April 2015 new registration statistics

[Rogerborg]

https://www.mcia.co.uk/Uploads/Statistics/Press-Statistics-201504.pdf

By and large, most sales are up. Peds are down, litre bikes are down a bit in April (but about the same over the year to date), sport/tour, touring and trail/enduro are down but that could just be due to how manufacturers are describing them.

Good news everywhere else, onwards and upwards. Yamaha are having a great time, with the MT-09 Tracer knocking the R1200GS off the top of the adventure sport category (but not the litre+ slot), and also topping the 651-1000 charts. That category is up 28% this month and 25% over the year, I suspect largely due to Yamaha's offerings.

Given how much of Honda's sales are clearly budget scooters and 125s (nearly a quarter just in the CBF and PCX), I expect Yamaha are thrashing them on total value and margins.

Triumph come in their usual solid third, BMW slip to fourth with Kawasaki somewhat surprisingly nipping at their heels.

Also a surprise for April is that Lexmoto are still showing strong above Harley, KTM, Ducati and then that other Japanese marque that used to sell bikes. Aprilia / Piaggio are a no show.

In local news, the bikes that I might consider buying new are from KTM, Kawasaki or Yamaha, none of which have a dealership in the most populated area in Scotland.
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[wr6133]

Interesting to see the cbr650 and er6 leading the 126-650 category. I honestly would have thought with the deals on SV's they would have outsold the ER. Or are there too many pre-reg bargains for people to order factory fresh?

[Rogerborg]

Suzuki 'sold' a relatively large number of bikes (by their standards) in March. I now suspect a lot of that was pre-reg bikes that were punted on by dealers in April. It always seems to be feast or famine for them.

Since they had another bad month, I'd expect more bonanza discounts or another glut of cheap pre-reg bikes. Just be sure what model year you're getting.
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[grr666]

[c-m]

Honda did well when the NC700 was released last year. I expect when this new Africa Twin gets released (if ever) it will occupy top spot in the adventure category for some time.

I'll be on the look out for a bike in late 2016. There's nothing on the market weighing less than 200kg with about 80bhp in adventure/enduro style.

Looks like I'll be sticking with the xCountry.

[ScaredyCat]

[Polarbear]

More spare cash for toys around than you would think.
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[c-m]

[ScaredyCat]

[Musketeer]

Yamaha R1 the most popular supersport. I'm not surprised.

I would have it. It looks good and it sounds even better

https://www.yamaha-motor.ca/images/pages/products/units/MC/medium/2015_YZF-R1_Blue_3.png

Also Suzukis don't seem to sell very well. They need new bikes. Beaten by Ducati, Lexmoto, HD, KTM
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Current Bike: Yamaha XSR900 Previous bikes: Honda CBR1000RR Fireblade, Kawasaki ZX-6R Ninja, Aprilia RS125 2-stroke

[ScaredyCat]

[Rogerborg]

Ha, I didn't spot that the R1 has actually outsold the R125 for top "supersport".

[ScaredyCat]

[Rogerborg]

[Musketeer]

My finance options:

Deposit £3500 from px Fireblade - if I'm lucky not that I would let it go for such money.

New GSXR1000 £10599

Hire Purchase 48 Months
Deposit £3500
48 x £171.59
After 48 months the new bike is mine.

Personal Contract Purchase
Deposit £3500
47 x £99.56
After 48 months the new bike is not mine unless I pay additional £4600. If not I'm left with nothing.

Now.. I've got a low mileage Fireblade, pay nothing monthly, the bike is mine. I see no reason why to buy a new bike at all.

Especially the PCP option seems like a very bad idea - giving up the bike I own for the bike I borrow, paying 100 quid monthly for the pleasure and then being left bikeless after 48 months.
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Current Bike: Yamaha XSR900 Previous bikes: Honda CBR1000RR Fireblade, Kawasaki ZX-6R Ninja, Aprilia RS125 2-stroke

[ScaredyCat]

[The Shaggy D.A.]

Stick it on a credit card, 0% balance transfer FTW.
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[Vracktal]

I'd never buy a bike on PCP. Go over your mileage? Penalised. Want to mod your bike? Penalised. Bike isn't in mint condition when the contract is up? Penalised. Get into an accident? Penalised. Want to terminate early? Oh, you better believe you're gonner be penalised.

I'd rather own a 12 year old chinese 125 outright than a brand new BMW on PCP
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[Rogerborg]

[trevor saxe-coburg-gotha]

Interesting stats and comment. My only thing is re:

[ScaredyCat]

[c_dug]

Suzuki's GSX1000S gets released in the next month or so, I'll be interested to see if that makes any impact on their sold numbers.

Got to admit it tickles my fancy a bit, and is reviewed in a very positive light in the latest issue of Bike magazine. If I had the money for a new bike it'd be high up on my "to test ride" list.
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[Polarbear]

Suzuki are OK if you have a Japanese manufactured bike. My busa was excellent, couldn't fault it in any way, finish, reliability

Wifies Bandit 650 though, made in Spain, the finish was not so good. An ACF50 bike if ever there was one.

And I have to agree with ScaredyCat on this, £1 down and interest free, I'd go for a V Strom any day.
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[andys675]

PCP's are what they are

want a new 899? normal finance deposit and £300 month for 5 years unless you can get a low rate loan £250 a month over 5 years

PCP, deposit and £150 a month for 3 years

if you want a £13000 bike but can't afford £300 a month, but you can afford £150 a month you can have what you want
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[Rogerborg]