Bike Sales Booming
October 24, 2007 by George Skentzos
Vehicle sales of the two-wheeled variety are booming in Australia, with the motorcycle market expecting a significant sales increase for the fifth consecutive year.
According to the Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries (FCAI), combined sales of motorcycles, scooters and ATVs topped 91,663 this year representing a 10 percent increase over the same period last year.
Road bike sales to September alone have already topped 2006 sales figures by an incredible 20.8 percent.
FCAI Chief Executive Andrew McKellar credits the rise to the surging national economy and two particular purchasing trends.
“These two-wheelers are popular for two very different reasons: whilst scooters are primarily purchased for urban mobility, cruisers are chosen essentially for recreational purposes”
According to the FCAI, riders in their forties and fifties are repurchasing cruisers due to a higher level of disposable income. The most popular of which being the Harley Davidson’s FLSTF Fat Boy, with 722 sold.
In the Road Bike segment, Honda leads the market with 7,171, followed by Harley-Davidson with 5,102 and Suzuki with 4,938.
This year the combined motorcycle market is expected to break sales record, with sales predicted to exceed 130,000 units for the first time.
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So when are we doing a Bikeadvice guys ?
I cant ride but would love to learn,he in doors has his licence but I don’t want to pickup his bad habits!
i love bikes and ride them as well!
a poor man’s sports car.. haha
but seriously though, would love if you guys did bike review:P:P
Does any one else on the web do Bike reviews in Australia?
Welcome to bikeadvice.com.au :D LOL!
Poor man sports car is spot on. I recently purchased an old CBR for 2 grand and can’t believe how much fun I’m having on it, and the power is breath taking. The secret I’ve found is to ride it like every car driver is out there to kill you (which really seems to be the case).
I may stand corrected but I think the best super bike sells for around 150k. And you can get something pretty close for a hell of a lot less. In car terms to get the same performance, you’ve got to fork out up to 10 times this amount.
well my 5000 dollar 250cc does 0-100 around 5 sec :P and i may be corrected by average 1000cc bikes do it around 3-4 seconds:P but its dangerous as all hell lemme tell you that and btw check out http://www.netrider.com.au- great bike forum:P
typed in bikeadvice.com.au and it took me to a what seemed like a half finished version of this website:S
what gives? you guys starting a bikeadvice website as well?
Yes I tried bike advice and it was just like this site but nothing on it.
When you click on Features it goes stright too this site.
Damn u guys and your nosing around.
Yes, we are launching bikeadvice soon.
Geeez whats next guys sexadvice.com.au ?
LOL! :P MAYBE BOMBADVICE.COM.AU?