The motorcycle market is in high season! What did you buy in Ukraine in July?

Experts of the Auto Market Research Institute analyzed the statistics of motorcycle registrations in July and identified the most popular models in three segments: import of used, domestic resale and purchase of new motorcycles.

Dynamics of the motorcycle market

The high season continues in the motorcycle segment, as evidenced by statistical indicators that surpassed the results of last year and barely fell behind the volume of the previous month. So, in July, Ukrainians bought 9 thousand of all motorcycles. This is 15.9% more than in the same period last year, and a slight 0.4% less (only 37 units) than in June 2024.

Among the total number, 55.4% of motorcycles were new (imported from abroad), which is 4,990 units. Usually, in the motorcycle segment, the majority of deals are sales of new vehicles, but over the past few months, this "tradition" has been broken, and it is only now that the share of new two-wheelers has reached more than half of the market.

On the domestic market, 3,322 agreements for the purchase and sale of motor vehicles were concluded, which accounted for 36.9% of the total number.

Only 7.7% of motorcycles were imported used from abroad (690 units).

We remind you that the numbers given here are obtained from the accounting of official sales agreements and the first registrations recorded by the service centers of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. The "shadow" part of the motorcycle market (in particular, the secondary one) remains outside the scope of this review. According to IDA experts, it can be quite significant — even equal to, or even greater than, the official part.

By individual sub-segments, the dynamics of motorcycle sales (where seasonality is very clearly expressed, and the primary importance is the year-to-year comparison) looks as follows (comparing last month to the month before it, M-M; and last month to the same month last year year, YY):

• Domestic resales: +2% MM, +32.8% YY
• Used import: -9.6% MM, -12% YY
• New imports: -0.6% MM, +11.4% YY

The average age of used motorcycles on the market (as of July) was 11.3 years for those resold domestically and 13.5 years for motorcycles submitted for first registration after customs clearance.

The most popular motorcycles in the domestic market

In the domestic market, Japanese brands Honda (13.7%), Yamaha (10.8%), and Suzuki (7.3%) prevailed among motorcycle manufacturers in the specified period. Chinese manufacturers such as Lifan (6.5%) and Geon (6.3%) also made it to the top five.These five manufacturers occupy 44.6% of the market in the segment.

In the domestic market, sales contracts were most often concluded in May for Lifan LF (166 units), Honda CB family (110 units), and Spark SP-series (105 units). There was also demand for Loncin LX (103 units) and Musstang MT (94 units).

The most popular motorcycle models in the domestic market:

1. Lifan LF — 166 pcs.
2. Honda CB — 110 pcs.
3. Spark SP — 105 pcs.
4. Loncin LX — 103 pcs.
5. Mustang MT — 94 pcs.
6. Shineray XY — 85 pcs.
7. Forte FT — 65 pcs.
8. Jawa 350 — 63 pcs.
9. Kovi 250 — 57 pcs.
10. Honda CBR — 56 pcs.
11. Bajaj Boxer — 54 pcs.
12. Suzuki GSX — 49 pcs.
13. Viper V — 48 pcs.
14. Bajaj Pulsar — 47 pcs.
15. Yamaha YZF — 43 pcs.
16. Yamaha Drag Star — 43 pcs.
17. Geon Scrambler — 43 pcs.
18. Yamaha MT — 38 pcs.
19. BMW R-Series — 37 pcs.
20. Viper ZS — 36 pcs.

The most popular used motorcycles brought from abroad

Imports of motorcycles with mileage continue to be held by the Japanese brands Honda, Yamaha, Suzuki, Kawasaki and the American Harley-Davidson. The products of these five manufacturers cover 87.6% of the "moto" market, that is, almost all imports.

Among individual models, Honda CB (33 units), Suzuki Address (21 units), Honda CBF (21 units), Honda CBR (19 units) and Kawasaki Ninja (19 units) were most often submitted for the first state registration.

The most popular used motorcycles (by series) imported from abroad, July-2024:

1. Honda CB — 33 pcs.
2. Suzuki Address — 21 pcs.
3. Honda CBF — 21 pcs.
4. Honda CBR — 19 pcs.
5. Kawasaki Ninja — 13 pcs.
6. Kawasaki ER — 13 pcs.
7. Yamaha MT — 12 pcs.
8. Yamaha Majesty — 12 pcs.
9. Suzuki GSX — 12 pcs.
10. Suzuki GSR — 12 pcs.
11. Yamaha YZF — 11 pcs.
12. Yamaha N-MAX — 11 pcs.
13. Honda NC — 11 pcs.
14. Honda DIO — 11 pcs.
15. Yamaha FZ — 9 pcs.
16. Suzuki Skywave — 9 pcs.
17. Harley-Davidson XL — 9 pcs.
18. Yamaha RJ — 8 pcs.
19. Honda PC — 8 pcs.
20. Yamaha XJ — 7 pcs.

The most popular new motorcycles

New motorcycles of Chinese manufacturers are mainly bought in Ukraine: in July, the brands Musstang (15.2%), Spark (14.4%), Lifan (11.6%), as well as Geon (9.9%) and Forte (9.4%). In general, the share of Chinese products is more than 79% in the market of new motorcycles.

Among the new models of motorcycles in Ukraine , the Spark SP series (714 units) holds the lead, the Musstang MT (651 units) again took second place, and the Lifan LF (361 units) took third place (also without changes compared to previous periods).

Forte FT (265 units) and Tekken Tekken (185 units) are also among the top five new bikes.

Most Popular New Motorcycles, July 2024:

1. Spark SP — 714 pcs.
2. Mustang MT — 651 pcs.
3. Lifan LF — 361 pcs.
4. Forte FT — 265 pcs.
5. Tekken Tekken — 185 pcs.
6. Loncin LX — 156 pcs.
7. Kovi 250 — 132 pcs.
8. Bajaj Boxer — 131 pcs.
9. Tekken MH — 128 pcs.
10. Geon Dakar — 125 pcs.
11. Shineray XY — 113 pcs.
12. Geon Scrambler — 96 pcs.
13. Viper V — 95 pcs.
14. Lifan SR — 94 pcs.
15. Kovi 300 — 85 pcs.
16. Lifan KP — 83 pcs.
17. Viper ZS — 77 pcs.
18. Mustang Region — 68 pcs.
19. Forte Cross — 66 pcs.
20. Geon PN — 61 pcs.

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