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PostPosted: 15:55 - 03 Feb 2012    Post subject: Scooter Use on the Uptake! Reply with quote

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-16844525

Hardly surprising numbers are increasing - if only they'd increase the number of spaces for parking!!
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PostPosted: 16:45 - 03 Feb 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thanks. Here's more of the story.

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By bike type:

Sector                 Dec-11  Dec-10  %    |YTD 2011  YTD 2010  %
Total Mopeds              719    608  +18.3 | 14,448   14,523   -0.5
Scooter                   947    641  +47.7 | 18,962   15,795  +20.1
Trail/Enduro              255    247  +3.2  |  4,085    4,686  -12.8
Naked                     617    512  +20.5 | 16,800   17,838   -5.8
Sport/Tour                140    182  -23.1 |  5,083    7,518  -32.4
Supersport                404    358  +12.8 | 12,851   14,257   -9.9
Touring                    88     88  0.0   |  2,776    3,248  -14.5
Custom                    247    240  +2.9  |  7,866    8,301   -5.2
Adventure Sport           512    325  +57.5 | 10,570    9,308  +13.6
Unspecified                26     14  +85.7 |    408      448   -8.9
Total Motorcycles       3,236  2,607  +24.1 | 79,401   81,399   -2.5
M/C excluding Scooters  2,289  1,966  +16.4 | 60,439   65,604   -7.9
Total Two Wheelers      3,955  3,215  +23.0 | 93,849   95,922   -2.2

By manufacturer:
Rank              Year End % change  year end  % change  year end
                    2011   11 vs 10    2010     10 vs 09  2009
1  Honda           14639     +8.8     13460      -14.1    15672
2  Yamaha          11133    -24.6     14767      -19.8    18415
3  Triumph          7854     +3.8      7564       +1.5     7450
4  BMW              5920    -11.7      6705      +12.3     5973
5  Piaggio          5273     -0.7      5309      -18.9     6548
6  Suzuki           5260    -31.3      7659      -32.0    11271
7  Kawasaki         5123     -6.3      5468      -27.3     7519
8  Harley-Davidson  3727    -13.3      4300      -14.6     5035
9  SYM              2641    +58.2      1669       +0.3     1664
10  KTM             2421    +11.1      2179       -7.6     2357
11  Ducati          2345    +15.3      2033       +6.2     1915
12  Lexmoto         2266   +269.1       614     +433.9      115
13  Peugeot         2210    +45.2      1522      -25.0     2029
14  Aprilia         1999     -9.1      2198      -28.9     3090
15  Pulse           1494   +106.9       722      +19.1      606


Honda and Yamaha are doing OK from their 125s and scooters, but only in number of registrations. I'd be more interested in the total value of sales.

Triumph and BMW probably have decent margins, but Suzuki and Kawasaki, oh dear. Suzuki's sales have more than halved in 2 years - no wonder they're having a fire sale at the moment. Pale
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PostPosted: 16:54 - 03 Feb 2012    Post subject: Re: Scooter Use on the Uptake! Reply with quote

headlamp wrote:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-16844525

Hardly surprising numbers are increasing - if only they'd increase the number of spaces for parking!!


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