Good times keep rolling
The good times keep rolling for the Australian motorcycle market, with half-year sales up around 20 per cent on an already good 2005.Federal Chamber of Automotive Industry (FCAI) figures show 52,379 sales, an increase of 8793.
Road bike sales overtook dirt bikes for the first time in many years, scoring 23,438 versus 20,228.
"The greater number of road bike sales represents a significant changing of the guard in the motorcycle scene," said Peter Sturrock, FCAI Chief Executive.
Top 10 road: 1. Honda CT110 (pictured), 2. Bug Jive 50 (pictured), 3. Yamaha YZF-R1 (pictured), 4. Harley-Davidson FXST, 5. Honda NVS50, 6. Yamaha YZF-R6, 7. Honda CBR1000R, 8. VMoto Milan Jx50, 9. Bolwell Jolie, 10. VMoto Monza JP50.
Top 10 off-road: 1. Yamaha WR450F, 2. Honda CRF450X, 3. Honda CRF250F, 4. Yamaha YZ250F, 5. Suzuki DR-Z400E, 6. Yamaha YZ450F, 7. Yamaha PW50, 8. Suzuki DR200SE, 9. Honda CRF50F, 10. Yamaha TTR50.
Scooters have seen another spectacular growth in sales for the first six months of this year, with the market as a whole rising by about 60 per cent.
The top-selling model was the Bug Jive 50, with 573 units sold. Similar size machines filled out the top six places in the sales charts.
The top 10 were: 1. Bug Jive 50 (573 units), 2. Honda NVS50 (405), 3. VMoto Milan 50 359), 4. Bolwell Jolie 50 (346), 5. Vmoto Monza 50 (343), 6. Bolwell Gelati 50 (236), 7. Honda SCV100 (224), 8. Vespa GTS250 (220), 9. Yamaha CV50 (211), 10. VMoto Monaco 125 (176).
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