Guardian article about bike sales

[sam303]

Thought this was quite interesting, partly the sheer novelty of seeing bikes discussed by mainstream media!

http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2009/aug/16/mot...

[Sonofabeesting]

Hopefully some good deals coming soon on machines!

[Fire99]

I don't suppose the ridiculous new test helped matters either..
This is exactly what the powers-at-be want!

[Castrol craig]

sales down by that much? i dont hink so, not if the latest official figures are to be beleived, hondas alone were up 14%

[Fire99]

Castrol craig said:

sales down by that much? i dont hink so, not if the latest official figures are to be beleived, hondas alone were up 14%

Hope you're right Craig.

[lawrence567]

My local dealer said he's having a really good year, but he might just be saying that!

[robstvr]

"Jacek Rzeznik, an investment banker, posted a sale ad for his Triumph Daytona 675 Sports Bike on the Bloomberg financial information service on 29 June."

Hmmm...investment wkers... try autotrader, you gimp.

[Fire99]

robstvr said:

"Jacek Rzeznik, an investment banker, posted a sale ad for his Triumph Daytona 675 Sports Bike on the Bloomberg financial information service on 29 June."

Hmmm...investment wkers... try autotrader, you gimp.

Yeah gotta say that doesn't sound exactly like a 'benchmark' bike ad does it??

[NAS]

Fire99 said:

Castrol craig said:

sales down by that much? i dont hink so, not if the latest official figures are to be beleived, hondas alone were up 14%

Hope you're right Craig.

Sorry to say, but he's not. I check everything from July to July, all the different segments, YTD vs. YTD. And Honda in the UK is down everywhere.

YTD for ex. -18.9% (Jan-Jul -> 08 vs 09)
July : -35.8% (08 vs. 09)

Edited by NAS on Monday 17th August 12:21

[Fire99]

NAS said:

Fire99 said:

Castrol craig said:

sales down by that much? i dont hink so, not if the latest official figures are to be beleived, hondas alone were up 14%

Hope you're right Craig.

Sorry to say, but he's not. I check everything from July to July, all the different segments, YTD vs. YTD. And Honda in the UK is down everywhere.

YTD for ex. -18.9% (Jan-Jul -> 08 vs 09)
July : -35.8% (08 vs. 09)

Now that's added Wee-Wee to my lunch.

[Dr.Doofenshmirtz]

NAS said:

Fire99 said:

Castrol craig said:

sales down by that much? i dont hink so, not if the latest official figures are to be beleived, hondas alone were up 14%

Hope you're right Craig.

Sorry to say, but he's not. I check everything from July to July, all the different segments, YTD vs. YTD. And Honda in the UK is down everywhere.

YTD for ex. -18.9% (Jan-Jul -> 08 vs 09)
July : -35.8% (08 vs. 09)

Is that just bikes sales, or Honda in general though?

[smack]

lawrence567 said:

My local dealer said he's having a really good year, but he might just be saying that!

All the grannies trading in their Honda Jazz's for scooters?

[Chilli]

smack said:

lawrence567 said:

My local dealer said he's having a really good year, but he might just be saying that!

All the grannies trading in their Honda Jazz's for scooters?

Stu, YHM (completely off topic!)

[smack]

The Guardian said:

Jacek Rzeznik, an investment banker, posted a sale ad for his Triumph Daytona 675 Sports Bike on the Bloomberg financial information service on 29 June. With an asking price of £5,400, by Friday last week he had received no enquiries. But he had three offers for his BMW car. "I guess motorcycles are more of a luxury than cars," Rzeznik said.

Anyone want a 675? Sounds like he needs the cash if he is selling his Beemer and bike - go on, make a cheeky offer

[Fire99]

smack said:

lawrence567 said:

My local dealer said he's having a really good year, but he might just be saying that!

All the grannies trading in their Honda Jazz's for scooters?

Plus to be fair, very rarely do I ever hear a trader saying business is poor. Oh except when you're trying to sell you're bike to a dealer. On those occasions business is always awful.

[mitzy]

The Guy at the dealership at Three Cross made no attempt to sell me the Street Triple when I sat on it on Saturday.

Even when he could see I had my own bike and watch me park up.

I think some of these dealers need to wake up and smell the coffee when lady riders arrive at at bike shops.
He didnt even say about taking it out for a spin or anything , could not even tell me what ins group it was !


On the plus side I sat on an un lowered one and it was fab

[NAS]

Dr.Doofenshmirtz said:

NAS said:

Fire99 said:

Castrol craig said:

sales down by that much? i dont hink so, not if the latest official figures are to be beleived, hondas alone were up 14%

Hope you're right Craig.

Sorry to say, but he's not. I check everything from July to July, all the different segments, YTD vs. YTD. And Honda in the UK is down everywhere.

YTD for ex. -18.9% (Jan-Jul -> 08 vs 09)
July : -35.8% (08 vs. 09)

Is that just bikes sales, or Honda in general though?

UK :

All PTW above 51cc:
YTD 09 vs. 08 : -13.8%
July 08 vs 09 : -24.7

In order to compare fairly (the first Honda figures were including their small 50cc scooter, which are reported correctly but due to lots of small Chinese imports market totals are not as reliable)

Honda:
YTD : -18.9%
July : -36.1%

[robstvr]

I took a test ride of a Sprint ST on Saturday. It made me a bit horny. I was very surprised. It's like a big Daytona.

[mitzy]

robstvr said:

It made me a bit horny.

Only on a Sat???

Quiet weekend was it

[smack]

Chilli said:

Stu, YHM (completely off topic!)

Got it, replied