015) the German motorcycle market was +5.41 percent (99,599 units compared to 94,477 units for the first 11 months of 2014) - already ahead of the 2014 full-year total of 96,823 units.
In total PTW terms, November was up by +4.63 percent (3,636 units) in Germany, and is +6.11 percent (at 145,800 units) for the year-to-date - already ahead of the 2014 full-year total of 140,609 units.
The top-selling motorcycle in Germany so far in 2015 is BMW’s R 1200 GS (7,086 units), followed by Yamaha's MT-07 (3,138 units) and BMW’s Nine T (2,572 units), with the Kawasaki ER-6n fourth and Yamaha MT-09 fifth.
The top-selling motorcycle manufacturer so far in 2015 is BMW with 23.10 percent of the German motorcycle market (23,008 units, +8.89 percent compared to their market share performance for the first 11 months of 2014), with Yamaha second with 11.47 percent of the German motorcycle market (11,420 units, +17.85 percent), and Kawasaki third with 10.33 percent German market share (10,286 units, +7.72 percent).
Honda are fourth with a 10.33 percent market share (10,281 units), which is down -7.02 percent on their 2014 11 month performance, and Harley-Davidson fifth with a 9.76 percent share (9,719 units), down -7.25 percent). KTM are sixth (+1.05 percent); Suzuki seventh (+8.17 percent); Ducati eighth (up by a massive +25.24 percent selling 5,637 units, 1,649 of which were Scramblers); Triumph ninth (-10.51 percent); Aprilia tenth (+17.94 percent).
