The latest data available from the MCIA, the motorcycle industry association in the UK, shows new motorcycle registration growth slowing during the summer months from the good start to 2019.
In July the UK market was +2.85 percent (9,223 units), having been -11.76 percent (11,038 units) in June. For the first seven months of 2019 new motorcycle registrations in the UK were +2.33 percent at 65,442 units YTD - still the best seen in the UK since 2016.
Moped market volumes remain low in the UK, but there is growth of +19.38 percent YTD (3,486 units) to put total new PTW registrations at +3.08 percent YTD (68,928 units).
The largest single market sector in the UK remains 'Naked' style bikes, which accounted for 22,742 units for a growth rate of +5.6 percent. The Adventure Sport sector is the second largest, growing at +9.5 percent YTD (12,820 units). In percentage terms, the biggest losers were the relatively small Sport/Tour (-23.6%) and Touring (-16.2%) sectors; Trail/Enduro bikes are +5.2 percent YTD in the UK. Scooters were +7.2 percent YTD at 15,198 units.
Honda was market share leader in July (1,903 units), followed by Yamaha, Kawasaki, Triumph and BMW - the R 1250 GS Adventure was the top selling Adventure Sport model in the UK in July (116 units), with the R 1250 RT leading the Touring sector and the Kawasaki Z1000 SX the best selling Sport/Tour model.
