Table of contents
- New motorcycle registrations for 2020 as a whole These are the 50 most popular bikes in Germany
- Significant growth in the motorcycle market since May
- Reasons for increasing new registrations
- Top 50 new registrations for 2020 as a whole
- New motorcycle registrations for 2020 as a whole
Kawasaki / BMW
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BMW
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First place among new motorcycle registrations in 2020: BMW R 1250 GS with 9,228 units. Commercial registrations: 23.3%.
Kawasaki
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2nd place among new motorcycle registrations in 2020: Kawasaki Z 900 with 3,853 copies. Commercial registrations: 6.3%.
Yamaha
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3rd place among new motorcycle registrations in 2020: Yamaha MT-07 with 3,226 copies. Commercial registrations: 4.9%.
Kawasaki
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4th place among new motorcycle registrations in 2020: Kawasaki Z 650 with 3,086 copies. Commercial registrations: 11.3%.
KTM
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5th place among new motorcycle registrations in 2020: KTM 690 SMC with 2,492 copies. Commercial registrations: 5.7%.
manufacturer
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6th place among new motorcycle registrations in 2020: KTM 790 Duke with 2,418 copies. Commercial registrations: 5.3%.
Yamaha
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7th place among new motorcycle registrations in 2020: Yamaha Tenere 700 with 2,394 copies. Commercial registrations: 5.9%.
KTM
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8th place among new motorcycle registrations in 2020: KTM 390 Duke with 2,277 copies. Commercial registrations: 11%.
Suzuki
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9th place among new motorcycle registrations in 2020: Suzuki GSX-S 750 with 2,178 copies. Commercial registrations: 23%.
Honda
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10th place for new motorcycle registrations in 2020: Honda Rebel 500 with 2,037 copies. Commercial registrations: 5.8%.
Honda
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11th place among new motorcycle registrations in 2020: Honda CRF 1100 L Africa Twin with 1,867 copies. Commercial registrations: 12.3%.
Honda
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12th place among new motorcycle registrations in 2020: Honda CB 650 R with 1,786 copies. Commercial registrations: 8.6%.
Suzuki
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13th place among new motorcycle registrations in 2020: Suzuki SV 650 with 1,711 copies. Commercial registrations: 11.2%.
BMW
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14th place among new motorcycle registrations in 2020: BMW S 1000 XR with 1,704 units. Commercial registrations: 46.2%.
BMW
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15th place among new motorcycle registrations in 2020: BMW F 900 R with 1,654 units. Commercial registrations: 22.7%.
BMW
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16th place among new motorcycle registrations in 2020: BMW R 1250 RS with 1,515 units. Commercial registrations: 25.2%.
KTM
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17th place among new motorcycle registrations in 2020: KTM 790 Adventure with 1,428 copies. Commercial registrations: 11.6%.
Honda
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18th place among new motorcycle registrations in 2020: Honda NC 750 X with 1,409 copies. Commercial registrations: 7.4%.
Yamaha
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19th place among new motorcycle registrations in 2020: Yamaha MT-09 with 1,393 copies. Commercial registrations: 6.8%.
KTM
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20th place among new motorcycle registrations in 2020: KTM 1290 Super Duke R with 1,353 copies. Commercial registrations: 10.1%.
BMW
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21st place among new motorcycle registrations in 2020: BMW R 1250 R with 1,339 units. Commercial registrations: 35.2%.
BMW
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22nd place among new motorcycle registrations in 2020: BMW F 900 XR with 1,337 units. Commercial registrations: 24.4%.
manufacturer
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23rd place among new motorcycle registrations in 2020: KTM 1290 Super Adventure with 1,312 copies. Commercial registrations: 10.3%.
Yamaha
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24th place among new motorcycle registrations in 2020: Yamaha Tracer 900 with 1,307 copies. Commercial registrations: 8.3%.
BMW motorcycle
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25th place among new motorcycle registrations in 2020: BMW S 1000 RR with 1,296 units. Commercial registrations: 33.3%.
Kawasaki
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26th place among new motorcycle registrations in 2020: Kawasaki Ninja 650 with 1,270 copies. Commercial registrations: 12.4%.
Husqvarna
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27th place among new motorcycle registrations in 2020: Husqvarna 701 Supermoto with 1,235 copies. Commercial registrations: 3.8%.
Harley-Davidson
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28th place among new motorcycle registrations in 2020: Harley-Davidson XL 1200 X Sportster with 1,220 units. Commercial registrations: 4.7%.
Honda
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29th place among new motorcycle registrations in 2020: Honda CB 500 F with 1,201 copies. Commercial registrations: 12.2%.
Kawasaki
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30th place among new motorcycle registrations in 2020: Kawasaki Vulcan S with 1,119 copies. Commercial registrations: 8.9%.
