Prepare for an invasion of riders on our roads as motorcycle sales skyrocket, says international market researcher Global Industry Analysts...
Royal Enfield Australia is making a offer of a free sports exhaust on their best-selling Continental GT. The offer...
Honda Australia is promoting its automatic Dual-Clutch Transmission on the new Africa Twin adventure bike by offering the upgrade for free. Apart from scooters, there are few bikes that have a clutchless shift transmission, although many hi-tech sports bikes now have a quick shifter that allows shifts without using the...
Kawasaki is currently doing a great deal that makes the versatile go-anywhere 2017 KLR650 adventurer even more attractive. Buy the...
Suzuki now has stock of the 2017 DR650SE in black with flashes of “electric blue” at $8990 with a free...
Powersports manufacturer Polaris has called for an independent audit of ATV, motorcycle and scooter sales so consumers have a more accurate account. The American company dropped out of the Federal Chamber of Automated Industries two years ago over concerns for the accuracy of sales reporting, but its motorcycle companies, Indian...
Despite the continuing slump in motorcycle sales, too many dealers sill don’t offer test rides, one of the most important...
Offering demo rides will increase motorcycles by 10%, according to EZ Rider Demo which has invented a system to help dealers...
Aldi’s annual motorcycle gear sale next weekend (August 18, 2018) claims accredited safety gear, the first leather jacket for women and an Australian-approved helmet for just $79.99. Each year the sale is so popular, riders line up outside hours before and many products are sold out within minutes. Fans of...
Motorcycle sales are now in a two-year slump in Australia and it’s time to ask what can be done about it....
The Harley-Davidson Breakout has claimed the top-selling spot for the first time as the Australian motorcycle industry continues its first...
Australian motorcycle, ATV and scooter sales have been in a continual slump since the start of 2017 with sales up to the end of the third quarter of 2018 dropping a further 6.2% to 68,494. That’s down a massive 10,743 or 13.5% on the five-year high of 79,237 sold in...
Heavy motorcycles gained weight in the market last year with Harley-Davidson recording 4.4% global sales growth and Polaris – maker...
Australia isn’t alone in the motorcycle sales slump with global sales down 5.4% in the first quarter of 2019, mainly...
A rider who vented his spleen with a vitriolic but humorous ad for his 2016 Triumph Thruxton R reached a substantial bid of $19,700 on eBay. The owner, who says he wishes to remain anonymous, placed the humorous ad after snapping a gear lever bolt on his three-month-old bike after 1700km. His...
January is motorcycle sales month as manufacturers/importers offer discounts to get rid of stock they didn’t sell at Christmas time. Other...
BMW Motorrad has defied the global slide in motorcycle sales with its seventh record year of sales, up 13.2%. As...
Motorcycles appear the preferred COVID lockdown vehicle with Australian sales booming after a slow start to the year due to with fires, drought, floods and then the COVID lockdown. The official Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries (FCAI) sales figures for new motorcycles and off highway vehicles (OHVs) to the end of September...
Motorcycle sales are down 2.5% so far this year! But the good news for Aussie riders is that the motorcycle...
An increase in motorcycle sales in Japan, along with a growth spurt in mature-aged “return riders” is leading to a...
BMW is forging ahead with sales this year already surpassing last year’s total, assembly of motorcycles beginning in Thailand and exciting new models coming in 2014. BMW Motorrad sold a record of 7342 bikes in November, 8.8% more than the previous November. That makes a total of 108,872 motorcycles and...
Semiconductor chip shortages have affected almost every automobile and motorcycle production aspect on a global scale. With the rise of...
Despite KTM Group’s boss saying sales were up during the pandemic, the Austrian company has suffered a one-third sales slump...
A surge in off-road motorcycle sales has pushed Australian motorcycle and OHV (Off Highway Vehicle) sales last year by a record 13.4%. According to official figures released by the Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries, 123,530 motorcycles and OHVs were sold throughout 2021. Off-road motorcycles recorded the biggest increases, up 18.8%...
January is a great time to buy a new motorcycle as companies try a raft of incentives to shift stock...
Harley-Davidson will expand “profitable iconic heritage bikes” while committing to branching out to adventure touring, the new Streetfighter range and...
Sales of road bikes rose 4.4% in the first half of the year, one of the biggest increases since the GFC in 2009, while all other segments, except scooters, also rose significantly. It’s the best news for motorcycles and riders for a long time. After last year leap-frogging Honda to...
Indian Motorcycle Australia is extending its massive discounts to FTR 1200 as it looks to close down its company owned Australian stores....
On Australia Day, an Australian speed-record-holding 1951 Vincent Black Lightning has set a world record at the Bonham’s annual Las...
Want to buy an “as-new … kinda” 2016 Thruxton R with a broken gear lever for which the owner has been waiting three months for parts, according to his ad? The humorous eBay advertisement for the bike starts with “LOL…..Bike only has 1700 kms on it not counting kms whilst on...
Riders are warned to be cautious about buying a motorcycle or other vehicle online after a surge in scammers. In...
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January’s fires, followed by floods and concerns about coronavirus have wreaked havoc on new car and motorcycle sales in Australia. The Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries (FCAI) last week announced that new car sales were down -12.5% (71,731 vehicles) compared with January 2019, which was the worst sales-year since 2011....
As March is the end of the Japanese fiscal year, we can expect discounts from the four Japanese motorcycle companies, starting...
Motorcycle sales in the first quarter of this year were understandably down, but only by 2.5% compared with countries such...
The motorcycle sales boom that happened in the wake of the first pandemic lockdown appears to be over. Sales of motorcycles, scooters and ATVs in Australia dropped by more than 10% in the first quarter. While there are no reasons given, it could be a combination of the threat of...
BMW Motorrad has posted its ninth consecutive record year with global sales of 175,162 motorcycles and maxi-scooters, a 5.8% increase...
The last golden age of motorcycling was in the ‘70s, but with bike sales in Australia the best for seven years...
Honda’s postie bike and its range of 500cc learner bikes led a small surge in road motorcycle sales in the first half of the year. The Honda CT110X “postie bike” returned to the number one position with a 88.1% increase in sales to 1486, knocking the Kawasaki Ninja 300 off its...
Several brands have registered their first positive motorcycle sales results in more than 12 months, according to the latest industry...