The latest data from the IVM, the motorcycle industry trade association in Germany, shows motorcycle registrations in October at +16.33 percent (4,752 units), having been +2.14 percent (6,576 units) in September. Registrations for the year to October were +7.67 percent (103,730 units).
In total PTW terms, October was +22.17 percent (7,809 units), having been +3.12 percent (10,338 units) in September. For the year to date, new PTW registrations were +11.54 percent (147,607 units) - the second best first 10-month performance for the German market since 2008.
The top-selling model has continued to be the BMW R 1200 GS (7,187 units YTD), followed by the Yamaha MT-07 (3,105), Kawasaki Z900 (3,026), Z 650 (2,787) and Honda CRF 1000 ‘Africa Twin’ (2,306).
With five models in the top 20, BMW remains motorcycle market leader, though with a reduced share (-7.20%) of 21.22 percent (22,007 units). Kawasaki is second with a +25.15 percent increase in share to 12.16 percent (12,615 units YTD); Honda third (11.79%/12,227 units), KTM is fourth with a 26.74 percent increase in market share (11.02%/11,429 units) and Yamaha fifth (10.36%/10,745 units).
In percentage terms, the biggest market sector in Germany is the sportsbike market (28.85 percent of all sales/29,929 units YTD) and the fastest growing sectors, in percentage growth terms, are the Supersports (+18.60 percent at 4.49 percent of all sales/4,662 units) and the custom market (“chopper”), which is up by +17.99 percent YTD (10.57 of all sales/10,960 units).
All sectors of the German market are up except for the small Tourer and Luxury Tourer market; sportsbikes are top with 29.06% of the market (26,852 units YTD), followed by Naked Style bikes with 28.12% of the market (25,986 units).
