Here are the latest motorcycle industry news stories that you need to know about.
Motorcycle news happens all the time, but I tend to only cover the big news stories. These are the things you need to know.
Q4 was good but 2022 was down.
Harley-Davidson reported its sales for 2022 and they showed a drop in sales of eight percent overall. There was a lot of good news for Harley-Davidson, and that means there’s a lot of good news for the motorcycle industry overall because Harley is such a big player.
Continue reading “Harley-Davidson Global Sales Down 8% in 2022”Indian Motorcycle helped contribute to the strong numbers.
Polaris had a heck of a good last quarter of 2022. The company saw a 21-percent increase in Q4 sales. The $2.4B in sales was a stronger showing than many people predicted. The majority of the rise came domestically with international sales staying strong as well.
Continue reading “Polaris Reports 21-Percent Increase in Q4 Sales for 2022”Due to some European type-approval documents, it has been confirmed that the 2023 Husqvarna Norden 901 Expedition—the more extreme version of the adventure bike—will be coming to the US. That said, there has been no official announcement yet.
Continue reading “The More Extreme 2023 Husqvarna Norden 901 Expedition Is Coming”Get ready for an electrified Honda in your life.
Honda will make organizational and operational changes effective April 1, 2023. These changes will push the company towards electric bikes faster than before. We’ll see 10 new electric bikes of some kind by 2025 from Team Red.
Continue reading “Honda Steps Up Electric Bike Efforts with a Business Reorganization”Get ready for some electric Ducati motorcycles to take to the track.
Ducati has now begun production of the V21L electric motorcycle prototypes that will race in the 2023 FIM Enel MotoE World Championship. The production started in December and 23 units will be ready by the middle of February.
Continue reading “Ducati MotoE Racebike Production Begins for 2023 Season”HD has quite the lineup for this year.
This year is Harley-Davidson’s 120th anniversary and the company has some special edition bikes to go with the rest of its lineup, which includes some fancy new models. Overall, it’s a great-looking lineup, and it’s one that you should pay attention to if you’re motorcycle shopping this year.
Continue reading “Harley-Davidson Reveals its 2023 Lineup”Continued progress for Damon.
Damon Motors and Indika Energy have entered into a partnership, helping get Damon into the Indonesian market. Indika made an undisclosed investment in Damon and will be the distributor of the electric motorcycle for Indonesia.
Continue reading “Damon Motorcycles Formed a Partnership with Indika Energy”The Italian manufacturer had a great year.
2022 was a good year for a few different motorcycle companies, and Ducati now confirmed it had a record-setting year. The company sold a whopping 61,562 motorcycles. This makes 2022 the best year that the motorcycle company has ever had.
Continue reading “Ducati Posted Record Sales in 2022”Pierer Mobility Group posted a record year for motorcycle sales in 2022 with 375,612 models being sold. This is a 13 percent increase in sales over the previous year and bodes well for the company in 2023.
Continue reading “Pierer Mobility Group Had a Record Year in 2022”A unique utility bike that offers quite a lot.
Cake is known for its simple but highly useful electric motorcycles and mopeds, and at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES) the company revealed the Cake Ã…ik. The unique utility bike is a great little e-bike from the Swedish company.
Continue reading “Cake Ã…ik Revealed at CES”
