The latest information from the motorcycle industry association in the UK (MCIA) shows motorcycle sales +9.25 percent (12,509 units) in June 2018, following +1.29 percent (10,396 units) in May, leaving the UK motorcycle market at +3.48 percent (54,984 units) for the first six months of the year.
Moped sales remain soft in the UK (-13.83 and -15.11 percent in May and June respectively; -21.49 percent YTD at 2,444 units), meaning that total PTW sales are tracking motorcycle sales closely at +2.09 percent for the YTD (57,428 units).
Naked style bikes remain the most popular in the UK, with 18,259 units sold, a +8.4 percent increase on the first six months of 2018. Adventure Sport models are +0.5 percent YTD at 10,330 units sold; followed by Scooters at +2.1 percent (9,683 units sold); custom style bikes (5,023 units/+12.2 percent) and Supersport models the fifth largest market sector at 4,719 units sold for the first six months of 2018, but continuing their decline popularity at -16.7 percent. The Trail/Enduro sector was worth 3,511 units YTD (+13.3 percent).
The UK has 1.27m motorcycles in use as of 2016, the latest year for which data is available. 2016/17 saw 40,600 motorcycle test passes, the best figure for some years, though there has been some softening in early 2018; the MCIA estimates that motorcyclists rode some 4.6 billion km (2.8 billion miles) in 2016.
The UK saw 96,943 new motorcycles registered in 2017 (-18.52 percent), with 104,655 total PTWs sold (-18.05 percent).
