Swiss registrations down againAfter having been up by over +17 percent in 2015, the latest data from the motorcycle industry trade association in Switzerland (MotoSuisse) shows new motorcycle registrations there down by 542 units in July (-18.45 percent, 2,395 units) and down by -7.57 percent for the first seven months of 2016 at 20,367 units YTD.
In total PTW terms the July market in Switzerland was down by -20.71 percent compared to July 2015 (4,513 units) and is running at -9.45 percent for the year-to-date at 33,282 units so far in 2016.
In motorcycle market share terms Yamaha has top spot, having sold 3,812 units YTD, with BMW second (2,543 units), Harley-Davidson third (2,405 units), Honda fourth (2,232 units) and Kawasaki fifth (2,020 units) year-to-date.
Yamaha’s MT-07 was top seller (806 units), followed by Honda’s CRF 1000 ‘Africa Twin’, the BMW R 1200 GS, with Yamaha’s MT-09 fourth and the Kawasaki Z 800 fifth.
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