International Dealer News IDN 142 April/May 2018 | Page 7

STAT ZONE UK registrations - Year-to-date 2018 UK motorcycle registrations +9.55 percent Jan/Feb 2018 10,000 +7.30% 2018 2017 +9.55% percent for the YTD on low volumes (moped Euro 4 emissions requirements became active from January 1st this year), with overall total PTW registrations +7.30 percent at 9,338 units. ‘Naked’ style bikes remain the most popular in the UK at 2,452 units for the year to date (out of 8,616 units in total); 2,032 Scooters have been sold far in 2018; 1,362 Adventure Sport models and 1,056 Trail/Enduro machines. The Sport/Tour and Supersport sectors continue to decline. Honda was the top selling brand in the UK in February, followed by Yamaha and BMW. The top-selling Adventure Sport model was the Honda CRF 1000 Africa Twin; the top-selling ‘Naked’ style bike was the Honda CB 125 F. The MCIA reports that the total number of road registered motorcycles in use has continued to grow, with the 8,000 4,000 6,000 The latest data released by the MCIA (Motorcycle Industry Association) in the UK shows new motorcycle registrations in February up by +5.3 percent (3,613 units) and running at +9.55 percent (8,616 units) for the first two months of 2018. Although that is up on the same period of last year, it remains down from the 9,650 registrations seen in January and February of 2016, though actually the second best first two months UK market performance since before 2009. The UK market was reported at -18.52 percent at 96,943 units for 2017. However, because of the Euro 3-4 carry-over effects, the UK trade association is on record as thinking that, in reality, the market was essentially flat in 2017 at between - 2.5 and + 2.5 percent. Moped registrations are -13.88 2,000 TOTAL PTW latest available figures (2016) putting the market at 1.27 m units, with 4.6 billion km/2.8 billion miles estimated to have been ridden in the UK in 2016. The number of motorcycle tests being MOTORCYCLE passed has continued to grow, with 2016/17 put at 40,600, up from 37,500 in 2014/16, 34,5000 in 2014/15 and just 30,500 in 2013/14. Japanese +250 cc exports to Europe -7.14 percent for January/February 2018 Japanese Exports to Europe - Year-to-date 2018 2017 50,000 Japanese Exports to America- Year-to-date 2018 2018 2017 2018 50,000 -5.46% -7.14% +17.82% 20,000 TOTAL TOTA AL PT PTW TW MOTORCYCLE MOTORCY RCY YCLE percent to USA (21,278 units) and were +2.17 percent worldwide (90,459 units). For the full year Japanese motorcycle exports to Europe were +15.83 percent at 208,823 units – the strongest since 2008; worldwide they were +12.39 percent at 362,558 units – their strongest since 2009. TOTAL L P PTW The increasing number of units being made by the Japanese manufacturers elsewhere in Asia, the US and South/Central America goes some way to providing historical context for the data, though the majority of higher value larger displacement Japanese brand machines, especially those being sold in 10,000 10,000 +29.84% 20,000 30,000 30,000 40,000 40,000 The latest data released by JAMA (the automotive trade association in Japan, which includes representation of motorcycle manufacturers among its membership) shows exports of Japanese made motorcycles to Europe running at -7.14 percent YTD (44,658 units). Although that is down on the Euro 3-4 affected early 2017 data, it is up on the 40,320 exports recoded for the first two months of 2016, and apart from last year, is the best start to the year for Japanese made motorcycle exports to Europe since 2009. Exports to the USA for the first two months were +29.84 percent (15,570 units) and the worldwide total of 75,569 units is +3.05 on the start of 2017. Total Japanese manufactured PTW exports to Europe were - 5.46 percent for the first two months (46,660 units); +17.82 MOTORCYCLE Europe, are still made in Japan. Their overseas factories are primarily engaged in making and selling scooters and smaller capacity units in 'emerging' markets (where import tariffs are high) and in making ATV/UTV units - especially in the United States, where demand for such machines is strongest. Swiss PTW registrations -2.79 percent January/February The latest new registrations data released by Swiss industry association MotoSuisse shows total new PTW registrations down by -2.79 percent for the first two months of 2018 at 2,985 units, with motorcycles down by -16.94 percent on low volumes so far (1,393 units). 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). In motorcycle market share terms, Yamaha continued as market leader for the first two months of 2018, selling 204 PTWs in total for a 28.17 percent share; Honda was second (25.00 percent share), with Harley- Davidson third. Kawasaki’s Z 900 was top seller through February, followed by Honda’s CRF1000L Africa Twin, the Yamaha MT-09, Kawasaki Z650 and Yamaha MT-07. INTERNATIONAL DEALER NEWS - APRIL/MAY 2018 7