2008 Motorcycle Sales Figures

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Friday, May 2nd 2008, 10:59pm

Germany Top 10 - 2008 - until February

1. BMW R 1200 GS: 814
2. Honda CBR 1000 Fireblade: 649
3. Yamaha FZ6 Fazer: 452
4. Yamaha FZ1: 388
5. Yamaha YZF-R1: 360
6. Honda CBF 600 S: 325
7. Suzuki GSF 1250 Bandit: 319
8. Honda CBF 1000: 280
9. Yamaha YZF-R6: 276
10. Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10R: 275

source: Motorrad News 05/2008

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Thursday, May 22nd 2008, 11:07pm

Germany Top 10 - 2008 - until March

1. BMW R 1200 GS: 1930
2. Honda CBR 1000 Fireblade: 1042
3. Honda CBF 600 S: 976
4. Yamaha FZ6 Fazer: 801
5. Honda CBF 1000: 791
6. Suzuki GSF 1250 Bandit: 736
7. Yamaha FZ1: 722
8. Suzuki B-King: 639
9 BMW F 650 GS: 601 (two cylinder)
10. Yamaha YZF-R1: 584

source: Motorrad News 06/2008

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Friday, June 13th 2008, 12:50am

Market Shares until April 2008 in Germany

1. BMW: 17.96 %
2. Suzuki: 17.92 %
3. Honda: 16.79 %
4. Yamaha: 12.41 %
5. Kawasaki: 9.11 %
6. Harley Davidson: 7.07 %
7. KTM: 4.56 %
8. Triumph: 4.31 %
9. Ducati: 2.78%
10. Aprilia: 1.74 %

Sold Motorcycles until April 2008 in Germany (Change to 2007)

BMW: 9.650 (-17.6 %)
Suzuki: 9629 (-17.6 %)
Honda: 9219 (-19.4 %)
Yamaha: 6785 (-19.1 %)
Kawasaki: 4564 (-11.7 %)
Harley Davidson: 2480 (+26.2 %)
KTM: 2187 (-7.7 %)
Triumph: 1592 (+22.8 %)
Ducati: 1198 (+2.6 %)
Aprilia: 784 (-1.8 %)

Others
Moto Guzzi: 467 (+7.7 %)
MV Augusta: 429 (-39.9 %)
Hyosung: 302 (-27.8 %)

Total
2007: 50,810
2008: 44,252

source: TOURENFAHRER 07-2008

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Tuesday, June 17th 2008, 11:00pm

German's Top 10 of registered Motorcycles by April 2008

1. Yamaha XV 535 : 39,018 (2007: 44,602)
2. Suzuki GSF 600 : 39,949 (41,811)
3. BMW R 1100 + 850 GS,R : 34,768 (37,507)
4. Suzuki GS 500 : 32,950 (38,870)
5. BMW R 1150 GS,R : 31,498 (35,453)
6. Yamaha XJ 600 S,N : 28,184 (33,118)
6. Honda CBR 600 F : 28,184 (33,118)
8. Honda CB 750 : 25,775 (29,049)
9. BMW R 100 GS,R : 24,049 (26,550)
10. BMW R 1200 GS : 22,087 (19,390)

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Wednesday, June 18th 2008, 10:57pm

Market Shares until May 2008 in Singapore

1. Yamaha : 1,719
2. Honda : 1,306
3. Suzuki : 380
4. Piaggio : 314
5. Bajaj : 199
6. Sym : 107
8. Harley Davidson : 68
9. Sachs : 67
10. Kymco : 66
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15. BMW: 19

Total until May : 4,462
Total motocycle population as of May '08: 145,337
Total car population as of May '08 : 870,441

Market Shares Motorcycle and Scooter Population by Make until 31-Dec2007

1. Honda : 46.65 %
2. Yamaha : 26.89 %
3. Suzuki : 5.70 %
4. Piaggio : 5.34 %
5. Vespa : 4.10 %
6. Kawasaki : 2.80 %
7. Daelim : 1.65 %
8. Sym : 0.83 %
9. Harley Davidson : 0.77 %
10. Bajaj : 0.76 %
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14. BMW : 0.45 % (652 BMWs on the road)

100 cc and below : 2,091
101 - 200 cc : 108,991
201 - 300 cc : 3,021
301 - 500 cc : 18,795
above 500 cc : 10,584

source: Land Transport Authority, Singapore

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Saturday, July 12th 2008, 12:45am

