First quarter sales figures released by the FCAI.
Honda has started 2016 on a high, rating as Australia’s top selling bike brand overall and specifically in the road bike segment, figures released by the FCAI this week have confirmed.
The motorcycle, all-terrain vehicle (ATV) and scooter market for the first quarter of 2016 was 1.6 percent higher than the corresponding period in 2015. Road motorcycles have grown by 2.8 percent.
“Looking at the road motorcycle market, Honda was the leading brand, selling 20.5 percent of the 11,576 road motorcycles sold between January and March 2016,” FCAI CEO Tony Weber said. “Harley-Davidson was close behind in second place with 19.7 percent of the road motorcycle market, followed by Yamaha with 15.4 percent.”
The total market between January and March 2016 was 24,994. Of these, 11,576 road bikes were sold in the first quarter of 2016, which represented just over 46 percent of the total motorcycle, all-terrain vehicle (ATV) and scooter market.
Honda was the leading volume manufacturer with 5512 units sold or 22.1 per cent of the total market, followed by Yamaha with 4995 units (20 percent market share), Kawasaki with 2684 units (10.7 percent market share), Suzuki with 2395 (9.6 percent market share) and Harley-Davidson with 2,286 (9.1 per cent market share).
Top 10 combined road models sold (JAN-MAR 2016):
1. Honda NBC110 863
2. Kawasaki Ninja 300 453
3. Harley-Davidson XG500 395
4. Yamaha MT07L 392
5. Yamaha YZF-R3A 384
6. Harley-Davidson FXSB 304
7. Honda CRF1000 270
8. Harley-Davidson FXDB 214
9. Honda CB125E 192
10. Yamaha MT-09 174
Top 10 supersport models sold (JAN-MAR 2016):
1. Honda CBR500R 170
2. Honda CBR300R 158
3. Ducati 959 Panigale 89
4. Honda CBR1000RR 87
5. Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10R 84
6. BMW S 1000 RR 60
7. Yamaha YZF-R1 59
8. Ducati 1299 Panigale 53
9. Triumph Daytona 675 35
10. Yamaha YZF-R6 34