Motorcycle sales have exploded in June due to the easing of pandemic restrictions, end-of-financial-year sales and access to superannuation. Sales... Read More
KTM and, to a lesser extent Husqvarna, have defied the Australian road bike sales slump of -11.9% last year, according... Read More
MV Agusta has now opened orders for all its motorcycles online in a trend that could send shivers down the spines of every motorcycle dealer. Suzuki Australia recently offered online ordering for their new Katana model and declared it a success. MV Agusta started their online ordering with the launch... Read More
There can be several reasons for leaving a deposit on a motorcycle. The most common reason is to secure it... Read More
Retired and honoured motorcycle industry veteran Stuart Strickland has delivered blunt criticism of the industry and the dictators who make... Read More
A continuing downturn in motorcycle sales, as well as car sales, in the first half of the year has been blamed on the Federal election, floods, drought and tight financial lending. There is little relief from the bleak news with road bike sales suffering the biggest loss of -17.7% as... Read More
Australia isn’t alone in the motorcycle sales slump with global sales down 5.4% in the first quarter of 2019, mainly... Read More
Big business pushing sales through discounting is hurting the motorcycle industry in Australia, says a motorcycle importer and multi-dealership owner. James... Read More
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... Read More
Honda has led the January sales rush for the past three years and there is good reason to believe they... Read More
Motorcycle sales continued to tumble in the first half of this year, down 5.9% on the first half of 2017... Read More
If we were to generalize things, we would say that there are two types of would-be motorcycle riders. On one side you have the ones that know exactly which kind of motorcycle they’ll ride, just like the players that already have their favorite pokies online to play. And on the... Read More
How many motorcycle dealerships have you been to that have signs saying Please do not sit on motorcycle? The signs... Read More
Harley-Davidson’s 2019 electric motorcycle may not be called a Livewire, flat tracker demo races could be staged in Australia, the... Read More
Several motorcycle manufacturers now recognise that shorter riders are not being catered for by bikes with tall seats, so they are offering low seat options. However, these are usually not free. You have to buy the bike with the original tall seat then buy the short seat option sometimes costing... Read More
The motorcycle industry needs to advertise more, spruce up its dealerships and reach out to non-riders, says an Australian riding... Read More
Honda Australia has started the expected January sales rush after the motorcycle market recorded a dismal sales result in 2017.... Read More
Motorcycle sales appear to be recovering after a very shaky start to the year with Harley-Davidson continuing to lead the road bike category. Sales were down 6.7% in the first quarter but, thanks to a slight recovery in the second quarter, they are now down 4.1% in the first half,... Read More
This scruffy and elderly Thai mechanic was shunned by several motorcycle dealerships before he finally bought a Harley-Davidson Forty-Eight Sportster... Read More
Australian motorcycle sales have hit their first downturn in several years with a massive 13.4% decline to 21,794 in the... Read More
Have you ever seen ads for motorcycles that say something like “hurry now, this deal is for a strictly limited time” and “stock is limited”? It’s a pretty standard promotion line and it’s both a lie and a truism. Of course stock is limited. No stock is unlimited. However, when... Read More
After two recent controversial articles looking at improving the sales experience from the point of view of the customer and... Read More
Have you ever been in the market for a motorcycle and found the sales man condescending, uninterested, ill-informed, pushy and... Read More
If you are a good customer, behave yourself, smell ok and act intelligently, you have a better chance of scoring a good deal. We have already given our top 10 tips to salesmen on how to treat customers properly. Now it’s time for customers to learn what salespeople expect and what... Read More
While the motorcycle sector is the fastest growing in vehicle registrations in Australia, there are mixed motorbike sales results around... Read More
Spring seems to be a good time to buy a motorcycle this year with several Australian companies offering discounts or... Read More