The latest data from McRF, the Swedish motorcycle industry trade association, shows new motorcycle registrations at -3.24 percent in June at 1,256 units (+12.77 percent in May at 1,554 units) and are running -2.10 percent for the year to date (6,586 units January to June 2017).
In total PTW terms June saw 3,830 new machines registered (+14.33 percent), but for the year-to-date (January to June 2017) the total number of new PTWs registered in Sweden is down by -9.39 percent at 11,860 units.
However, moped sales appear to be up by +23.36 percent for the period January to June 2017 at 7,848 units.
Sweden is Europe’s largest ATV market – registrations are +26.4 percent for the period January to June 2017 at 2,483 units.
In 2016 Sweden recorded +8.00 percent growth in new motorcycle registrations for the full year at 10,178 units; total PTW registrations were +10.18 percent at 21,347 units in total.
Next year’s MC Massan Swedish motorcycle show will be staged at Gothenburg from 25 – 28 January 2018.
