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Harley-Davidson This autumn 2023, Total Yearly Sales Down (But LiveWire Shipments Improve)

LiveWire S2 Del Mar – Right Side

Harley-Davidson offered its 2023 This autumn monetary outcomes, which Harley CEO, chairman, and president Jochen Zeitz frames as “[setting] us up for long-term value creation despite the current challenging environment for the industry.” He additionally underlined the corporate’s pleasure at its significant touring platform revamp and the 2024 new model year launch.

You’re not right here for that, although. You’re right here for some numbers, and numbers you shall have. For these unfamiliar with how Harley-Davidson’s reporting construction works, the corporate refers to Harley-Davidson, Incorporated (HDI) as the general firm, which incorporates the opposite three entities inside it. They are:

• Harley-Davidson Motor Company (HDMC), which incorporates all bikes and associated merchandise that aren’t electrical
• Harley-Davidson Financial Services (HDFS), which covers financing and insurance coverage providers
• LiveWire, which incorporates all electrical bikes and associated merchandise together with the Stacyc line

Also of be aware is the truth that whereas Harley-Davidson reviews its HDMC numbers with the label “motorcycle sales,” it refers to its LiveWire outcomes utilizing the terminology “motorcycle shipments” as a substitute.

Worldwide, HDMC motorbike gross sales had been 30,200 in This autumn of 2023, down 11 p.c from the 33,800 it bought for a similar interval in 2022. For the total yr of 2023, worldwide gross sales had been 162,800, down 9 p.c from the 178,500 bought in 2022.

For 2023 This autumn, gross sales had been down barely in each market besides Latin America, the place they rose 46 p.c  from 600 to 800 items. In North America, gross sales dropped by 9 p.c, going from 19,200 in 2022 to 17,500 in 2023. In Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA collectively), gross sales dropped 22 p.c from 6,600 to five,100. Finally, within the Asia Pacific area, gross sales dropped 10 p.c, going from 7,500 in This autumn of 2022 to six,800 in This autumn of 2023.

For the total 2023 reporting yr, gross sales stayed flat in Latin America at 2,900 bikes. In North America, they dropped from 117,100 in 2022 to 105,900 in 2023, which is a lower of 10 p.c year-on-year. In EMEA, they dropped 11 p.c for a similar interval, going from 30,500 in 2022 to 27,000 in 2023. Finally, in Asia Pacific, they dropped three p.c, going from 27,900 in 2022 to 27,000 in 2023.

What about LiveWire, you ask? In 2023 This autumn, LiveWire shipped 514 whole bikes, for a dramatic enhance of 645 p.c over the 69 items (you learn that appropriately) that it shipped throughout the identical interval in 2022. 

That means, for the total 2023 reporting yr, LiveWire shipped a complete of 660 bikes, up 11 p.c over the 597 shipped all through the entire of 2022. It attributes this optimistic uptick to unit gross sales of the new S2 Del Mar.

Royal Enfield Reports Quarterly And Year-To-Date Motorcycle Sales Growth In February 2024

Royal Enfield Bullet 350 – Black Gold Colorway

Royal Enfield and its guardian firm, Eicher Motors, report their gross sales figures in a format together with each month-to-month and year-to-date figures. Both the guardian and baby corporations start their fiscal reporting years in April, which is essential to know to grasp what you are seeing.

Beyond that, the agency retains issues easy with its gross sales numbers reporting, breaking the figures into fashions as much as 350cc, fashions above 350cc, whole motorbike gross sales, and a breakout part for worldwide enterprise (which remains to be included within the whole gross sales numbers).

In January 2024, Royal Enfield reported gross sales of 67,620 bikes with engine capability as much as 350cc, which is down one p.c from the 68,183 bikes bought in January 2023. However, it additionally famous January 2024 gross sales of 8,567 bikes with engine capability over 350cc, which is up 31 p.c over the 6,563 it bought in January 2023.

Total January 2024 motorbike gross sales had been 76,187, up two p.c from the 74,746 bought in January 2023. International enterprise was down 20 p.c in January 2024, going from the 7,044 bought in January 2023 to simply 5,631 bought within the first month of 2024.

Despite that reality, the entire variety of bikes bought for the year-to-date is up 10 p.c over the identical time in 2023. Total motorbike gross sales from April 2023 to January 2024 (the present yr) have been 761,246, up from the 691,116 it bought from April 2022 to January 2023.

This is due largely to the 12 p.c rise year-on-year in gross sales of bikes with engine capacities as much as 350cc. From April 2023 to January 2024, Enfield reported gross sales of 679,567 bikes on this vary, as in comparison with the 608,722 it bought from April 2022 to January 2023. 

