BMW UK motorcycle registrations up 15%

BMW Motorrad UK appear to have beaten the credit crunch for 2008!

UK motorcycle registrations fell by 5.3%*, but in 2008, BMW Motorrad UK achieved its highest ever number of registrations, increasing year on year sales by 15%, with a total of 5,850 bikes sold.

Combined sales of the R 1200 GS and its Adventure variant unofficially made it the UKs best-selling bike. Registrations totalled 2,411 units, up 21% over 2007.

BMW Motorrad increased its market share from 5% to 6% in 2008, to become the 6th best selling motorcycle manufacturer in the UK.

*Statistics supplied by The Motorcycle Industry Association Limited

Ride safe.


Jon Booth


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