If any cold comfort can be taken in today’s release of the latest motorcycle sales figures for the Australian market it is that, despite the efforts of regulators to make obtaining a motorcycle licence as painful and expensive as possible, it is again the learner legal machines that are propping up the road motorcycle sales volume.
Honda CB125E leads the way
Honda’s affordable CB125E again led the way ahead of Yamaha’s MT-07L. Kawasaki’s Ninja 400 took third place ahead of Yamaha’s YZF-R3 and MT-09.
The chrome is still shining for Harley-Davidson with the big-bore breakout defying the overall negative trend to rank as Australia’s sixth biggest selling road motorcycle and earn the mantle once again as the country’s favourite cruiser style motorcycle.
Next best is the baby cruiser from Honda. The CMX 500 continues to do very well and Honda will be very pleased to have bested Harley’s Street 500 in the sales figures. 330 new CMX 500 machines hit the streets in the first six months of 2019 while in equal eighth with the Honda Grom was the H-D Street 500, that unlikely pairing registering 298 sales apiece while Yamaha’s MT-03LA rounded out the overall road-bike top ten.
Amongst the big-bore boy racer Superbikes Honda topped the charts with the CBR 1000 RR Fireblade by a handy margin. In fact, Fireblade sales almost doubled that of any of the other Japanese litre-bikes. Ducati is making progress with V4 sales while the S 1000 RR also did reasonably well considering that BMW have been waiting a long time for stock of their latest model.
2019 Road Motorcycle Sales
January – June 2019 compared to January – June 2018
Manufacturer
Road
YTD 2019
YTD 2018
% CHAN
Harley Davidson
2925
3629
-19.4%
Yamaha
2749
3014
-8.8%
Honda
2738
3853
-28.9%
Kawasaki
2012
2344
-14.2%
BMW
1156
1367
-15.4%
Suzuki
1097
1327
-17.3%
Triumph
906
1195
-24.2%
KTM
866
794
9.1%
Ducati
662
738
-10.3%
Indian Motorcycle
323
453
-28.7%
Husqvarna
109
143
-23.8%
Moto Guzzi
65
74
-12.2%
Aprilia
60
111
-45.9%
TOTAL
15668
19042
-17.7%
Road Bikes Top Ten Overall
Top 10 by Category – Road Bikes
January – June 2019 compared to January – June 2018
Manufacturer
Model
Total
YTD 2019
YTD 2018
% CHAN
Honda
CB125E
569
637
-10.7%
Yamaha
MT07L
525
504
4.2%
Kawasaki
NINJA 400
488
443
10.2%
Yamaha
YZF-R3A
471
445
5.8%
Yamaha
MT-09
395
384
2.9%
Harley Davidson
FXBRS
383
384
-0.3%
Honda
CMX500
330
350
-5.7%
Harley Davidson
XG500
298
466
-36.1%
Honda
GROM
298
355
-16.1%
Yamaha
MT03LA
292
376
-22.3%
Learner Approved Motorcycle Sales
Top 10 by Category – LAMS Approved
January – June 2019 compared to January – June 2018
Manufacturer
Model
Total
YTD 2019
YTD 2018
% CHAN
Yamaha
WR450F
671
620
8.2%
Honda
CB125E
569
637
-10.7%
Yamaha
MT07L
525
504
4.2%
Honda
NSC110
496
238
108.4%
Kawasaki
NINJA 400
488
443
10.2%
Yamaha
YZF-R3A
471
445
5.8%
Suzuki
DR-Z400E
350
435
-19.5%
KTM
300EXC
344
519
-33.7%
Suzuki
ADDRESS
342
203
68.5%
Honda
CMX500
330
350
-5.7%
Adventure-Touring Motorcycle Sales
Top 10 by Category – Adventure Touring
January – June 2019 compared to January – June 2018
Manufacturer
Model
Total
YTD 2019
YTD 2018
% CHAN
Suzuki
DR650SE
229
274
-16.4%
BMW
R 1250 GS Adventure
194
0
100%
Honda
Africa Twin
176
318
-44.7%
KTM
790 Adventure R
169
0
100%
BMW
R 1250 GS
155
0
100%
Honda
CB500XA
141
111
27.0%
Suzuki
DL650
116
109
6.4%
Kawasaki
KLR650
112
137
-18.2%
