Australian Motorcycle Sales Figures

Road Motorcycle Sales Data
Calendar Year 2018

In 2018 the road bike sector comprised 38.2 per cent of overall sales volume while the off-road contingent amounted to 36.6 per cent. Road bike sales were down 9.6 per cent while off-road was down 6.8 per cent.

Honda’s CB125E (1113 sales – up 58.5 per cent) commuter motorcycle is Australia’s top selling road-bike ahead of Kawasaki’s Ninja 400 (1089 sales – new model), Yamaha’s MT07L (1002 sales – down 2.9 per cent) and Harley Davidson’s XG500 Street (944 sales – down 20.1 per cent). Harley-Davidson and Honda tied for top spot in road bike sales with 7019 units each.

Yamaha was next best on 5702 ahead of Kawasaki at 4396 and BMW on 2835.

Suzuki were sixth on road bike sales ahead of Triumph, KTM and Ducati while Indian rounded out the roadbike top ten for brands with an 8.7 up-tick in sales for the American cruiser specialist.

Ducati were down a hefty 23.2 per cent which saw them shuffled behind KTM on road bike sales volume.

Below is a list of how individual motorcycle models fared in the Australian market over the calendar year 2018, categorised by motorcycle category segment.

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Please note that brands such as CF Moto, Gas Gas, Royal Enfield, Beta, MV Agusta & Benelli are not FCAI members and choose not to release sales figures to the FCAI audit.

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Road Bikes Top Ten Overall

Top 10 by Category – Road Bikes
January – December 2018 compared to January – December 2017
Manufacturer	Model	Total
		YTD 2018	YTD 2017	% CHAN
Honda	CB125E	1113	701	58.8%
Kawasaki	NINJA 400	1089	0	100%
Yamaha	MT07L	1002	1032	-2.9%
Harley Davidson	XG500	944	1182	-20.1%
Harley Davidson	FXBRS	794	203	291.1%
Honda	CMX500	746	595	25.4%
Yamaha	MT-09	738	799	-7.6%
Honda	GROM	715	1086	-34.2%
Yamaha	YZF-R3A	712	945	-24.7%
Honda	NBC110	687	1447	-52.5%

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Learner Approved Motorcycle Sales – Australia 2018

Top 10 by Category – LAMS Approved
January – December 2018 compared to January – December 2017
Manufacturer	Model	Total
		YTD 2018	YTD 2017	% CHAN
Yamaha	WR450F	1136	1335	-14.9%
Honda	CB125E	1113	701	58.8%
Kawasaki	NINJA 400	1089	0	100%
KTM	300EXC	1052	610	72.5%
Yamaha	MT07L	1002	1032	-2.9%
Harley Davidson	XG500	944	1182	-20.1%
Suzuki	DR-Z400E	793	800	-0.9%
Honda	CMX500	746	595	25.4%
KTM	500EXC	746	680	9.7%
Honda	CRF250L	719	820	-12.3%

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Adventure-Touring Motorcycle Sales – Australia 2018

Top 10 by Category – Adventure Touring
January – December 2018 compared to January – December 2017
Manufacturer	Model	Total
		YTD 2018	YTD 2017	% CHAN
Suzuki	DR650SE	574	488	17.6%
Honda	CRF1000	573	753	-23.9%
BMW	R 1200 GS Adventure	374	307	21.8%
BMW	R 1200 GS	344	472	-27.1%
Kawasaki	KLR650	257	303	-15.2%
Honda	CB500XA	248	274	-9.5%
BMW	G 310 GS	224	48	366.7%
Suzuki	DL650	216	189	14.3%
Triumph	Tiger 800 XC	182	167	9.0%
KTM	1090ADVR	166	190	-12.6%

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Cruiser Motorcycle Sales – Australia 2018

Top 10 by Category – Cruiser
January – December 2018 compared to January – December 2017
Manufacturer	Model	Total
		YTD 2018	YTD 2017	% CHAN
Harley Davidson	XG500	944	1182	-20.1%
Harley Davidson	FXBRS	794	203	291.1%
Honda	CMX500	746	595	25.4%
Kawasaki	Vulcan S	670	590	13.6%
Yamaha	XVS650/A	515	488	5.5%
Indian Motorcycle	Scout	496	383	29.5%
Harley Davidson	FXBB	491	109	350.5%
Harley Davidson	FLFBS	453	162	179.6%
Harley Davidson	FLSB	312	19	1,542.1%
Harley Davidson	FXFBS	264	115	129.6%

