Flaming June was somewhat hit-and-miss weather-wise, but at least head count stayed sunny side up, if hardly star-spangled. Total registrations grew by 13% to 11,711. Within that, motorcycles and over-50cc scooters rose by 12.5% to 11,200. Mopeds added 25.7% to 445, and trikes boasted a 32% gain to 66. However, overall petrolhead growth — 13.8% higher at 11,463 — was stronger in the budget market segment.
Bikes in the up to 50cc bracket actually stacked on 33.3% but still only tallied 360 units, led by 51 examples of Lexmoto’s ubiquitous Diablo. The 51-125cc mobility and delivery sector was altogether perkier, putting on 21.5% to 3446 units, with the usual massed fleet of Honda PCX 125 scooters to the fore. 126-500cc bargain products flaunted a 41.9% rise to 2176 units. Another Honda regular, the GB350S, was at the front, with 212 of them.
After that point, growth became fairly anaemic. 501-750cc volume improved by 8.2% to 1427 machines, with the biggest sellers being 108 Honda NC750X models. 751-1000cc tackle rose by 7.4% to 2499 units. Some 112 Triumph Trident 800’s were at the top of that pile. Finally, premium 1000cc-plus kit blotted its copybook, falling by 12.9% to 1555 units. Inevitably, 168 of these were from the BMW R1300GS stable. Another 56 BMW R1300RT tourers helped to minimise showroom dust-gathering.
Best-selling brands weren’t spectacular either. Honda registered 82 more bikes than it had done in June 2025, reaching a total of 1975. Triumph added just 17 to boast a total of 1406. That was particularly disappointing, given that June is the crucial final month of Triumph’s full financial year, when dealers are encouraged to sell anything that’s not bolted down! Then there were a couple of outright losers. BMW dropped by 169 units to 1214, and Yamaha fell by 53 to 1051. Kawasaki went the other way, up by 141 to 679. Lexmoto was also on an upward trend, rising by 157 to 603. And so was Suzuki, adding 202 to hit a 467-strong tally. KTM posted some recovery, too, with a 113-unit gain, lifting the brand to 412 units. On the two bottom rungs, Royal Enfield palpably failed to make a significant impression, only 89 up to 383 units. And Ducati wasn’t much better, with 50 more taking it to 366.
Crowning the half-year, total registrations now stand on a relatively acceptable 15.2% increase to 56,921 units.