The latest data available from the MCIA, the motorcycle industry association in the UK, shows new motorcycle registrations building on the good start to 2019.
In May the UK market was broadly flat at -0.80% (10,313 units), having been +4.65% (9,130 units) for April and +8.88% (16,045 units) for March. This puts the UK motorcycle market at +6.37% (45,180 units) for the first five months of the year - one of the two best such market performances in the UK since before 2010.
Moped market volumes remain low in the UK, but there is growth of +21.64% (at 2,344 units), putting total new PTW registrations up +7.03% at 47,524 units for the year to May.
May saw Honda continue as market leader (2,102 units) with the 'Africa Twin' as the top selling motorcycle (178 units). Yamaha was second (1,201 units), followed by Triumph, Kawasaki, BMW and KTM.
The BMW R 1250 RT was the top selling Touring model, the Honda CBR 650 R the top selling Supersport, and the Kawasaki Z1000 SX the leading Sport/Touring model.
At 144 units sold, the new Royal Enfield Interceptor INT 650 was the top selling model in the all-important 'Naked' segment in the UK in May - this is the largest single segment in the UK market and was up by +10.4% YTD (14,861 units), accounting for nearly 33% of all motorcycle sales for the year so far.
