2019 Motorcycles Sales Figures
Australia – Q1 Motorcycle Sales Data
Top Selling Road Motorcycles
2019 First Quarter compared to Q1 2018
Manufacturer
Model
Total
YTD 2019
YTD 2018
% CHAN
Honda
CB125E
318
432
-26.4%
Yamaha
MT07L
281
233
+20.6%
Kawasaki
NINJA 400
250
139
+79.9%
Yamaha
MT-09
189
210
-10.0%
Yamaha
YZF-R3A
189
286
-33.9%
Harley Davidson
FXBRS
185
208
-11.1%
Yamaha
MT03LA
180
202
-10.9%
Honda
CMX500
171
192
-10.9%
Harley Davidson
FLFBS
161
107
+50.5%
Honda
GROM
160
193
-17.1%
Top Selling Cruiser Motorcycles
2019 First Quarter compared to Q1 2018
Manufacturer
Model
Total
YTD 2019
YTD 2018
% CHAN
Harley Davidson
FXBRS
185
208
-11.1%
Honda
CMX500
171
192
-10.9%
Harley Davidson
FLFBS
161
107
+50.5%
Kawasaki
Vulcan S
147
168
-12.5%
Yamaha
XVS650/A
140
94
+48.9%
Indian Motorcycle
Scout
96
147
-34.7%
Harley Davidson
FLSB
95
68
+39.7%
Harley Davidson
FXFBS
54
63
-14.3%
Harley Davidson
XL883N
53
70
-24.3%
Harley Davidson
FXBB
52
84
-38.1%
Top Selling Sport-Touring Motorcycles
2019 First Quarter compared to Q1 2018
Manufacturer
Model
Total
YTD 2019
YTD 2018
% CHAN
Yamaha
YZF-R3A
189
286
-33.9%
Kawasaki
Ninja 650L
95
86
+10.5%
Yamaha
MT09TRA
57
31
+83.9%
Honda
CBR650FL
43
69
-37.7%
Kawasaki
VERSYS-X 300
41
42
-2.4%
Suzuki
GSX-S125
40
18
+122.2%
Kawasaki
Ninja 1000
35
43
-18.6%
Suzuki
GSX-R125
34
15
+126.7%
Yamaha
MT07TRL
33
18
+83.3%
Suzuki
GSX250R
26
40
-35.0%
Top Selling Touring Motorcycles
2019 First Quarter compared to Q1 2018
Manufacturer
Model
Total
YTD 2019
YTD 2018
% CHAN
Harley Davidson
FLHXS
112
54
+107.4%
Harley Davidson
FLHTK
66
34
+94.1%
Harley Davidson
FLTRXS
47
21
+123.8%
Harley Davidson
FLHTCUTG
43
36
+19.4%
Harley Davidson
FLHRXS
41
37
+10.8%
Harley Davidson
FLHX
30
33
-9.1%
Harley Davidson
FLHXSE
29
23
+26.1%
BMW
R 1250 RT
29
0
Indian Motorcycle
Chieftain
19
12
+58.3%
Harley Davidson
FLTRX
18
5
+260.0%
Top Selling Adventure-Touring Motorcycles
2019 First Quarter compared to Q1 2018
Manufacturer
Model
Total
YTD 2019
YTD 2018
% CHAN
Suzuki
DR650SE
121
139
-12.9%
BMW
R 1250 GS Adventure
97
0
BMW
R 1250 GS
85
0
Honda
CRF1000
81
100
-19.0%
Kawasaki
KLR650
70
79
-11.4%
Suzuki
DL650
65
60
+8.3%
Suzuki
DL1000
44
25
+76.0%
BMW
G 310 GS
44
66
-33.3%
KTM
1090ADVR
37
54
-31.5%
Husqvarna
701END
37
50
-26.0%
Top Selling Supersport Motorcycles
2019 First Quarter compared to Q1 2018
Manufacturer
Model
Total
YTD 2019
YTD 2018
% CHAN
Kawasaki
NINJA 400
250
139
+79.9%
Honda
CBR500R
82
186
-55.9%
Honda
CBR1000RR
67
35
+91.4%
Ducati
Superbike
58
0
Honda
CBR600RR
45
24
+87.5%
KTM
RC390
39
58
-32.8%
Yamaha
YZF-R1
37
32
+15.6%
Kawasaki
Z400
36
0
Suzuki
GSX-R750
35
17
+105.9%
Kawasaki
Ninja ZX-6R
32
11
+190.9%