Germany Top 10 sold motorcycles 2008 - until June

1. BMW R 1200 GS: 3956
2. Honda CBF 600 S: 2076
3. Honda CBR 1000 Fireblade: 1878
4. Suzuki GSF 1250 Bandit: 1657
5. Yamaha FZ6 Fazer: 1624
6. Honda CBF 1000: 1500
7. BMW F 650 GS: 1235
8. Yamaha FZ1: 1167
9. Kawasaki Z750: 1096
10. BMW F 800 GS: 1048

source: Motorrad News 08/2008

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Saturday, August 16th 2008, 1:39am

Germany: Market share of sold motorcycles with ABS
in 2004 : 28.4 %
in 2007 : 52.2 %

First 6 Month 2008, by make
BMW : 99 %
Honda : 66.8 %
Kawasaki : 63.3 %
Yamaha : 45.3 %
Suzuki : 33.2 %
Triumph : 25 %

source: MOTORRAD 18-2008

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Monday, September 29th 2008, 11:40pm

Honda to crack years of BMW dominance!

In August 2008 a Honda sold more
BMW lost it's almost traditionally held no. 1 sales position for the GS model. I can't remember anything else than a GS on the first rank, but here we go:

Germany: Motorcycle Top 10 sales for August 2008

1. Honda CBF 600 S: 360
2. BMW R 1200 GS: 338
3. Suzuki Bandit 1250: 319
4. Honda CBF 1000: 277
5. Yamaha FZ6 Fazer: 266
6. KTM 950 LC8 Supermoto: 265
7. Suzuki GSR 600: 254
8. Kawasaki ER-6f/6n: 184
9. Yamaha FZ1 Fazer: 156
10. BMW F 650 GS/ F 650 GS Dakar: 132

source: Motorrad Online

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Saturday, October 25th 2008, 12:41pm

European Top Sales by Model - 2007

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GERMANY	1.	2.	3.	Total
BMW	R 1200 GS/A: 6601	R 1200 R: 2188	R 1200 RT: 1402	10,191
Honda	CBF 1000: 3626	CBR 1000 RR: 2333	CBF 600 N/S: 1948	7,907
Kawasaki	Z750: 1352	ER 6n: 1302	Versys: 1299	3,953
Suzuki	GSX-R 1000: 3032	GSF 1250 /S: 2660	GSR 600: 2065	7,757
Triumph	Tiger 1050: 850	Speed Triple: 640	Daytona 675: 378	1,868
Yamaha	FZ6-S: 2264	YZF-R1: 2151	FZ1: 1913	6,328

UK	1.	2.	3.	Total
BMW	R 1200 GS/A: 2072	R 1200 RT: 790	F 800 ST: 467	3,329
Honda	CBR 1000 RR: 1921	CBR 600 RR: 1406	Hornet 600: 1070	4,397
Kawasaki	ZX-6R: 1594	ZX-10R: 728	Versys: 607	2,929
Suzuki	GSX-R 1000: 2196	GSX-R 750: 1963	GSX-R 600: 1751	5,910
Triumph	Tiger 1050: 1046	Sprint ST: 1012	Daytona 675: 638	2,696
Yamaha	YZR-R1: 2103	YZF-R6: 1978	FZ6S: 1089	5,170

FRANCE	1.	2.	3.	Total
BMW	R 1200 RT: 1929	R 1200 GS/A: 1782	R 1200 R: 1208	4,919
Honda	Hornet 600: 3994	CBF 1000: 2241	Deauville: 1731	7,966
Kawasaki	Z 750: 4974	ER-6n: 4294	Z 1000: 1199	10,467
Suzuki	GSF 650 Bandit: 4838	GSR 600: 3498	GSX-R 1000: 1745	10,081
Triumph	Speed Triple: 1209	Street Tripe: 850	Tiger 1050: 653	2,712
Yamaha	FZ6-S: 3043	YZF-R1: 1581	FZ6-N: 1457	6,081

SPAIN	1.	2.	3.	Total
BMW	R 1200 GS/A: 2366	F 650 GS: 1835	R 1200 RT: 1331	5,532
Honda	Hornet 600: 3395	CBR 600 RR: 2756	CBF 600 N/S: 2256	8,407
Kawasaki	Z750: 2809	VN 900 Cl.: 1787	ZX-6R: 1536	6,132
Suzuki	GSR 600: 3515*	GSX-R 600: 2704*	DL 650: 1814*	8,033*
Triumph	Bonneville: 395	Daytona 675: 286	Street Triple: 193	874
Yamaha	FZ6-S: 5403	YZF-R6: 3431	XT 660 R: 1320	10,154

