2007 Motorcycle Sales Figures

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Monday, May 28th 2007, 11:47pm

Final Motorcycle Sales Europe 2006 - Top 5 - selected countries

Germany
1. BMW R1200 GS: 6,779
2. Honda CBF 600: 4,859
3. Suzuki Bandit 650: 3,420
4. Yamaha FZ6 Fazer / FZ6: 3,286
5. Suzuki GSX-R1000: 2,947

UK
1. Suzuki GSXR1000: 2,534
2. Kawasaki ZX-6R: 2,213
3. Honda Fireblade: 2,083
4. BMW R1200GS: 1,980
5. Yamaha R1: 1,936

France
1. Kawasaki Z750: 7,160
2. Yamaha FZ6 Fazer / FZ6: 6,474
3. Honda XL125V Varadero: 5,741
4. Suzuki Bandit 650: 5,475
5. Suzuki SV650/S: 3,420

Italy
1. Yamaha FZ6 Fazer / FZ6: 10,834
2. Honda 600 Hornet: 8,217
3. Kawasaki Z750: 5,149
4. Honda CBR600RR: 4,421
5. BMW R1200GS: 4,095

Spain
1. Yamaha FZ6 Fazer / FZ6: 5,421
2. Suzuki GSX-R600: 2,988
3. Honda CBR600RR: 2,893
4. Honda CF250: 2,778
5. Suzuki Bandit 650: 2,425

Summary
1. Yamaha FZ6 Fazer / FZ6: 26,015
2. BMW R1200GS: 12,854
3. Kawasaki Z750: 12,309
4. Suzuki Bandit 650: 11,320
5. Honda Hornet 600: 10,904

Source: Bike June 07

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Tuesday, May 29th 2007, 11:51am

RE: 2007 Motorcycle Sales Figures

The Honda CBF range does not appear in the top list of every country, but is an important constant for Honda. It sold about 25,000 units in Europe so far. Therefore it slowly has become one of Honda's success models of all times, without offering anything spectacular except reasonable performance for reasonable price and every day practicality.

Honda celebrates 25,000 sold CBF

Honda sold in the last business year wordwide 10.37 million motorcycles, an increase of 1% to the 2005 business year. That sounds not much of growth. But thinking about it, what this means in terms of sold units? About 2.5 more motorcycles than the total sales of Triumph for example, alone on growth.

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Monday, June 18th 2007, 11:40pm

RE: 2007 Motorcycle Sales Figures

Germany Top 10 - 2007 - until April

1. BMW R 1200 GS: 3078
2. Honda CBF 1000: 1566
3. Suzuku GSF 1250 Bandit: 1489
4. Yamaha FZ6 Fazer: 1463
5. Kawasaki ER-6n: 1308
6. Honda CBR 1000 Fireblade: 1299
7. Suzuki GSR 600: 1078
8. Yamaha YZF-R1: 1060
9. BMW R 1200 R: 1005
10. Suzuki GSX-R 1000: 1004

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Wednesday, July 25th 2007, 12:23am

RE: 2007 Motorcycle Sales Figures

Germany Top 10 - 2007 - until May

1. BMW R 1200 GS: 4027
2. Honda CBF 1000: 2047
3. Yamaha FZ6 Fazer: 1942
4. Suzuku GSF 1250 Bandit: 1820
5. Kawasaki ER-6n: 1609
6. Honda CBR 1000 Fireblade: 1590
7. BMW R 1200 R: 1339
8. Yamaha YZF-R1: 1330
9. Suzuki GSR 600: 1280
10. Suzuki GSX-R 1000: 1249

Market Shares - 2007 - until May
1. BMW: 19.34 %
2. Suzuki 18.7 %
3. Honda 17.6 %
4. Yamaha: 13.7 %
5. Kawasaki: 8.8 %
6. Harley Davidson: 5.2 %

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Thursday, September 20th 2007, 9:19pm

