Motorcycle new registrations January 2021

Not a good start because of Corona and Euro-4

21.02.2021

The IVM has announced the new registrations of new motorcycles for January 2021. In total, only 2,968 new machines were registered in Germany. That is a whopping 56 percent less than in January 2020. Again, the reasons for the slump are Corona and Euro 5.

Euro 4 and Corona are to blame

At the end of last year it was still said that Euro 4 machines may no longer be registered from the beginning of 2021. The dealers have basically chased a large number of these machines off the farm at reasonable prices. In December, this is also why as many machines were sold as they had not been for a long time. But then came the second Corona Lock-Down just before Christmas. We now see the effects: only 2,222 units were allowed for motorcycles (all without 125s and scooters). It is basically the same as from February 2020 - again, corona-related, suddenly significantly fewer motorcycles were sold.

It is interesting to look at the market shares of the manufacturers in January (see chart), although these figures are likely to be in line with the averages of the previous year over the next few months. BMW achieved a market share of almost 40 percent in January 2021! This is followed by Honda (14%), KTM (10%), Ducati (9%) and Kawasaki (8.5%). Yamaha's figures show that these figures are not yet really meaningful, because a critical mass of new registrations has not yet been reached: in January 2021, exactly 15 Yamaha motorcycles were registered! This corresponds to a market share of 0.68%, which is virtually nothing.

Top 50 Motorcycles January 2021

Manufacturer		model	quantity
1	Bmw	R 1250 GS	366
2	Bmw	R 18	81
3	Kawasaki	Z 900	80
4	Bmw	S 1000 XR	79
5	Honda	CBR 650 R	78
6	Ducati	MULTISTRADA V4	73
7	Bmw	F 900 R	73
8	Honda	CRF 1100 AFRICA TWIN	71
9	Ducati	Scrambler	57
10	Bmw	F 900 XR	50
11	Honda	CB 650 R NEO SPORTS CAFE	46
12	Bmw	S 1000 RR	46
13	Honda	CMX 500 REBEL	45
14	Aprilia	RS 660	36
15	Bmw	R 1250 RS	36
16	Bmw	F 750 GS	32
17	Triumph	ROCKET 3	31
18	Kawasaki	Z 650	28
19	Bmw	R 1250 RT	26
20	Bmw	R 1250 R	26
21	Ktm	690 SMC	22
22	Ktm	300 EXC	21
23	Indian Motorcycle	SCOUT BOBBER	21
24	Kawasaki	NINJA 1000 SX	20
25	Ktm	390 DUKE	19
26	Ducati	PANIGALE V4 SPECIALE	19
27	Royal Enfield	BULLET ELECTRA	18
28	Bmw	F 850 GS	18
29	Harley-Davidson	STREET BOB	17
30	Ktm	1290 SUPERDUKE GT	17
31	Ducati	STREETFIGHTER V4	16
32	Beta motor	RR 300	16
33	Husqvarna	TE 300	15
34	Kawasaki	VULCAN S	15
35	FANTIC MOTOR	CABALLERO FlatTrack 500	14
36	Ktm	350 EXC-F	14
37	Triumph	TIGER 900 RALLEY/GT	13
38	Ktm	790 DUKE	13
39	Ktm	FREERIDE E-XC	11
40	Suzuki	DL 1050 V-STROM	11
41	Bmw	NINE T	11
42	Harley-Davidson	BREAKOUT 114	11
43	Ducati	SCRAMBLER 1100	11
44	Triumph	STREET TRIPLE	11
45	Ducati	XDIAVEL	11
46	Harley-Davidson	SPORT GLIDE	11
47	Honda	CBR FIREBLADE SP	10
48	Ktm	300 EXC TPI	10
49	Ktm	890 DUKE	10
50	Kawasaki	NINJA 650	10