Kawasaki
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31st place among new motorcycle registrations in 2020: Kawasaki Z 900 RS with 1,111 copies. Commercial registrations: 10.9%.
Harley-Davidson
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32nd place among new motorcycle registrations in 2020: Harley-Davidson Street Bob with 1,079 copies. Commercial registrations: 5.6%.
BMW
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33rd place among new motorcycle registrations in 2020: BMW F 750 GS with 1,067 units. Commercial registrations: 43.9%.
Suzuki
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34th place among new motorcycle registrations in 2020: Suzuki V-Strom 650 with 1,060 units. Commercial registrations: 18.3%.
Ducati
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35th place among new motorcycle registrations in 2020: Ducati Streetfighter V4 with 1,007 copies. Commercial registrations: 11.3%.
Moto Guzzi
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36th place among new motorcycle registrations in 2020: Moto Guzzi V85 TT with 982 copies. Commercial registrations: 7.4%.
Honda
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372 new motorcycle registrations in 2020: Honda CBR 650 R with 972 copies. Commercial registrations: 4.3%.
BMW
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38th place among new motorcycle registrations in 2020: BMW R 1250 RT with 964 units. Commercial registrations: 60.7%.
Royal Enfield
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39th place for new motorcycle registrations in 2020: Royal Enfield Bullet 500 with 935 copies. Commercial registrations: 13.9%.
Honda
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40th place among new motorcycle registrations in 2020: Honda CB 1000 R with 879 copies. Commercial registrations: 20.3%.
Honda
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41st place for new motorcycle registrations in 2020: Honda CBR 500 R with 870 copies. Commercial registrations: 4.5%.
KTM
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42nd place among new motorcycle registrations in 2020: KTM 300 EXC with 833 copies. Commercial registrations: 5.3%.
Royal Enfield
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43rd place among new motorcycle registrations in 2020: Royal Enfield Interceptor and Continental GT 650 with 828 units. Commercial registrations: 3.5%.
BMW
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44th place among new motorcycle registrations in 2020: BMW F 850 GS with 825 units. Commercial registrations: 65.3%.
triumph
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45th place among new motorcycle registrations in 2020: Triumph Rocket 3 with 791 copies. Commercial registrations: 10.7%.
Honda
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46th place among new motorcycle registrations in 2020: Honda NC 750 S with 790 copies. Commercial registrations: 16.8%.
KTM
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47th place among new motorcycle registrations in 2020: KTM 890 Duke with 741 copies. Commercial registrations: 14.4%.
Suzuki
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48th place among new motorcycle registrations in 2020: Suzuki GXS-S 1000 with 740 copies. Commercial registrations: 22.4%.
Harley-Davidson
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49th place among new motorcycle registrations in 2020: Harley-Davidson Sport Glide with 737 copies. Commercial registrations: 10.2%.
BMW
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50th place among new motorcycle registrations in 2020: BMW S 1000 R with 716 copies. Commercial registrations: 48.2%.
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New motorcycle registrations for 2020 as a whole
New motorcycle registrations for 2020 as a whole
These are the 50 most popular bikes in Germany
Despite the lockdown, over 17 percent more motorcycles were newly registered in Germany in 2020. The total market for two-wheelers is even 32 percent up.
Dina Dervisevic
01/19/2021
That is a strong piece. In March and April 2020, exactly at the start of the season, the two-wheeler market collapses. What happened? The dealers had to close all over Germany due to the lockdown. And that when the year 2020 didn’t get off to a great start in terms of motorcycle sales and the numbers were already below those of 2019 and 2018 anyway.
Significant growth in the motorcycle market since May
On the other hand, things got even more intense after the lockdown: Since May 2020, the number of new motorcycle registrations has been significantly higher than the two previous years. In the end, 17.2 percent more motorcycles were sold than in the previous year. And the curves of light motorcycles (+ 77.5% compared to the previous year) and light motor scooters (+ 107.6% compared to the previous year) exploded. Only the scooters over 125 cm³ could only record a slight plus of 2.3 percent, but this was due to the relatively strong previous year 2019, which, in contrast to 2018, was able to record a full plus of around 19 percent.
Reasons for increasing new registrations
There are many reasons why two-wheelers are so popular in Germany at the moment, which we repeatedly pointed out in our monthly new registration reports last year. Our assumptions:
- Motorcycling is just great.
- In commuting it saves time, nerves and your wallet.
- Many drivers make use of the new driver’s license regulation (code number 196) (extend the class B driver’s license to 125)
- A few vacation funds could not be plundered for trips because of the pandemic, which may result in buying a motorcycle or two.
- Due to the pandemic, private transport is moving more into focus again, and the market for light motorcycles and scooters in particular is benefiting from this.
- Sales and dealer approvals due to the changeover from Euro 4 to Euro 5.
