11-05-2023, 10:03 AM
(10-27-2023, 06:23 AM)The ferret_imp Wrote: The US used to be the market every manufacture sought to dominate with new and exciting models, especially Honda. Now all we get is table scraps from the largest motorcycle manufacturer in the world.
I think Honda has lost money on many bikes they bring over that end up not selling well.... until they put large rebates and incentives to move. I recall *many* people asking Honda to bring over here the NT700 that had been selling so well in Europe. Well they finally did but it flopped. Honda likely still recalls that.
We were once a large market that was growing fast but that all started changing around 15 years ago.
In 2006, manufacturers sold 1,190,000 new motorcycles in the US.
In 2021 sales in the US had dropped to 550,000.
In 2006, manufacturers sold 2,726,000 new motorcycles in EU.
In 2021 manufacturers sold 950,000 new motorcycles in the 5 European countries of France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and UK. (I couldn't find 2021 EU sales figure)
And all this is peanuts compared to the number of motorcycles sold in India.