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- Top 20 new motorcycle registrations for women Popular bikes among women in the 1st half of 2018
- New registrations for women 2015 – 2017
- How old / young are women motorcyclists?
- Japanese manufacturers most popular with women
- Top 20 women’s motorcycles 1st half of 2018
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20th place among new motorcycle registrations for women in the first half of 2018: Honda CBR 500 R with 69 registrations. In the overall ranking for the first half of 2018, it ranks 54th (388 new registrations).
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19th place among new motorcycle registrations for women in the first half of 2018: Yamaha MT-03 with 74 registrations. In the overall ranking for the first half of 2018, it ranks 95th (219 new registrations).
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18th place among new motorcycle registrations for women in the first half of 2018: Ducati Scrambler 800 with 75 registrations. In the overall ranking for the first half of 2018, it is in 27th place (656 new registrations).
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17th place among new motorcycle registrations for women in the first half of 2018: Suzuki GSX-S 750 with 79 registrations. In the overall ranking for the first half of 2018, it is in 24th place (721 new registrations).
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16th place of the new motorcycle registrations for women in the 1st half of 2018: Harley-Davidson Forty-Eight aka XL 1200 X with 83 registrations. In the overall ranking for the first half of 2018, it is in 40th place (491 new registrations).
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15th place among new motorcycle registrations for women in the first half of 2018: KTM 690 Duke with 84 registrations. In the overall ranking for the first half of 2018, it is in 23rd place (725 new registrations).
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14th place among new motorcycle registrations for women in the first half of 2018: Triumph Street Triple with 19 registrations. In the overall ranking for the first half of 2018, it is in 38th place (495 new registrations).
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13th place among new motorcycle registrations for women in the first half of 2018: Kawasaki Vulcan S with 101 registrations. In the overall ranking for the first half of 2018, it ranks 31st (604 new registrations).
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12th place among new motorcycle registrations for women in the first half of 2018: BMW G 310 R with 103 registrations. In the overall ranking for the first half of 2018, it is in 29th place (621 new registrations).
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11th place among new motorcycle registrations for women in the first half of 2018: KTM 790 Duke with 121 registrations. In the overall ranking for the first half of 2018, it is in 7th place (1,169 new registrations).
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Place 10 of the new motorcycle registrations for women in the first half of 2018: Yamaha MT-09 with 122 registrations. In the overall ranking for the first half of 2018, it is in 6th place (1,235 new registrations).
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9th place among new motorcycle registrations for women in the first half of 2018: KTM 390 Duke with 151 registrations. In the overall ranking for the first half of 2018, it is in 9th place (1,015 new registrations).
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8th place among new motorcycle registrations for women in the first half of 2018: Honda CB 500 F with 161 registrations. In the overall ranking for the first half of 2018, it is in 19th place (768 new registrations).
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7th place for new motorcycle registrations for women in the first half of 2018: Kawasaki Ninja 650 with 180 registrations. In the overall ranking for the first half of 2018, it is in 20th place (767 new registrations).
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6th place among new motorcycle registrations for women in the first half of 2018: BMW R 1200 GS with 182 registrations. In the overall ranking for the first half of 2018, it is in first place (5,168 new registrations).
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5th place among the new motorcycle registrations for women in the first half of 2018: Suzuki SV 650 with 196 registrations. In the overall ranking for the first half of 2018, it ranks 12th (987 new registrations).
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4th place among new motorcycle registrations for women in the first half of 2018: Kawasaki Z 900 with 238 registrations. In the overall ranking for the first half of 2018, it is in second place (2,118 new registrations).
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3rd place among new motorcycle registrations for women in the first half of 2018: Honda Rebel with 339 registrations. In the overall ranking for the first half of 2018, it is in 8th place (1,118 new registrations).
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2nd place among the new motorcycle registrations for women in the 1st half of 2018: Yamaha MT-07 with 419 registrations. In the overall ranking for the first half of 2018, it is in third place (2,056 new registrations).
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First place among new motorcycle registrations for women in the first half of 2018: Kawasaki Z 650 with 537 registrations. In the overall ranking for the first half of 2018, it is in fourth place (1,891 new registrations).
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Top 20 new motorcycle registrations women 1st half of 2018
Top 20 new motorcycle registrations for women
Popular bikes among women in the 1st half of 2018
The KBA lists around 71,000 new motorcycle registrations for the first half of 2018 in Germany. We looked at how many of them were approved for female owners and which bikes are the most popular among women.