BMW
G 310 GS
108
112
-3.6%
KTM
690 Enduro
92
88
4.5%
Cruiser Motorcycle Sales
Top 10 by Category – Cruiser
January – June 2019 compared to January – June 2018
Manufacturer
Model
Total
YTD 2019
YTD 2018
% CHAN
Harley Davidson
FXBRS
383
384
-0.3%
Honda
CMX500
330
350
-5.7%
Harley Davidson
XG500
298
466
-36.1%
Kawasaki
Vulcan S
268
378
-29.1%
Harley Davidson
FLFBS
235
222
5.9%
Yamaha
XVS650/A
231
226
2.2%
Harley Davidson
FLSB
195
168
16.1%
Indian Motorcycle
Scout
178
258
-31.0%
Harley Davidson
FXBB
132
240
-45.0%
Harley Davidson
FXFBS
95
137
-30.7%
Nakedbike Motorcycle Sales
Top 10 by Category – Naked
January – June 2019 compared to January – June 2018
Manufacturer
Model
Total
YTD 2019
YTD 2018
% CHAN
Honda
CB125E
569
637
-10.7%
Yamaha
MT07L
525
504
4.2%
Yamaha
MT-09
395
384
2.9%
Honda
GROM
298
355
-16.1%
Yamaha
MT03LA
292
376
-22.3%
Kawasaki
Z900RS
167
246
-32.1%
Yamaha
XSR700LA
152
152
0.0%
KTM
390DUKE
139
156
-10.9%
Honda
CB300R
114
22
418.2%
Yamaha
MT10
108
131
-17.6%
Sport-Touring Motorcycle Sales
Top 10 by Category – Sport Touring
January – June 2019 compared to January – June 2018
Manufacturer
Model
Total
YTD 2019
YTD 2018
% CHAN
Yamaha
YZF-R3A
471
445
5.8%
Kawasaki
Ninja 650L
141
161
-12.4%
Yamaha
MT09TRA
99
65
52.3%
Suzuki
GSX-S125
87
76
14.5%
Kawasaki
VERSYS-X 300
69
73
-5.5%
Honda
CBR650FL
63
181
-65.2%
Yamaha
MT07TRL
57
37
54.1%
Kawasaki
Ninja 1000
54
75
-28.0%
BMW
S 1000 XR
53
69
-23.2%
Suzuki
GSX-R125
52
41
26.8%
Touring Motorcycle Sales
Top 10 by Category – Touring
January – June 2019 compared to January – June 2018
Manufacturer
Model
Total
YTD 2019
YTD 2018
% CHAN
Harley Davidson
FLHXS
177
122
45.1%
Harley Davidson
FLHTK
101
69
46.4%
Harley Davidson
FLTRXS
86
46
87.0%
Harley Davidson
FLHRXS
69
70
-1.4%
Harley Davidson
FLHTCUTG
65
65
0.0%
Indian Motorcycle
Chieftain
53
36
47.2%
Yamaha
FJR1300
50
50
0.0%
Harley Davidson
FLHXSE
45
40
12.5%
BMW
R 1250 RT
43
0
100%
Harley Davidson
FLHX
41
60
-31.7%
Supersport Motorcycle Sales
Top 10 by Category – Super Sport
January – June 2019 compared to January – June 2018
Manufacturer
Model
Total
YTD 2019
YTD 2018
% CHAN
Kawasaki
NINJA 400
488
443
10.2%
Honda
CBR500R
222
310
-28.4%
Honda
CBR650R
138
0
100%
Honda
CBR1000RR
112
65
72.3%
Ducati
Superbike
102
0
100%
KTM
RC390
81
125
-35.2%
BMW
S 1000 RR
75
108
-30.6%
Suzuki
GSX-R750
69
80
-13.8%
Yamaha
YZF-R1
68
73
-6.8%
Suzuki
GSX-R1000
62
62
0.0%
Scooter Sales Figures
Honda’s NSC110 is smashing it in the scooter market and along with Suzuki’s Address this pairing along are taking a hefty slice of the overall scooter sales in Australia.
Vespa continues to do pretty well while Yamaha’s new XMAX 300 is starting to grow in popularity.
It is so pleasing to see that Australian consumers have now almost completely shunned the cheap and nasty no-name shite that once sold in good numbers in this space, but now thankfully have died a natural death.
Honda has now established themselves as the clear market leader in scooter sales.
2019 Scooter Sales
January – June 2019 compared to January – June 2018
Manufacturer
Scooter
YTD 2019
YTD 2018
% CHAN
Honda
969
557
74.0%
Vespa
379
434
-12.7%
Piaggio
375
498
-24.7%
Suzuki
375
252
48.8%
Yamaha
261
236
10.6%
BMW
82
28
192.9%
Aprilia
44
86
-48.8%
TOTAL
2485
2091
18.8%
Scooter Sales
Top 10 by Category – Scooters
January – June 2019 compared to January – June 2018
