Australian motorcycle and OHV (Off Highway Vehicle) sales for the first nine months of this year have increased 8.3% over...
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Motorcycle and OHV (Off Highway Vehicle) rose 5.7% in the first half of this year compared with the same period in 2020, according to official figures released today by the Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries (FCAI). They report that sales were 55,840 compared with 3001 for the first six months...
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Australian motorcycle and off-highway vehicle (OHV) sales have increase 51% in the first quarter over the same period last year. It’s a similar story to the soaring Aussie housing market and new car sales (up 22.4%), with similar supply and price ramifications for buyers. Motorcycle dealerships are looking bare at...
CFMOTO Australia has added a free dress-up kit for their learner-approved 300SR sportsbike and extended last year’s three-year warranty across...
The best cure for the coronavirus seems to be hopping on a motorcycle and hitting the starter button. Despite early...
If you’re in the market for a rare gem, this may be just what you need. Here we have a 1986 Ducati 750 F1B Tricolore currently posted on Ebay.com by user “dogtowncycles” out of Santa Monica, California. This Ducati Superbike has just over 13,000kms (8,000miles) on the clock. The specifications...
Motorcycles appear the preferred COVID lockdown vehicle with Australian sales booming after a slow start to the year due to with fires,...
A collection of more than 20 classic BMW motorcycles, representing eight decades of the Bavarian machines, will hit the auction...
Rare veteran and vintage motorcycles from noted Victorian collector and enthusiast Warren Hicks will feature at the Shannons Timed Spring Online Auction from 11-18 November 2020. The six special motorcycles built between 1907 and 1925 are being offered with no reserve, so they could sell for reasonable prices. The rarest...
Despite KTM Group’s boss saying sales were up during the pandemic, the Austrian company has suffered a one-third sales slump...
Desperate times require desperate measures and MV Agusta Australia has just launched a “5-Day Flash Sale” with discounts up to...
Motorcycle sales have exploded in June due to the easing of pandemic restrictions, end-of-financial-year sales and access to superannuation. Sales of motorcycles, scooters and TV/UTVs in the second quarter of the year were up 24.5% to 52,838 over the same period in 2019. Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries official figures...
Anecdotal evidence and reports from around the world suggest that the motorcycle market might be surprisingly defying the COVID-19 crisis...
Aldi Australia has confirmed its annual motorcycle gear sale will return, but has not yet named a date nor confirmed whether...
Riders are warned to be cautious about buying a motorcycle or other vehicle online after a surge in scammers. In the latest scam operation, the vehicle is offered at a very cheap price by a member (usually female) of the armed forces who needs to sell quickly as they are...
Harley-Davidson will expand “profitable iconic heritage bikes” while committing to branching out to adventure touring, the new Streetfighter range and...
Motorcycle sales in the first quarter of this year were understandably down, but only by 2.5% compared with countries such...
Shares in Australia’s biggest motorcycle dealership conglomerate, MotorCycle Holdings, reports increase revenue and bike sales, yet shares have dropped 13.7% to a six-month low. MotorCycle Holdings, which owns TeamMoto dealerships among others and Cassons accessories, released its six-month results showing new motorcycle sales were up 1% while the total Australian...
January’s fires, followed by floods and concerns about coronavirus have wreaked havoc on new car and motorcycle sales in Australia....
Indian Motorcycle Australia is extending its massive discounts to FTR 1200 as it looks to close down its company owned Australian stores....
BMW Motorrad has posted its ninth consecutive record year with global sales of 175,162 motorcycles and maxi-scooters, a 5.8% increase over 2018. That’s impressive, given many markets were down and Europe was only slightly up, yet BMW recorded 7% growth in Europe. However, in Australia, BMW sold 2675 motorcycles and...
Ducati will add another Scrambler model to its fleet “in the coming months”, either an 803cc street motard or an...
KTM and, to a lesser extent Husqvarna, have defied the Australian road bike sales slump of -11.9% last year, according...
Australian motorcycle sales took another 8.1% dive in the third quarter which contributes to a 33-month downturn in the industry. By comparison, car sales are down 7.9% last month which is the 18th month in a row of decline, according to official data released by the Federal Chamber of Automotive...
Offering demo rides will increase motorcycles by 10%, according to EZ Rider Demo which has invented a system to help dealers...
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(Sponsored education post for our North American readers) In urban conditions, a motorcycle gives an undeniable advantage in maneuverability and speed of movement, so from year to year, the number of owners of two-wheeled vehicles is multiplying. More and more students appear in the ranks of motorists, many of whom...