Dina Dervisevic
08/07/2018
Of the total of 71,000 new registrations from January to June 2018, a total of 54,642 motorcycles were newly registered to private individuals in Germany, split between women and men as follows: 6,542 motorcycles were registered for women, 48,100 for men. The quota of women among new registrations is 11.9 percent after the first half of 2018.
New registrations for women 2015 – 2017
In the same period last year there were 5,925 new motorcycle registrations for women, the rate was 11.6 percent. In 2016, 6,725 units came together in the first half of the year, which also corresponds to 11.6 percent of total registrations to private individuals. In 2015 there were 6,216 copies from January to June. That is 11.4 percent of new registrations to private individuals. The quota of women has thus remained almost constant over the past four years and, at well over ten percent, the female gender is definitely a relevant factor in the motorcycle market.
How old / young are women motorcyclists?
The age group between 50 and 59 years is most strongly represented among women motorcyclists, closely followed by the 40 to 49 year olds. The women up to 29 years of age come with a little gap, followed by women between 30 and 39 years of age, and the end is made by the women aged 60 and over.
New registrations for the two-wheeler market in Germany in the first half of 2018 by age, gender and segments:
women | motorcycles | Scooter | Light motorcycles | Light scooter |
under 29 years | 1,199 | 35 | 312 | 126 |
30 – 39 years | 952 | 74 | 114 | 136 |
40 – 49 years | 1,890 | 235 | 736 | 342 |
50 – 59 years | 2.118 | 316 | 392 | 544 |
60 years and more | 383 | 94 | 38 | 243 |
total | 6,542 | 754 | 1,592 | 1,391 |
Interesting: After motorcycles, the most successful segment is light motorcycles, especially for women between 40 and 49 years of age. Of a total of 9,200 newly registered light motorcycles in the first half of 2018, 17.3 percent were women. In this statistic, KTM 125 Duke, Yamaha MT-125, Honda CBF 125 and Suzuki GSX-S 125 are right at the front.
Japanese manufacturers most popular with women
On the other hand, there is a purely Japanese lead for the “big” motorcycles: Yamaha, Kawasaki, Honda and Suzuki are ahead in the women’s statistics. No wonder – they each have at least one model on offer that is narrow and low, thus ensuring a low seat height and step length. Kawasaki is very successful with two models: Z 650 and Z 900.
On closer inspection, it is noticeable that 17 of the top 20 motorcycles with a displacement of less than 900 cm³ are rolling. Kawasaki Z 900, Harley-Davidson Forty-Eight XL 1200 X and BMW R 1200 GS are the exotic ones in this ranking, with the BMW still being the most successful among them with 6th place. In proportion, with 182 copies out of a total of 3,442 (new registrations to private individuals) in the top 20, however, it is the motorcycle with the lowest proportion of women.
On the other hand, the Yamaha MT-03 (74 out of a total of 219) has more than a third female owners, which makes it into the top 20 women’s motorcycles, but ranks 95th in the overall statistics and thus has the largest difference between of these two rankings.
Almost half of the 20 most popular women’s motorcycles are not in the top 20 of the overall statistics, you can get an overview in the table.
Top 20 women’s motorcycles 1st half of 2018
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1 | Kawasaki Z 650 | 537 | 1,891 | 4th |
2 | Yamaha MT-07 | 419 | 2,056 | 3 |
3 | Honda Rebel | 339 | 1,118 | 8th |
4th | Kawasaki Z 900 | 238 | 2.118 | 2 |
5 | Suzuki SV 650 | 196 | 987 | 12th |
6th | BMW R 1200 GS | 182 | 5,168 | 1 |
7th | Kawasaki Ninja 650 | 180 | 767 | 20th |
8th | Honda CB 500 F. | 161 | 768 | 19th |
9 | KTM 390 Duke | 151 | 1,015 | 9 |
10 | Yamaha MT-09 | 122 | 1,235 | 6th |
11 | KTM 790 Duke | 121 | 1,169 | 7th |
12th | BMW G 310 R. | 103 | 621 | 29 |
13th | Kawasaki Vulcan S. | 101 | 604 | 31 |
14th | Triumph Street Triple | 99 | 495 | 38 |
15th | KTM 690 Duke | 84 | 725 | 23 |
16 | Harley-Davidson Fourtyeight | 83 | 491 | 40 |
17th | Suzuki GSX-S 750 | 79 | 721 | 24 |
18th | Ducati Scrambler 800 | 75 | 656 | 27 |
19th | Yamaha MT-03 | 74 | 219 | 95 |
20th | Honda CBR 500 R. | 69 | 388 | 54 |
Source: KBA / mps calculations
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