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• New registrations 2017 The most popular motorcycles in Germany
• New motorcycle registrations in 2017 by federal state
• Market shares and top models from the manufacturers
• Private and commercial new registrations

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50th place among new motorcycle registrations in 2017: Honda CBR 1000 RR Fireblade with 617 copies. Of these, 427 approvals for natural persons. Admissions to legal entities: 190 (30.8%).

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49th place among new motorcycle registrations in 2017: Ducati Monster 1200 with 631 copies. Of which 442 approvals for natural persons. Approvals for legal entities: 189 (30.0%).

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48th place among new motorcycle registrations in 2017: Ducati Multistrada 1200 with 639 copies. 451 of which are authorizations for natural persons. Approvals for legal entities: 188 (29.4%).

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47th place among new motorcycle registrations in 2017: BMW R 1200 RT with 655 units. Of these, 339 approvals for natural persons. Admissions to legal entities: 316 (48.2%).

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46th place among new motorcycle registrations in 2017: Harley-Davidson 883 Iron with 678 copies. Of which 599 approvals for natural persons. Approvals for legal entities: 79 (11.7%).

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45th place among new motorcycle registrations in 2017: BMW G 310 R with 682 units. Of these, 484 approvals for natural persons. Approvals for legal entities: 198 (29.0%).

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44th place among new motorcycle registrations in 2017: Kawasaki Ninja 650 with 714 copies. Of these 705 approvals for natural persons. Approvals for legal entities: 9 (1.3%).

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43rd place among new motorcycle registrations in 2017: Yamaha XSR 700 with 716 copies. Of these, 602 approvals for natural persons. Admissions to legal entities: 114 (15.9%).

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42nd place for new motorcycle registrations in 2017: Honda rebel aka CMX 500 with 719 copies. Of which 657 authorizations for natural persons. Approvals for legal entities: 62 (8.6%).

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41st place for new motorcycle registrations in 2017: Honda CB 650 F with 720 copies. Of these, 613 licenses for natural persons. Approvals for legal entities: 107 (14.9%).

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40th place for new motorcycle registrations in 2017: Triumph Street Triple with 729 copies. 644 of which are authorizations for natural persons. Approvals for legal entities: 85 (11.7%).

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39th place for new motorcycle registrations in 2017: Triumph Bonneville Bobber with 746 copies. Of these, 677 approvals for natural persons. Approvals for legal entities: 69 (9.2%).

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38th place among new motorcycle registrations in 2017: Honda CBR 500 R with 756 copies. Of these, 688 approvals for natural persons. Approvals for legal entities: 68 (9.0%).

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37th place among new motorcycle registrations in 2017: Kawasaki Z 1000 SX with 804 copies. Of these 701 approvals for natural persons. Approvals for legal entities: 103 (12.8%).

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36th place for new motorcycle registrations in 2017: Harley-Davidson Dyna Street Bob with 821 copies. Of these 742 approvals for natural persons. Approvals for legal entities: 79 (9.6%).

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35th place among new motorcycle registrations in 2017: BMW S 1000 RR with 841 units. 290 of which are authorizations for natural persons. Approvals for legal entities: 551 (65.5%).

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34th place among new motorcycle registrations in 2017: Suzuki V-Strom 650 with 842 copies. Of these, 679 authorizations for natural persons. Approvals for legal entities: 163 (19.4%).

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Also in 32nd place among new motorcycle registrations in 2017: Yamaha MT-10 with 904 copies. Of these, 789 approvals for natural persons. Approvals for legal entities: 115 (12.7%).

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32nd place among new motorcycle registrations in 2017: BMW F 800 GS with 904 units. Of these, 429 approvals for natural persons. Approvals for legal entities: 475 (52.5%).

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31st place for new motorcycle registrations in 2017: Harley-Davidson Breakout with 918 copies. Of these, 799 approvals for natural persons. Approvals for legal entities: 119 (13.0%).

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30th place among new motorcycle registrations in 2017: KTM 1290 Super Duke R GT with 926 copies. Of these, 776 approvals for natural persons. Approvals for legal entities: 150 (16.2%).

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29th place among new motorcycle registrations in 2017: Kawasaki Vulcan S with 934 copies. Of which 803 approvals for natural persons. Approvals for legal entities: 131 (14.0%).

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28th place among new motorcycle registrations in 2017: Husqvarna 701 Supermoto with 970 copies. Of which 913 approvals for natural persons. Approvals for legal entities: 57 (5.9%).