Germany Top 10 - 2007 - until July

1. BMW R 1200 GS: 5158
2. Honda CBF 1000: 2952
3. Yamaha FZ6 Fazer: 2901
4. Suzuki GSF 1250 Bandit: 2258
5. Kawasaki ER-6n: 2144
6. Suzuki GSX-R 1000: 2030
7. Honda CBR 1000 Fireblade: 1939
8. Yamaha YZF-R1: 1793
9. BMW R 1200 R: 1656
10. Suzuki GSR 600: 1643

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Thursday, October 4th 2007, 9:32pm

Germany Top 10 - 2007 - until August

1. BMW R 1200 GS: 5637
2. Honda CBF 1000: 3227
3. Yamaha FZ6 Fazer: 3074
4. Suzuki GSX-R 1000: 2658
5. Suzuki GSF 1250 Bandit: 2480
6. Kawasaki ER-6n: 2307
7. Honda CBR 1000 Fireblade: 2099
8. Yamaha YZF-R1: 1891
9. BMW R 1200 R: 1800
10. Suzuki GSR 600: 1742

source: MOTORRAD 21/2007

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Sunday, December 2nd 2007, 3:03pm

Germany - Market Situation until September 2007

Top Selling Bikes above 125 cc
1. BMW R 1200 GS : 6209
2. Honda CBF 1000 : 3414
3. Yamaha FZ 6 Fazer : 3328

Market Shares (compared to 2006)
1. BMW : 18.8 % (- 1.4 %)
2. Suzuki : 18.3 % (+ 3.7 %)
3. Honda : 16.1 % (- 16.9 %)
4. Yamaha : 13.9 % (- 9.9 %)
5. Kawasaki : 10.1 % (+ 0.01 %)
6. Harley Davidson : 5.8 % (+ 11.9 %)
7. KTM : 4.2 % (-1.4%)
8. Triumph : 3.1% (+ 22.4 %)
9. Ducati : 2.5 % (+ 8.0 %
10. Aprillia : 1.4 % (- 13.9 %)

Market Leader in the class below 125 cc : Honda, 16.6 % market share

Especially Honda's drop is mind blowing - why do they seem to stuck in stagnation ... ?

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Wednesday, December 12th 2007, 11:27pm

Interesting numbers, Peter.

The Motorcycle & Moped Industry Council of Canada releases an annual report on motorcycle sales and trends. Its interesting to note that for the past 3 years or so, the number of motorcycles sold in Canada has stayed within the 80K to 85K area; but the motorcycle categories being sold has shifted considerably. Competition (ex. 2-stroke MX), off-road, mini-bikes and street bikes have all seen their sale numbers decrease, while dual-sport bikes' sales (which includes the GS) have gone up by 22%. Scooter sales have also increased considerably, by 13%.

I wonder how much of an effect TV shows like Long Way Round and Riders may have had on these trends? For a while last year, it seems Ewan and Charlie were on the cover of every motorcycle magazine you could find

FWIW, Honda's sales have been stalling in Canada too. They brought-in the CBR-125 last year as a tool to "recruit" new riders and hopefully develop brand loyalty; similar to what Buell tried to do with the Blast. However, I'm afraid Honda has not been listening to their clients. In the dual-sport category (which has had the greatest market increase), they only offer the XR650 and CRF230, which are little more than off-road bikes with a headlight and turn-signals. Maybe if they imported the Varadero or the Transalp they might have more success ?(

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Wednesday, December 19th 2007, 12:19am

Here another data. Has nothing directly to do with motorcycle sales figures, but it is an affecting factor.