MV Agusta has now opened orders for all its motorcycles online in a trend that could send shivers down the...
Fraser Motorcycles is believed to be negotiating to sell its retail concerns to MC Holdings who run TeamMoto, several other...
President Donald Trump’s trade wars are hitting Harley-Davidson hard with a 22% bite in profits to $US426m after a 8.4% drop in international sales in the last quarter. The Milwaukee company now expects to ship about 212,000 to 217,000 bikes in 2019, compared with their original estimate of 217,000 to...
A continuing downturn in motorcycle sales, as well as car sales, in the first half of the year has been...
Despite the continuing slump in motorcycle sales, too many dealers sill don’t offer test rides, one of the most important...
Australia isn’t alone in the motorcycle sales slump with global sales down 5.4% in the first quarter of 2019, mainly due to slumps in the largest motorcycle markets, India and China. Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries (FCAI) motorcycle spokesman Rhys Griffiths says the contraction of Chinese and Indian markets is one...
You may have heard of buyer’s regret, but there is also seller’s regret and many riders suffer from this more...
In a bold move to get more riders on motorcycles, TeamMoto has offered free motorcycle licence training if you buy...
Half of all new Harley-Davidson motorcycles are bought by riders aged up to 34 years, female and ethnically diverse, says CEO and president Matt Levatich. His claims came in the announcement of the 2019 first-quarter results which show global sales down 3.8% to 49,151. Revenue was down $US1.38b (10.2%) and...
Motorcycle sales are continuing their slide and even picking up pace with a 14.6% drop in the first quarter of...
Suzuki Australia is offering free on-road costs on their GSX-S1000 streetfighter saving riders $1200 from March 2019. The bike was updated...
Electric bicycles in the snow, bikes made in Thailand and Europe, lower prices, higher costs, tariff wars and removable batteries are all part of the Harley-Davidson and Polaris 2018 sales and revenue results. Snow business Harley-Davidson spent the weekend showing off its new electric bicycle and scooter to young thrill-seekers...
Motorcycle sales might be in a two-year slump in Australia, but there is no cause for general panic about the...
Suzuki Australia is doing a ride-away deal on the 2019 Boulevard M109R which now comes in two new colour schemes...
Motorcycle sales are now in a two-year slump in Australia and it’s time to ask what can be done about it. While it’s good news in the short term for customers with bike companies likely to offer discounts and dealers ready to do deals, it is not good for the industry...
BMW Motorrad Australia has increased its warranty to three years on all new bikes and now offers discount package service...
Australian motorcycle, ATV and scooter sales have been in a continual slump since the start of 2017 with sales up...
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 continued to tumble in the first half of this year, down 5.9% on the first half of 2017...
End of financial year, or EOFY, motorcycle sales are in full swing with thousands of dollars in savings and incentives...
Financial analysts say the new VW boss is a bean counter who could put Ducati up for sale again to help recoup some of its billion-dollar losses from the diesel emissions scandal. It is yet another round of speculation in the two-and-a-half-year saga of on-again, off-again sales rumours. The ongoing...
Several brands have registered their first positive motorcycle sales results in more than 12 months, according to the latest industry...
Have you ever wondered why motorcycle pricing varies across the country? Some are advertised as the ride-away price and others...
The global motorcycle sales slump has forced Harley-Davidson to close one factory, while Royal Enfield sales cool and Indian Motorcycle sales boom. Harley will close their Kansas City plant which makes Softail, Sportster and Street models and move operations to their York, Pennsylvania, factory which assembles Touring, CVO and Trike models and...
On Australia Day, an Australian speed-record-holding 1951 Vincent Black Lightning has set a world record at the Bonham’s annual Las...
BMW Motorrad has defied the global slide in motorcycle sales with its seventh record year of sales, up 13.2%. As...
Ducati has recorded its eighth consecutive sales record year, but the growth rate is slowing alarmingly and the brand is pinning its hopes on some new and unique models. In 2017, Ducati recorded just 0.7% increase worldwide from 55,451 to 55,871. Any company would be happy with a positive result in...
Honda Australia has started the expected January sales rush after the motorcycle market recorded a dismal sales result in 2017....
Riders should expect a host of discount offers in the New Year after Australian motorcycle, scooter and ATV sales continued...
Triumph Motorcycles has ridden a wave of interest in retro motorcycles to post a 22% increase in revenue and 12.7% increase in sales in the 2016/17 financial year. The British company says their customers are typically men aged 40 and over who have spurred a 300% increase in retro models...