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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: not-fishing on November 25, 2015, 12:28:13 PM

Title: Top 10 motorcycle model sales (NGC)
Post by: not-fishing on November 25, 2015, 12:28:13 PM
It was an eye opener for me.

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The first stop on the tour was at a theater for Ducati’s presentation. Ducati CEO Claudio Domenicali was happy to report that the Scrambler, with 14,644 worldwide sales, cracked the top 10 of best-selling motorcycles. It slots in behind Yamaha’s FJ-09/MT-09 Tracer in ninth. Aside from BMW’s R1200GS (third), Yamaha’s FZ-07/MT-07 (fourth), and FZ-09/MT-09 (seventh), the other five bikes in the top 10 are all Harley-Davidsons! “Scrambler means the future,” said Domenicali, adding more Scrambler news will be released in February 2016.

http://www.motorcycle.com/features/dukes-den-notes-from-walking-miles-of-aisles-at-eicma.html

Well Duc was #10 which is new.  With all those High-Dollar bikes does that mean cost is not a real issue?
Title: Re: Top 10 motorcycle model sales (NGC)
Post by: JeffOlson on November 25, 2015, 01:00:19 PM
That is interesting news!

I am not into "scramblers," but apparently many other riders are! No wonder Moto Guzzi has come out with the V7 II Scrambler (Special) for the hipster, er, US market...
Title: Re: Top 10 motorcycle model sales (NGC)
Post by: pyoungbl on November 25, 2015, 01:11:46 PM

Well Duc was #10 which is new.  With all those High-Dollar bikes does that mean cost is not a real issue?

The Scrambler is actually not that expensive, in terms of today's motorcycle market.  The big GS is a high dollar king on this list.  You'll be hard pressed to get a GS out the door for less than the low $20K range, and that was the third largest selling model.
Title: Re: Top 10 motorcycle model sales (NGC)
Post by: charlie b on November 25, 2015, 01:36:45 PM
1st and 2nd were HD's so obviously money is not the issue.