Top Selling Naked Motorcycles
2019 First Quarter compared to Q1 2018
Manufacturer
Model
Total
YTD 2019
YTD 2018
% CHAN
Honda
CB125E
318
432
-26.4%
Yamaha
MT07L
281
233
+20.6%
Yamaha
MT-09
189
210
-10.0%
Yamaha
MT03LA
180
202
-10.9%
Honda
GROM
160
193
-17.1%
Yamaha
XSR700LA
99
77
+28.6%
Kawasaki
Z900RS
92
126
-27.0%
KTM
390DUKE
78
71
+9.9%
Honda
Monkey
62
0
Yamaha
MT10
58
74
-21.6%
Top Selling LAMS Motorcycles
2019 First Quarter compared to Q1 2018
Manufacturer
Model
Total
YTD 2019
YTD 2018
% CHAN
Yamaha
WR450F
332
183
+81.4%
Honda
CB125E
318
432
-26.4%
Yamaha
MT07L
281
233
+20.6%
Honda
NSC110
270
105
+157.1%
Kawasaki
NINJA 400
250
139
+79.9%
Yamaha
YZF-R3A
189
286
-33.9%
Yamaha
MT03LA
180
202
-10.9%
Suzuki
ADDRESS
177
48
+268.8%
Honda
CMX500
171
192
-10.9%
Honda
GROM
160
193
-17.1%
Top Selling Scoters
2019 First Quarter compared to Q1 2018
Manufacturer
Model
Total
YTD 2019
YTD 2018
% CHAN
Honda
NSC110
270
105
+157.1%
Suzuki
ADDRESS
177
48
+268.8%
Vespa
GTS 300
111
86
+29.1%
Piaggio
Fly 150
89
120
-25.8%
Honda
MW110
72
45
+60.0%
Honda
WW150
69
70
-1.4%
Yamaha
XMAX300
69
40
+72.5%
Vespa
PRIMAVERA 150
61
60
+1.7%
Honda
C125A
47
0
Piaggio
ZIP 50
45
73
-38.4%
Road Motorcycle Sales
Road bike sales experienced a hefty 19.2 per cent downturn. This equates to almost 2000 less motorcycles hitting the road in the first quarter of this year compared to 2018.
While Honda has done well this quarter in regards to dirt-bike and scooter sales, they have taken a big hit to their road market share, with sales down 37.9 per cent. In fairness, Big Red did have a killer start to 2018, but still, almost 800 less Honda road bikes have hit the road in the first quarter of 2019 compared to 2018.
Thus despite their own further 17.8 per cent reduction in sales, Harley-Davidson are once again the biggest selling road going motorcycles in Australia.
Yamaha fared better with only an 8 per cent decline in road sales, good enough to move them up to #2 in the road bike rankings, ahead of Honda.
Kawasaki and Suzuki were down a similar amount to Yamaha, and rank fourth and fifth respectively in regards to road bike volume.
BMW come in just behind Suzuki on road sales but are down 22.9 per cent compared to Q1 2018 and remain the leading European brand in Australia. Triumph are down by a similar amount to seventh while KTM continued to out-do Ducati in the Australian market. The Austrian brand down 10.2 per cent while Ducati fell by 14.4 per cent.
Indian round out the top ten ahead of newcomer to the road market Husqvarna.
Every single brand experienced a contraction in the first quarter of 2019 compared to the sales figures from the first three months of 2018.