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Rogerborg
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PostPosted: 10:14 - 09 Mar 2017    Post subject: February 2017 new registration stats Reply with quote

Are available.

After the pre-reg bump of December 2016 and the grind of January 2017, have they evened out?

No. No, they have not.

22% down on last year. Worse than January. 125s are down by over a third, sub-litre by 20%. Bizarrely, litre+ is up by 20% though.

All hail the conquering Qingqi QM 125 GY-2B in the Adventure Sport sector.

Honda have managed to register over 100 CB125F bikes, so either they've sneaked ABS or CBS on there quietly like, or are using up their 20% grandfathered-in allowance. They shifted a fair number of Vision 110 pov-scooters as well, contributing to their big lead in the top spot.

Yamaha have dropped precipitously and are not that far ahead of BMW who are still resolutely churning out PCP deals ahead of a fairly surprising 4th place Kawasaki.

Then it's a long tail to a new appearance by 10th place Direct Bikes, who are very unlikely to be selling anything that's actually Euro 4 compliant. DVLA apparently don't care, which is good news for the self-registering purchasers of those KITS of PARTES. When their grandfathered 20% runs out and Computer Says No, there will be tears before bedtime.

Wasn't there another Japanese marque that used to operate in the UK? Suesucky? Sozazi? Something like that? Does anyone remember them? Thinking
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PostPosted: 10:27 - 09 Mar 2017    Post subject: Reply with quote

Christ, that is shit figures.
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PostPosted: 10:38 - 09 Mar 2017    Post subject: Reply with quote

Not necessarily bad news for purchasers though, there should be plenty of pre-reg bargains kicking around.

I do feel sad for Direct Bike's victims when DVLA starts knocking back their registration applications (let alone the sorrows from owning a Direct Bike machine).

Ah! It was Suzuki I was thinking of.

They've cut their model range back a bit, I see. Buh-bye to the Bandit 1250 in all its forms, Inazuma 250 no more.

It's all sportsbikes, naked versions of them, V-Stroms and scootays now. Oh, and one cruiser, for form's sake.

The "new" V-Strom 650 costs over £500 more than an MT-07 Tracer. That's insane, even if the idea is (as always) to have SALE! SALE! SALE! stickers on it. Why would you bother haggling down just to reach the full price of a much newer, lighter, more fun alternative?

How they're still going continues to baffle me.
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PostPosted: 17:32 - 09 Mar 2017    Post subject: Re: February 2017 new registration stats Reply with quote

Rogerborg wrote:
Wasn't there another Japanese marque that used to operate in the UK? Suesucky? Sozazi? Something like that? Does anyone remember them? Thinking


Hmm according to this report Suzuki are doing quite well by the looks of things just not over here.

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PostPosted: 10:16 - 10 Mar 2017    Post subject: Reply with quote

Just following that link to Suzuki motorcycle india private limited,

A Hayabusa costs Rs 1,388,329 in India which converts to £17,118.50. Shocked

Remind me, which is the 3rd world country?
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PostPosted: 10:59 - 10 Mar 2017    Post subject: Reply with quote

The problem for Suzi is that they haven't had anything interesting to offer in about 20 years. I see a few Burgmans on my way into work everyday and I park next to a very pretty GSX-S1000F but I see little else.

The V strom 650 looks interesting but it's 67 Kg more than my bike weighs!
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PostPosted: 11:24 - 10 Mar 2017    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hokum wrote:
The problem for Suzi is that they haven't had anything interesting to offer in about 20 years. I see a few Burgmans on my way into work everyday and I park next to a very pretty GSX-S1000F but I see little else.

The V strom 650 looks interesting but it's 67 Kg more than my bike weighs!


Weight is only relevant when you break down & have to push up a hill.

I don't find the weight being a problem on my strom.
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PostPosted: 12:08 - 10 Mar 2017    Post subject: Reply with quote

Loui5D wrote:
Weight is only relevant when you break down & have to push up a hill.

It's relevant everytime you squeeze the throttle, apply the brakes, or lean into a corner. Name me one 'fun' heavy bike?

I'll wait Smile
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PostPosted: 12:48 - 10 Mar 2017    Post subject: Reply with quote

M.C wrote:
Loui5D wrote:
Weight is only relevant when you break down & have to push up a hill.

It's relevant everytime you squeeze the throttle, apply the brakes, or lean into a corner. Name me one 'fun' heavy bike?

I'll wait Smile


What is a heavy bike then? over 200kg? or over 300kg?
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PostPosted: 15:52 - 10 Mar 2017    Post subject: Reply with quote

In 2004 I paid £6000 for my brand new GSX-R 600. It's £9000 for a new GSX-R 600 now. My wages certainly haven't increased by 1/3. It used to be throw away money but now it's serious cash. I'm not sure I see £3000 worth of extras there either. Last new bike I bought was in 2008, nearly 10 years ago now. Crying or Very sad

If I can't justify a new bike; and I always used to buy new every couple of years; I'm assuming many other people feel the same way. Hell, even used prices are starting to get too rich for my bike. Or maybe I just struggle to explain that much to the Mrs for what is to me a 'toy'.
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PostPosted: 16:18 - 10 Mar 2017    Post subject: Reply with quote

Loui5D wrote:
What is a heavy bike then? over 200kg? or over 300kg?

Seeing as most big bikes (not Suzuki's obviously Wink) come in at around ~200kg, I'd personally class stuff 220+kg as heavy.

Bikes people rave about being light (MT-07 for example) are 180kg, as is a Striple, with an MT-09 still under 190kg I believe.
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PostPosted: 16:41 - 10 Mar 2017    Post subject: Reply with quote

NeverAgain wrote:
In 2004 I paid £6000 for my brand new GSX-R 600. It's £9000 for a new GSX-R 600 now. My wages certainly haven't increased by 1/3.

That'd be 50% (you can use the sum of the squares of any two sides of an isosceles triangle to calculate it).

inflation-calculator.internets reckons that £6000 @ 2004 = £8700 @ 2017.

Comparing GBP / Yen rates is left as an exercise for the reader.
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PostPosted: 11:15 - 11 Mar 2017    Post subject: Reply with quote

Harley still doing well. They'll prob do really well soon with their new Street Rod 750 due in May.
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PostPosted: 21:39 - 11 Mar 2017    Post subject: Reply with quote

Rogerborg wrote:

Ah! It was Suzuki I was thinking of.


I think they'll see a boost when the new GSXR1000 comes out then another with the GSXR1000R.

Be mad to buy a current one with those on the horizon, bet they'll sales from Yam and Honda too as the base model is going to be cheaper than either their equivalents.
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PostPosted: 19:14 - 14 Mar 2017    Post subject: Reply with quote

Nice to see Britain's professional motorcycling press catching up eventually. Rolling Eyes
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PostPosted: 00:59 - 15 Mar 2017    Post subject: Reply with quote

I had one of those Qingqi things as my first bike. Sold it eventually after many bodges to somebody who sold it on again for an xbox and a bag of weed. Two years later I saw it being ragged past me by some other chav... it's probably still going. Thumbs Up
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