The latest statistics released by the IVM, the motorcycle industry trade association in Germany, show new motorcycle registrations up by +11.16 percent in June at 13,373 units and +5.28 percent for the first six months of the year at 73,078 units – the strongest first half year market performance seen in Germany since before 2009.
In total powered two-wheeler terms, the market in Germany was up by +9.38 percent in June (19,410 units) and is +4.14 percent for the year to date (100,047 units).
The top selling model in Germany so far this year is the BMW R 1200 GS (4,908 units), followed by Yamaha’s MT-07 (2,135 units) and Honda’s CRF 1000 ‘Africa Twin’ (1,942 units).
With eight models in the top 20 sellers list, it is no surprise that BMW is total PTW sales market share leader for the first six months of the year in its home market, having sold 16,856 units for a 16.85 percent market share (up by +0.43 percent in unit terms over the 16,784 they sold in the first six months of 2015, when they scored a 17.47 percent market share).
Yamaha is second with a 13.12 percent market share (+3.35 percent over the first six months of 2015 in units sold terms), with Honda third (12,173 units, 12.17 percent market share), KTM fourth (9,753 units, 9.75 percent share) and Kawasaki fifth (7,718 units, 7.71 percent share).