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Nakedbike Motorcycle Sales – Australia 2018

Top 10 by Category – Naked
January – December 2018 compared to January – December 2017
Manufacturer	Model	Total
		YTD 2018	YTD 2017	% CHAN
Honda	CB125E	1113	701	58.8%
Yamaha	MT07L	1002	1032	-2.9%
Yamaha	MT-09	738	799	-7.6%
Honda	GROM	715	1086	-34.2%
Yamaha	MT03LA	616	445	38.4%
Kawasaki	Z900RS	393	50	686.0%
KTM	390DUKE	356	361	-1.4%
Yamaha	XSR700LA	318	188	69.1%
Honda	Monkey	266	0	100%
Triumph	STR TRIPLE R	259	219	18.3%

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Sport-Touring  Motorcycle Sales – Australia 2018

Top 10 by Category – Sport Touring
January – December 2018 compared to January – December 2017
Manufacturer	Model	Total
		YTD 2018	YTD 2017	% CHAN
Yamaha	YZF-R3A	712	945	-24.7%
Honda	CBR650FL	331	320	3.4%
Kawasaki	Ninja 300	314	1017	-69.1%
Kawasaki	Ninja 650L	304	451	-32.6%
Suzuki	GSX250R	164	73	124.7%
Yamaha	MT09TRA	161	127	26.8%
BMW	S 1000 XR	149	118	26.3%
Kawasaki	Ninja 1000	148	207	-28.5%
BMW	R 1200 RS	135	123	9.8%
Suzuki	GSX-S125	130	0	100%

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Touring Motorcycle Sales – Australia 2018

Top 10 by Category – Touring
January – December 2018 compared to January – December 2017
Manufacturer	Model	Total
		YTD 2018	YTD 2017	% CHAN
Harley Davidson	FLHXS	272	352	-22.7%
BMW	R 1200 RT	163	119	37.0%
Harley Davidson	FLHTK	143	221	-35.3%
Honda	GL1800	119	55	116.4%
Harley Davidson	FLHRXS	119	114	4.4%
Harley Davidson	FLTRXS	118	130	-9.2%
Harley Davidson	FLHTCUTG	117	35	234.3%
Harley Davidson	FLHX	109	28	289.3%
Yamaha	FJR1300	108	76	42.1%
Harley Davidson	FLHXSE	95	33	187.9%

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Supersport Motorcycle Sales – Australia 2018

Top 10 by Category – Super Sport
January – December 2018 compared to January – December 2017
Manufacturer	Model	Total
		YTD 2018	YTD 2017	% CHAN
Kawasaki	NINJA 400	1089	0	100%
Honda	CBR500R	618	996	-38.0%
Honda	CBR300R	387	273	41.8%
BMW	S 1000 RR	283	295	-4.1%
KTM	RC390	254	285	-10.9%
Suzuki	GSX-R750	212	145	46.2%
Ducati	959 Panigale	156	264	-40.9%
Yamaha	YZF-R1	151	160	-5.6%
Ducati	Panigale V4	130	0	100%
Suzuki	GSX-R1000	124	269	-53.9%

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Scooter Sales – Australia 2018

Top 10 by Category – Scooters
January – December 2018 compared to January – December 2017
Manufacturer	Model	Total
		YTD 2018	YTD 2017	% CHAN
Honda	NSC110	597	310	92.6%
Suzuki	ADDRESS	495	346	43.1%
Vespa	GTS 300	389	249	56.2%
Piaggio	Fly 150	309	306	1.0%
Honda	WW150	295	230	28.3%
Piaggio	ZIP 50	244	269	-9.3%
Vespa	PRIMAVERA 150	236	187	26.2%
Honda	MW110	207	186	11.3%
Yamaha	XMAX300	169	39	333.3%
Yamaha	GPD150A	126	0	100%

Source: MCNews.com.au