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27th place for new motorcycle registrations in 2017: Harley-Davidson Forty Eight aka XL 1200 X with 980 copies. Of these, 886 are registered to natural persons. Approvals for legal entities: 94 (9.6%).

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26th place among new motorcycle registrations in 2017: Yamaha Tracer 700 with 992 copies. Of these, 847 approvals for natural persons. Approvals for legal entities: 145 (14.6%).

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25th place among new motorcycle registrations in 2017: BMW R nineT Racer with 1,026 units. 875 of which are registered to natural persons. Approvals for legal entities: 151 (14.7%).

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24th place among new motorcycle registrations in 2017: BMW F 800 R with 1,046 units. Of these, 544 authorizations for natural persons. Approvals for legal entities: 502 (48.0%).

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23rd place among new motorcycle registrations in 2017: KTM 390 Duke with 1,050 copies. Of these, 938 authorizations for natural persons. Approvals for legal entities: 112 (10.7%).

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22nd place among new motorcycle registrations in 2017: Suzuki GSX-S 750 with 1,065 units. 901 of which are authorizations for natural persons. Approvals for legal entities: 164 (15.4%).

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21st place among new motorcycle registrations in 2017: Yamaha Tracer 900 with 1,066 copies. 977 of which are authorizations for natural persons. Approvals for legal entities: 89 (8.3%).

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20th place among new motorcycle registrations in 2017: Suzuki SV 650 with 1,141 copies. Of which 1003 approvals for natural persons. Approvals for legal persons: 138 (12.1%).

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19th place among new motorcycle registrations in 2017: BMW R 1200 R with 1,189 units. Thereof 786 approvals for natural persons. Approvals for legal entities: 403 (33.9%).

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18th place among new motorcycle registrations in 2017: BMW R 1200 RS with 1,237 units. Of these, 839 approvals for natural persons. Approvals for legal entities: 398 (32.2%).

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17th place among new motorcycle registrations in 2017: BMW F 700 GS with 1,298 units. Of these, 815 approvals for natural persons. Approvals for legal entities: 483 (37.2%).

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16th place among new motorcycle registrations in 2017: BMW S 1000 XR with 1,320 units. Of which 737 approvals for natural persons. Approvals for legal entities: 583 (44.2%).

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15th place among new motorcycle registrations in 2017: Honda NC 750 S with 1,330 copies. Of these, 881 licenses for natural persons. Admissions to legal entities: 449 (33.8%).

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14th place among new motorcycle registrations in 2017: Honda CB 500 F with 1,353 copies. Of these, 1,187 were registered for natural persons. Approvals for legal entities: 166 (12.3%).

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13th place among new motorcycle registrations in 2017: KTM 1290 Super Adventure with 1,362 copies. 1,130 of which are for natural persons. Approvals for legal entities: 232 (17.0%).

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12th place among new motorcycle registrations in 2017: Ducati Scrambler with 1,376 copies. 1,087 of these licenses for natural persons. Approvals for legal entities: 289 (21.0%).

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11th place among new motorcycle registrations in 2017: Yamaha MT-09 with 1,414 copies. Thereof 1,329 registrations for natural persons. Approvals for legal entities: 85 (6.0%).

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10th place among new motorcycle registrations in 2017: KTM 1290 Super Duke R with 1,459 copies. 1,349 of these are registered to natural persons. Approvals for legal entities: 110 (7.5%).

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9th place among new motorcycle registrations in 2017: BMW S 1000 R with 1,486 copies. 955 of which are authorizations for natural persons. Approvals for legal entities: 531 (35.7%).

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8th place among new motorcycle registrations in 2017: Honda NC 750 X with 1,680 copies. Thereof 1,248 approvals for natural persons. Admissions to legal entities: 432 (25.7%).

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7th place among new motorcycle registrations in 2017: BMW R nineT with 1,930 units. Of these, 1,168 are registered to natural persons. Approvals for legal entities: 762 (39.5%).

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Sixth place among new motorcycle registrations in 2017: Kawasaki Z 900 with 2,203 copies. Of these, 2,025 registrations for natural persons. Admissions to legal entities: 178 (8.1%).

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5th place among new motorcycle registrations in 2017: KTM 690 Duke with 2,299 copies. Of these, 1,941 are registered to natural persons. Admissions to legal entities: 358 (15.6%).

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4th place among new motorcycle registrations in 2017: Honda Africa Twin with 2,562 copies. Of these, 2,058 authorizations for natural persons. Admissions to legal entities: 504 (19.7%).

