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24/06/2015

Green Book Editorial July 2015

New Market It’s that time of year again when the focus of the world’s road race fans turns to a little island in the Irish Sea. It is also a time when reports for dealers suggest the retail demand and particularly showroom traffic has slowed “because of the TT”. This year is no different, but is that the whole story? There is little doubt that a sizable lump of potential customers are off the...

05/06/2015

Motorcycles and the embrace of modern technology

Over the years in all automotive sectors – as in general life - the increasing power and reduction in the price of computing has had its affect. It doesn’t feel that long ago since we were using factor books to work out customers' finance payments, or using an actual pen to capture all their details and then having to ring them through to the local office of our preferred finance house. Then it...

28/05/2015

Green Book Editorial June 2015

April 2015 and Year to Date - New Registrations by Style April 2015 and Year to Date - New Registrations by Style Summary New Market The latest MCIA numbers are again close to where this section could be a cut and paste from most months from last year. Again total PTW registrations continue with the double-digit growth as we ease into Q2 with 11% up on last April year and 11.5% up on the year to...

28/04/2015

Green Book Editorial May 2015

Mar 2015 and Year to Date - New Registrations by style Mar 2015 and Year to Date - New Registrations by Style Summary New Market The first couple of sentences in this section could be a cut and paste job over the last year or more. Yet again it’s been a double percentage figure growth in the new registration figures recently published by the MCIA. The feedback from dealers is continuing to be...

24/03/2015

Green Book Editorial April 2015

February 2015 and Year to Date - New registrations by style New Market The graphs this month are for the second month of the year and we are happy to report an 11.7% increase compared to the same period last year, and the feedback from research shows that the outlook is continuing to be positive. The motorcycle categories in general have all shown growth. Touring is only one unit down on last...

12/03/2015

How are Green Book prices derived?

Questions are often asked as to how we research the information we use to report motorcycle prices in Green Book. So to clarify here is a quick overview to information gathering and sources. Dealer research is always a fun thing. We talk bike racing and bikes, we drink tea and we have a giggle about other lad type things. And of course not forgetting the thing that makes sitting in traffic...

26/02/2015

Green Book Editorial March 2015

Jan 2015 and Year to Date - New Registrations by Style Jan 2015 and Year to Date - New Registrations by Style Summary *excluding Scooters New Market The year has kicked off in the way everyone was hoping and is in line with the feedback that we have been getting. Although as we say every year, it is difficult to judge the pattern of the year in the first couple of months until the numbers start...

02/02/2015

Dealers revved up for new motorcycle registration growth

101,277. Not just a six figure number, it’s a bit of a special number around the motorcycle industry. It’s the amount of new motorcycles registered in 2014 and the first time since 2009 they have broken the barrier (over 10% up). As the economy has started to show signs of recovery the feeling in the industry has been getting more positive and no more so than last year with the possibility of a...

28/01/2015

Green Book Editorial February 2015

Well for most of last year we have been putting in this editorial that if the market carried on as it was, there was going to be the first six-figure number in the total PTW box since 2009. After a year where every month beat...

22/12/2014

Green Book Editorial January 2015

New Market With the penultimate month of the year’s scores in, yet another good result to report. The total month registrations of 5,795 is better than last year’s by 14.5% and with the total PTW registrations only 3,277 short of the magic six-figures not seen since 2009. The NEC motorcycle live show last month exuded positive vibes, with new models getting lots of attention and column inches in...

Alan Elsworth