The interest in riding a motorcycle is declining in Germany. The record year was in 1982, with 403,931 youngsters who passed the test and got a motorcycle license. 20 years later in 2002 there were a mere 192,833 riding licenses issued, and in 2006 the number has shrunk to 159,840.

source: MOTORRAD 26/2007

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Monday, December 24th 2007, 1:23pm

Germany - Market Situation until October 2007

Top Selling Bikes above 125 cc
1. BMW R 1200 GS : 6530
2. Honda CBF 1000 : 3550
3. Yamaha FZ 6 Fazer : 3374
4. Suzuki GSX-R 100 : 2820
5. Suzuki GSF 1250 Bandit : 2612
6. Kawasaki ER-6n : 2526
7. Honda CBR 1000 RR : 2273
8. BMW r 1200 R : 2198
9. Yamaha YZF-R1 : 2096
10. Yamaha FZ-1 : 1921

Market Shares
1. BMW : 19.07 %
2. Suzuki : 18.24 %
3. Honda : 16.03 %
4. Yamaha : 13.50 %
5. Kawasaki : 10.01 %
6. Harley Davidson : 5.82 %
7. KTM : 4.28 %
8. Triumph : 3.13 %
9. Ducati : 2.47 %
10. Aprillia : 1.39 %

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Thursday, February 7th 2008, 10:37pm

Germany - Sales until December 2007

Top Selling Bikes above 125 cc
1. BMW R 1200 GS : 6909
2. Honda CBF 1000 : 3627
3. Yamaha FZ 6 Fazer : 3460

Top Selling Bikes above 125 cc
1. Honda CBR 125 R: 2874
2. Vespa Granturismo 125 L: 1278

Germany - Market Shares until December 2007

1. BMW: 19.2 % (+2.4%)
2. Suzuki: 18.3 % (+4 %)
3. Honda: 16.3 % (-12.8%)
4. Yamaha: 12.8 % (-9.9%)
5. Kawasaki: 10.2 % (-3.2%)
6. Harley Davidson: 5.6 % (+4.3%)
7. KTM: 4.2 % (-0.4%)
8. Triumph: 3 % (+27.8%)
9. Ducati: 2.4 % (+10.7%)
10. Aprilia: 1.4 % ((-8%)

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Thursday, February 14th 2008, 12:20pm

BMW Sales 2007

Total: 100,064 (+ 2.4% over 2006)
in Germany: 21,504 (- 8.9% over 2006)

Top Export Markets
1. Italy: 14,424
2. USA: 12,094
3. Spain: 10,382

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Wednesday, April 30th 2008, 6:42pm

A record year for BMW

BMW motorcycle achieved 2007 a new height in sales history. After the "100,000 Units" line was crossed for the first time in the year 2006, BMW motorcycle 2007 closed with 102.467 sold units (+2.4% / '06: 100,064 units). This record number represent on of several high points of the BMW 2007 motorcycle year. They performed in particular well in Italy (which has now become their the second biggest market after Germany), and in the EU as a whole. German figures albeit slightly down are not bad considering the market leadership position.

Most successful model was again the adventure tourer (in German: Reiseenduro) BMW R 1200 GS, and sister model R 1200 GS Adventure. The GS sales numbers in 2007 decreased slightly, which is expected and due to the 2008 model revision. The sold R 1200 GS in 2007 are 30,077 units, vs. 2006 31,138 units. This is a remarkably low decrease in sales for a year with a model change. Other vendors are hit by landslide sales drop when a model is updated.

data taken from a BMW press release

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Sunday, May 11th 2008, 10:37pm

Motorcycle Polulation in Singapore by 31-Dec-2007

Total: 144.340

By Make (units/market share)

1. HONDA: 67,340 / 46.65%
2. YAMAHA: 38,806 / 26.89%
3. SUZUKI: 8,227 / 5.70%
4. PIAGGIO: 7,712 / 5.34%
5. VESPA: 5,917 / 4.10%
6. KAWASAKI: 4,042 / 2.80%
7. DAELIM: 2,375 / 1.65%
8. SYM: 1,203 / 0.83%
9. HARLEY DAVIDSON: 1,115 / 0.77%
10. BAJAJ: 1,102 / 0.76%
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14. BMW 652 / 0.45%

It was different 6 years ago and before, Yamaha the market leader for many years.

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