International enterprise year-on-year is down by 25 p.c, with Enfield promoting 60,417 exported bikes from April 2023 to January 2024, as in comparison with the 80,596 it bought from April 2022 to January 2023.

New Motorcycle Registrations Rose By 10.5 Percent In Europe In 2023

2023 Honda X-ADV 750, a preferred machine in Europe.

The European Association of Motorcycle Manufacturers (ACEM) issued its annual report on motorbike and moped gross sales knowledge, encompassing each combustion and electrical choices and breaking the information down in some fascinating methods.

Across France, Germany, Italy, and Spain, new motorbike registrations rose year-on-year. In the UK, they dropped very barely. The whole development in European motorbike registrations for nations included rose by 10.5 p.c from 2022 to 2023. Here’s a extra detailed breakdown in desk type:

It’s a distinct story once you have a look at Europe’s 2023 new moped registrations, although. For reference, a moped is classed as a two- or three-wheeled car with a high pace of 45 kilometers per hour (about 27.9 mph), with peak energy of 4 kilowatts (or barely over 5 horsepower). 

Sales of each electrical bikes and mopeds, when damaged away from the ICE choices, had been additionally down from 2022 to 2023. For electrical bikes, a complete of 34,764 had been registered throughout Europe in 2023, which represents a 20.1 p.c lower from 2022. Regarding electrical mopeds, whole 2023 registrations throughout Europe had been 61,011, down 28.9 p.c from 2022.

Davide Brivio Is Trackhouse Racing MotoGP’s New Team Principal

Davide Brivio joins Trackhouse Racing MotoGP

Team managers, as essential as they’re, do not all the time attain the standing of legends of their particular motorsports. Davide Brivio, nevertheless, could be very a lot an exception. He’s extensively credited as one of the essential elements in tempting Valentino Rossi to hitch the Yamaha MotoGP crew. Together, the pair scooped up riders’ championships for Rossi in 2004, 2005, 2008, and 2009, and matching constructors’ championships for Yamaha in 2005, 2008, and 2009.

Brivio wasn’t completed working magic with Yamaha but, although. Together with Jorge Lorenzo, there was each one other rider’s and one other constructors’ championship in 2010. 

Still, when Rossi moved over to Ducati, Brivio went with him to behave as a advisor for the VR46 rider improvement program. By 2013, Brivio moved on to work with Suzuki, which formally bought again into MotoGP for the 2015 season with Brivio as crew principal. He helped to information the crew into the factors, and later to Joan Mir’s wonderful and unforgettable 2020 championship win. 

Having been born and raised close to the worldwide motorsport cathedral that’s Monza, Brivio discovered that he was completely not resistant to the siren name of Formula One. In 2021, he doubled his racing wheels and formally took on the position of racing director for the Alpine F1 crew.

Unfortunately for him and the crew, his specific model of crew administration magic did not lead to any Alpine F1 championships. But luckily for Trackhouse Racing MotoGP, the timing appears to have labored out fairly nicely. 

“It all happened very quickly in the last days with Justin asking me to help Trackhouse in the MotoGP challenge. It’s so exciting to be a part of this new project since the beginning and I’m really looking forward to get to know Trackhouse more and see what we can bring in MotoGP from the successful vision and experience that this company has in other sports and environments,” the person/fantasy/legend himself, Davide Brivio, mentioned in a press release.

“It could be a great combination of the two worlds. Now, it’s just one more test to go, almost time to go racing and we will try to support as much as we can our two talented riders Miguel and Raul and have fun. In the last few days everything has happened very quickly and before I could not say where I was going but hey, it’s great news and we will start working quickly,” he concluded.

The Republic Of Italy Released A Gorgeous Set Of Ducati Collectible Coins

We could also be biased right here (OK, clearly), however these are positively not these commemorative cash you see on late-night TV, of questionable high quality and aimed squarely at insomniacs. Instead, these are completely attractive representations of the Ducati 60, the Ducati 916, and naturally the Ducati Panigale. 

They had been minted by Italy’s State Polygraphic Institute and Mint (IPZS), and can be accessible to buy each individually and as a set of three as of June 20, 2024. The IPZS listings say that they may ship these internationally, which is probably going of curiosity to many Ducatisti positioned exterior of Italy.

Each particular person five-Euro commemorative Ducati coin will price €80, or simply over $86 USD. The set of three is €250, or about $269.35 USD. Whether you are merely blissful to see one thing lovely exist on the planet, or you’ll be able to’t wait to get your palms on them, at the very least you now know that they are going to be accessible quickly. We’ve included a hyperlink in our Sources so you’ll be able to go examine them out for your self.