United Kingdom… | Strong start sees 2022 sales overtake 2021

UK motorcycle sales are off to a strong start in 2022 with figures showing an overall increase of 70% after the first two months of the year.

Taking advantage of unaffected social conditions a year after the UK entered a third national lockdown due to COVID-19 for part of January and the whole of February, it means sales figures in 2022 have galloped in the traditionally slow months.

Before the last registration change in March, motorcycle sales rose 81.7%, from 2,868 units to 5,212.

All sectors saw at least double – in some cases triple-digit – year-over-year growth, which, after a strong January, also means overall sales are 11,399 units – 70.1% of the 6,702 units sold in 2021 in the first two months.

Growth was further boosted by gains on the electric front with sales up 79.6%, mainly for scooters, namely one of the best-selling models of the month overall, the Super Soco CPx.

UK’s best selling motorcycles in February 2022

Broken down into brands, Honda had a very strong start to the year with 1,340 of its models moved and the Honda PCX reigning supreme as the top-selling model of the month, dropping the 2021 bestseller, the Yamaha NMax, squarely.

Behind Honda, sales were more competitive, with a number of notable manufacturers advancing into the top ten…and others missing out.

Yamaha retained its traditional second place, but with just three units from small capacity specialist Lexmoto, while Triumph – aided by the Trident 660 – held on to fourth ahead of BMW and KTM.

Royal Enfield had a bumper month, boosted by continued success of the Meteor 350 and Interceptor 650 – while Super Soco parent company Vmoto was eighth thanks to CPx, which accounted for 125 of its 148 sales. Aprilia and SYM complete the top ten.

This means Kawasaki and Suzuki failed to make it into the overall standings.

Elsewhere, another notable name on the bestseller list was the Honda NT 1100, which outsold the BMW R 1250 GS and GS Adventure to be February’s best-selling 1000cc-plus motorcycle.