The latest new registrations data released by Swiss industry association MotoSuisse shows total new PTW registrations down by -7.52 percent in 2018 (42,062 units in total), with motorcycle registrations at -8.79 percent for the year (24,544 units).
In motorcycle terms Yamaha continues as market leader, having sold 4,353 units in Switzerland in 2018 for a 17.74 percent market share, followed by BMW (3,235 units, 13.18 percent share), Honda (3,001 units, 12.23 percent share), Harley-Davidson (2,694 units, 10.98 percent share) and Kawasaki (2,516 units, 10.25 percent share). They are followed by KTM, Triumph, Ducati, Suzuki and Husqvarna.
Yamaha’s MT-07 was top seller, followed by the BMW R 1200 GS, the Kawasaki Z900 and then the Z650, with Honda’s CRF 1000 ‘Africa Twin’ fifth, followed by the Yamaha MT-09 Tracer.
For the full year 2017 motorcycle registrations were up by +2.08 percent at 26,942 units (-3.4 percent/26,391 units in 2016 after being +17 percent in 2015), with total PTW registrations broadly flat (-0.89 percent) at 45,487 units in total (-6.21 percent/45,896 units in 2016).