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3rd place among new motorcycle registrations in 2017: Kawasaki Z 650 with 2,657 copies. Thereof 2,337 approvals for natural persons. Approvals for legal entities: 320 (12.0%).

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2nd place among new motorcycle registrations in 2017: Yamaha MT-07 with 3,491 copies. Of these, 3,235 licenses for natural persons. Approvals for legal entities: 256 (7.3%).

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First place among new motorcycle registrations in 2017: BMW R 1200 GS with 8,333 units. Thereof 6,185 registrations for natural persons. Approvals for legal entities: 2,148 (25.8%).

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New motorcycle registrations for 2017 as a whole, top 50

New registrations 2017
The most popular motorcycles in Germany

The motorcycle market in Germany shrank last year. But which brands and which models sold best in Germany in 2017? We have taken a close look at the new registration statistics for the full year 2017 for you, and also checked which brands have had the most commercial registrations.

Dina Dervisevic

January 17, 2018

From 2015 to 2016, new registrations in Germany grew strongly (+ 14.88 percent). A year later, the market for new motorcycles almost completely gave up the increase (- 14.31 percent). In absolute figures, this means: In 2015 101,714 motorcycles were newly registered in Germany, in 2016 there were 116,850 vehicles and in 2017 the KBA reported 100,128 newly registered motorcycles.

The most noticeable deviation from the previous year was towards the end of the year: In December 2016, 9,246 motorcycles were newly registered, in December 2017 there were just 1,911 units. Reason: The Euro 4 standard, which came into force on January 1, 2017 for new motorcycle models and prompted many dealers and manufacturers to get daily registrations. For comparison: In December 2015, 2,451 motorcycles were newly registered.

However, it is not only thanks to the new EU standard that 2016 was a year with high registrations: In April 2016, for example, 18,249 motorcycles were newly registered, in April 2017, however, there were only 13,574.

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New motorcycle registrations in 2017 by federal state

Graphics: mps calculations

New motorcycle registrations in 2017 are distributed among the federal states in Germany. Bavaria is by far the craziest state for motorbikes.

The assumption that most motorcycles are newly registered in the most populous federal state is reasonable, but it is wrong: Bavaria, the second most populous federal state, is ahead of North Rhine-Westphalia with 18,022 registrations with 25,153 new registrations.

Market shares and top models from the manufacturers

The following manufacturers were able to gain market share in 2017 compared to the previous year: At BMW it is +4.7 percent, at Honda +1.1 percent, at Kawasaki +1.3 percent, at Ducati +0.3 percent, at Triumph +0, 7 percent and at Husqvarna +0.2 percent.

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This is what the manufacturer ranking of new motorcycle registrations in 2017 looks like in Germany. In absolute terms, only BMW Motorrad achieved growth.

The most popular BMW is still the R 1200 GS. For years it has led almost every new motorcycle registration statistic. In 2017 as a whole, it came to 8,333 copies. The most successful Yamaha is the MT-07 (2nd place with 3,491 new registrations). The Z 650 is the most newly registered model from Kawasaki (3rd place with 2,657 new registrations). The Africa Twin is the most successful model at Honda (4th place with 2,562 new registrations). KTM occupies 5th place with the 690 Duke (2,299 new registrations), at Ducati the Scrambler is the volume model (12th place with 1,376 new registrations), Suzuki’s bestseller is the SV 650 (20th place with 1,141 new registrations). At Harley, the Forty Eight is the bike most in demand (27th place with 980 new registrations), the 701 Supermoto romps in 28th place with 970 registrations as the only Husqvarna and in 39th place in the motorcycle new registration statistics for 2017 as a whole, the first Triumph appears : the Bonneville Bobber with 746 new registrations.

Private and commercial new registrations

In our picture gallery you can see the complete top 50 of the most popular motorcycles in Germany from 2017. For each model, you not only find out how many models have been newly registered, but also how many specimens are newly registered to natural persons and how many to legal entities became.

According to the KBA, “natural persons” include all vehicle owners who register a vehicle on their person. The term “legal entities” means approvals for a trade or an association, for example dealer approvals, company motorcycles, driving school and rental motorcycles, police vehicles or the like – the lion’s share of this should go to motorcycle dealers. The vast majority of motorcycles in Germany are newly registered by private individuals: it was 78.4 percent in the previous year.

Source: KBA / mps calculations and the Federal Statistical Office

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