The latest data released by the IVM, the German motorcycle industry trade association, shows new motorcycle registrations at +8.44 percent (107,992 units) for the period from January to November 2016.
In total PTW (powered two-wheeler) terms the German market was +6.90 percent for the period to November 2016 at 155,859 new units registered – an already greater number than seen for the whole of 2015, marking a fourth straight year of growth in Germany and the best market performance for the period concerned since 2008.
The top selling model year-to-date in Germany was the BMW R 1200 GS (6,768 units), followed by Yamaha’s MT-07 (3,300 units), Kawasaki’s ER-6n, the BMW R nineT and Honda’s Africa Twin.
With 7 models in the Top 20, it is no surprise that BMW is market share leader in Germany, having sold 23,364 units for the period to November 2016 for a 14.99 percent market share (which is actually down by 0.95 percent in a growing market compared to the 16.18 percent market share (23,587 units) the company had at the same time in 2015.
Yamaha is in second place, followed by Honda, KTM (top seller was the 690 SMC) and Harley-Davidson (top seller was the Softail Slim).
Sportbikes still take the largest slice of the German market at 30.10 percent (32,501 units YTD), followed by Enduro style models (24.13 percent, 26,058 units), Classic/Naked style models (21.91 percent of the market at 23,663 units YTD) and “Choppers” the fourth largest sector (12.79 percent, 13,814 units YTD).