* January - July only

ITALY	1.	2.	3.	Total
BMW	R 1200 GS/A: 5221	R 1200 R: 3197	R 1200 RT: 1270	9,688
Honda	Hornet 600: 8976	CBR 600 RR: 3128	CBR 1000 RR: 1911	14,015
Kawasaki	Z 750: 5204	ER-6n: 3388	Versys: 2649	11,241
Suzuki	GSR 600: 6635	GSX-R 1000: 2500	DL 650: 2240	11,375
Triumph	Speed Triple: 1250	Bonneville: 1000	Tiger 1050: 980	3,230
Yamaha	FZ6-N: 3786	MT-03: 2862	YZF-R6: 2771	9,369

Sales combined for each manufacturers Top 3 selling models
1. Suzuki: 43,156
2. Honda: 42,692
3. Yamaha: 37,102
4. Kawasaki: 34,722
5. BMW: 33,659
6. Triumph: 11,380

Top 5 selling motorcycles in the 6 selected countries
1. BMW R 1200 GS/A: 18,042
2. Suzuki GSR 600: 17,464
3. Honda Hornet 600: 17,435
4. Kawasaki Z750: 14,339
5. Yamaha FZ6-S: 11,799

source: Tourenfahrer 10-2008

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Tuesday, October 28th 2008, 11:49pm

Motocycle Sales Germany Sep 2008

I wrote:

Quoted from "Peter"

In August 2008 a Honda sold more
BMW lost it's almost traditionally held no. 1 sales position for the GS model. I can't remember anything else than a GS on the first rank, but here we go:

This is not a trend ... so far. In September the top position goes back to the GS:

1. BMW R 1200 GS: 346
2. Yamaha FZ6 Fazer: 331
3. Honda CBF 600 S: 255
4. Honda CBF 1000: 188
5. Yamaha YZF-R6: 163
6. Yamaha FZ1 Fazer: 157
7. BMW F 650 GS / F 650 GS Dakar: 135
8. Kawasaki ER-6f/6n: 133
9. Yamaha YZF-R1: 125
10. BMW R 1200 R: 120

Market shares Jan - Sep 2008

1. BMW 16.5 % (Trend: down)
2. Honda 15.7 % (Trend: down)
3. Suzuki 15.6 % (Trend: down)

source: Motorrad Online

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Friday, November 14th 2008, 10:47pm

Market Shares September 2008 in Germany

Market Share / Sold Units / Compared to the same period 1 year ago
1. BMW: 17.5 % / 14,467 / -14.2 %
2. Honda: 17.1 % / 16,139 / -1.8 %
3, Suzuki: 17.0 % / 15,997 / -14.0 %
4. Yamaha: 11.7 % / 11,026 / -21.6 %
5. Kawasaki: 0.5 % / 8925 / -12.9 %
6. Harley Davidson: 7.5 % / 7065 / +20.5 %
7. KTM: 5.1 % / 4,830 / +12.4 %
8. Triumph: 4.0 % / 3,782 / +20.9%
9. Ducati: 2.9 % / 2,719 / -14.2 %
10. Aprilia: 2.0 % / 1,884 / +34.5 %

Total 94,271 motorcycles (- 7.4 %)

Top 3:
1. BMW R 1200 GS: 5936 (without ADV)
2. Honda CBF 600 S: 3616
3. Suzuki Bandit 1250: 2901

Scooters from 126 cc: + 47.4 % (Bestseller: Yamaha GTS 250 / 1,322 sold)
Scooters up to 125 cc: + 8.7 % (Bestseller: Yamaha YZF-R 125 / 2,388 sold)
Motorcycles up to 125 cc: + 23.8 % (Bestseller: Honda SH 125 / 1,204 sold)

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Tuesday, November 25th 2008, 11:33pm

Motocycle Sales Germany until October 2008

1. Suzuki GSX-R 600: 229
2. BMW R 1200 GS: 212
3. Honda CBF 1000: 120
4. Kawasaki ER-6f/6n: 116
5. Honda CBF 600 S: 92
6. BMW F 650 GS/F 650 GS Dakar: 67
7. Kawasaki Z 750/S: 65
8. Harley-Davidson Dyna Fat Bob: 61
9. Harley-Davidson Dyna Street Bob: 56
10. BMW F 800 GS: 54

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