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Motorcyce Sales Hit Parade 2005 |
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File under Statistics
Author: Mike Werner
Location: Normandy, France
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Via: Moto-Journal
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French motorcycle magazine Moto Journal published an interesting statistics on the top 5 sales of motorcycles of the top 5 European countries. It shows which big motorcycles are sold where.
The country with the biggest sales is Italy, followed by Germany, France, UK and Spain.
Italy
1. Yamaha 600 Fazer/FZ6 - 10,834
2. Honda 600 Hornet - 8,217
3. Kawasaki Z750 - 5,149
4. Honda CBR 600 RR - 4,421
5. BMW R1200GS - 4,095
Germany
1. BMW R1200GS - 6,779
2. Honda CBF 600 - 4,859
3. Suzuki Bandit 650 - 3,420
4. Yamaha 600 Fazer/FZ6 - 3,286
5. Suzuki GSX-R 1000 - 2,947
France
1. Kawasaki Z750 - 7,160
2. Yamaha 600 Fazer/FZ6 - 6,474
3. Suzuki Bandit 650 - 5,475
4. Suzuki SV 650 - 3,420
5. Honda Hornet 600 - 2,687
UK
1. Suzuki GSX-R 1000 - 2,534
2. Kawasaki ZX-6R - 2,213
3. Honda CBR 1000 RR - 2,083
4. BMW R1200GS - 1,980
5. Yamaha R1 - 1,936
Spain
1. Yamaha 600 Fazer/FZ6 - 5,421
2. Suzuki GSX-R 600 - 2,988
3. Honda CBR 600 RR - 2,893
4. Honda CBF 250 - 2,778
5. Suzuki Bandit 650 - 2,425
Top 5 of the Top 5
Which makes the top 5 of the top 5 countries:
1. Yamaha Fazer/FZ6 - 26,015
2. BMW R1200GS - 12,854
3. Kawazaki Z750 - 12,309
4. Suzuki Bandit 650 - 11,320
5. Honda Hornet 600 - 10,904
Shows you how popular the Yamaha Fazer is.... double the number with 2nd place BMW.
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1) sparx said on:
(06/03/2006 12:28:04 GMT)
email:sparx | website:
http://smidsy.blogspot.comUK Bike sales
And the UK is the only country with 4 out of 5 bikes being sportbikes. It's quite amazing really. We have awful condition, crowded roads, speed cameras everywhere and we choose to ride arse up, head down missiles at full pelt. It's no wonder so many of us end up in ditches or buried in the front of cars. :-( Thank god for Charlie and Ewan, otherwise the Beemer wouldn't have made it on the list at all. Sparx (Thundercat rider)
2) Jerry Rocteur said on:
(06/03/2006 14:22:19 GMT)
email:Jerry Rocteur | website:
http://www.rocteur.ccMotorcyce Sales Hit Parade 2005
I could not find the article on the site but I think these figures would be even more interesting if you take the population of the country into consideration. It is obvious that with less population a country like Belgium would sell less bikes than Germany but I'd be intrested to see the figures by percentage of male population ??
3) Mike Werner said on:
(06/03/2006 14:44:04 GMT)
email:Mike Werner | website:
http://motorbiker.org/
Jerry, It's not on their site, just in their mag. The figures were just related to the numbers, not ration vs polulation. I think I published something like that last year, but not so sure (I write too much)....
4) coho said on:
(06/03/2006 19:21:34 GMT)
email:coho | website:
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Not only are 80% of the UK bikes sportbikes, but 40% greater displacement (1000cc vs. mostly 600s on the continent) sportbikes. It seems that just shifting into 5th (or 6th) on one of these "arse up missiles" while on a small island would have one ending up wet more often than not. PS. Why aren't the Italians buying more Ducatis? Do they know something the rest of us don't?
5) Ln said on:
(07/03/2006 05:05:42 GMT)
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German Magazine "Motorrad" (05/2006) also had these stats. They also had other interesting stats, such as mc sales by (german) state (large differences), sales by hp rating (over 99hp class is almost as large as the others combined), type of bike by age groups (sport bikes are #1 in 18-29, nakeds at rest of the groups), development of the age structure of the byers today vs. 10 years ago etc. Might want to check it out. Also interesting to note, that while the GSXR was the best selling bike in the UK, it still sold less there, than in Germany. UK market is more spread out?
6) Barko said on:
(08/03/2006 00:57:17 GMT)
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Motorcyce Sales Hit Parade 2005
I'd like to see the USA figures. Here it's the cruisers that sell )-:
7) JohnA in LA said on:
(19/11/2006 18:22:54 GMT)
email:JohnA in LA | website:
http://dumbvsdumber.comMotorcyce Sales Hit Parade 2005
Where is the Honda VFR on the charts? The latest news is that it will be discontinued after this coming year. I thought it was a strong seller in the UK and Europe.
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