Point 6 in particular caused major jumps in the diagrams towards the end of the year: In December 2020, new registrations of motorcycles were over 327 percent higher than in the same month of the previous year. In the monthly analysis of December 2020, light motorcycles are almost 450 percent above the value of December 2019. For scooters, it is 216 percent, for light-weight scooters 436 percent. Of course, this cannot be explained by motorcycle weather at Christmas, but rather with the change in emissions standards in Europe.
The federal states in comparison line up as follows (total two-wheeler market):
- Bavaria: 48,370 new registrations
- North Rhine-Westphalia: 41,602 new registrations
- Baden-Wurttemberg: 35,722 new registrations
- Lower Saxony: 19,733 new registrations
- Hesse: 17,633 new registrations
- Rhineland-Palatinate: 9,082 new registrations
- Saxony: 8,582 new registrations
- Brandenburg: 6,714 new registrations
- Berlin: 6,284 new registrations
- Schleswig-Holstein: 5,625 new registrations
- Hamburg: 3,796 new registrations
- Saxony-Anhalt: 3,796 new registrations
- Thuringia: 3,756 new registrations
- Saarland: 3,443 new registrations
- Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania: 2,953 new registrations
- Bremen: 1,528 new registrations
The strongest growth is recorded in Berlin and Hamburg with over 47 percent compared to the previous year, the lowest – although we are not from here “small amount” want to talk – are the 21.2 percent increase in the two-wheeler market in Bavaria.
Top 50 new registrations for 2020 as a whole
In the table you can see the top 50 new motorcycle registrations for 2020 as a whole. In the picture gallery (see above) we have noted the percentage of commercial registrations for each model.
Source: mps calculations / KBA
New motorcycle registrations for 2020 as a whole
| placement | model | New registrations |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | BMW R 1250 GS | 9,228 |
| 2. | Kawasaki Z 900 | 3,853 |
| 3. | Yamaha MT-07 | 3.226 |
| 4th. | Kawasaki Z 650 | 3,086 |
| 5. | KTM 690 SMC | 2,492 |
| 6th. | KTM 790 Duke | 2,418 |
| 7th. | Yamaha Tenere 700 | 2,394 |
| 8th. | KTM 390 Duke | 2,277 |
| 9. | Suzuki GSX-S 750 | 2,178 |
| 10. | Honda CMX 500 Rebel | 2,037 |
| 11. | Honda CRF 1100 L Africa Twin | 1,867 |
| 12th. | Honda CB 650 R. | 1,786 |
| 13th. | Suzuki SV 650 | 1,711 |
| 14th. | BMW S 1000 XR | 1,704 |
| 15th. | BMW F 900 R. | 1,654 |
| 16. | BMW R 1250 RS | 1,515 |
| 17th. | KTM 790 Adventure | 1,428 |
| 18th. | Honda NC 750 X | 1,409 |
| 19th. | Yamaha MT-09 | 1,393 |
| 20th. | KTM 1290 Super Duke R. | 1,353 |
| 21. | BMW R 1250 R. | 1,339 |
| 22nd. | BMW F 900 XR | 1,337 |
| 23. | KTM 1290 Super Adventure | 1.312 |
| 24. | Yamaha Tracer 900 | 1,307 |
| 25th. | BMW S 1000 RR | 1,296 |
| 26th. | Kawasaki Ninja 650 | 1,270 |
| 27. | Husqvarna 701 Supermoto | 1,235 |
| 28. | Harley-Davidson Sportster XL 1200 X | 1,220 |
| 29. | Honda CB 500 F. | 1,201 |
| 30th. | Kawasaki Vulcan S. | 1,119 |
| 31. | Kawasaki Z 900 RS | 1,111 |
| 32. | Harley-Davidson Street Bob | 1,079 |
| 33. | BMW F 750 GS | 1,067 |
| 34. | Suzuki V-Strom 650 | 1,060 |
| 35. | Ducati Streetfighter V4 | 1.007 |
| 36. | Moto Guzzi V85 TT | 982 |
| 37. | Honda CBR 650 R. | 972 |
| 38. | BMW R 1250 RT | 964 |
| 39. | Royal Enfield Bullet Electra 500 | 935 |
| 40. | Honda CB 1000 R. | 879 |
| 41. | Honda CBR 500 R. | 870 |
| 42. | KTM 300 EXC | 833 |
| 43. | Royal Enfield Interceptor / Continetal GT 650 | 828 |
| 44. | BMW F 850 GS | 825 |
| 45. | Triumph Rocket 3 | 791 |
| 46. | Honda NC 750 S. | 790 |
| 47. | KTM 890 Duke | 741 |
| 48. | Suzuki GSX-S 1000 | 740 |
| 49. | Harley-Davidson Sport Glide | 737 |
| 50. | BMW S 1000 R. | 716 |
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