The latest data from the IVM, the motorcycle industry trade association in Germany, shows motorcycle registrations down by -10.28 percent in June (11,518 units), having been -1.38 percent in May (13,660 units).
In total PTW terms June was -5.88 percent (17,324 units), having been +2.13 percent in May (19,801 units), making the YTD +8.25 percent at 105,080 new PTW units registered in total.
The top selling model YTD remains the BMW R 1250 GS (7,035 units), way ahead of the Yamaha MT-07 in second place (2,349 units), the Kawasaki Z900 (2,052), Z650 (1,820) and the Honda 'Africa Twin' in fifth place (1,409) and the KTM 790 Duke in 6th (1,361 units YTD).
With seven models among the top 30 best sellers, it is no surprise that BMW has stretched its German market dominance still further having sold 17,820 units in total YTD for a commanding 23.69 percent market share (and up 14.14% on last year's sales).
Kawasaki was second with 8,737 units sold for an 11.61% market share; Honda was third with 8,531 units sold (11.34% share); KTM fourth (8,346 units sold, 11.09% share); Yamaha fifth (7,347 units sold, 9.77% share) and Harley-Davidson sixth (6,533 units, 8.68% share).
Suzuki was in 7th place, followed by Ducati, Triumph, Husqvarna, Aprilia, Royal Enfield, Moto Guzzi and Indian Motorcycle in 14th.
Total motorcycle registrations for the full year 2018 in Germany were +7.35 percent on 2017 (108,296 units), with total PTW registrations +10.98 percent (155,184 units).
