New registrations of motorcycles in Germany for May were down by 4.26% compared to May 2014 (11,363 compared to 11,869)
This means that sales have fallen during three of the first five months of the year so far.
Year-to-date basis the German market is still slightly up, by 2.84% to 57,382 (2014: 55,800 units).
For combined motorcycle and scooter figures, May was down 0.54% in May (16,521 units) while for the year-to-date they are up 2.84% at 78,320 units.
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Record year
The German motorcycle and scooter market rose 8.7% in 2014, the biggest increase in registrations for the last 17 years, according to the IVM (Germany’s motorcycle industry assciation)
The IVM cites the number of new models, the stable German economic policy, and an increase in interest in motorcycles and scooters for urban transportation as being behind the increase.
Large motorcycle registrations rose 10.8% to 96,823 while lightweight motorcycles were up 10.5% to 15,515 units.
Light scooter numbers increased 1.1% 16,589 and their larger sibling were up 1.8% to 11,682.
Top brands by market share were BMW (16.35%), Honda (12.89%) and Yamaha (11.27%). Rest of the top ten brands were KTM (8.64%), Harley Davidson (7.52%), Kawasaki (7.14%), Piaggio (6.95%), Suzuki (5.39%), Triumph (3.97%) and Ducati (3.31%)
Heading the top ten models chart were the BMW R1200GS (8284 new registrations) and Kawasaki ER-6n (2778). Closely following were Yamaha’s MT-07 (2647) and MT-09 (2238) models. The Kawasaki Z800 was fifth (1945), followed by the BMW S1000R (1667), KTM 1190 Adventure (1537), BMW F800GS (1528), BMW R Nine T (1510) and finally the Honda NC750X (1500 new registrations).