Dutch market worth 4,074 new motorcycles in Q1According to Dutch trade association RAI Vereniging, total PTW sales in the Netherlands in the first quarter of 2016 were 12,094 units, which is +3.14 percent over the first quarter of 2015, with mopeds at 8,020 of those units and motorcycles at 4,074.
According to ACEM data, the Dutch motorcycle market was up by +9.5 percent in 2015, with Dutch trade association data putting the total number of new motorcycle registrations there at 11,345 units for the year.
An additional 756 new “speed registered” e-bikes, or “fast electric bikes with badge”, were sold in the Netherlands in the first quarter of 2016, +1.0 percent over the first quarter of 2015.
ACEM puts the total PTW and related powersports vehicle market in the Netherlands at 77,619 units in 2015, which was up by +5.5 percent over 2014.
The largest motorcycle sector in the Netherlands was the Street/Naked sector, which accounted for around 29 percent of the Dutch market, with Off-Road/Enduro models taking another 28 percent of sales.
BMW was market share leader in the Netherlands (1,808 units sold there in 2015 - 614 of them were the R1200GS), followed by Yamaha (1,690 units - the MT-09 was their top seller), Kawasaki, Suzuki, Honda, Harley-Davidson, KTM, Ducati and Triumph.
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