2013 US Motorcycle Sales Data

Dennis Chung
by Dennis Chung

The Motorcycle Industry Council (MIC) reported a modest 1.4% growth in U.S. motorcycle and scooter sales in 2013, with consumers purchasing 465,783 vehicles. The sales data represents numbers from the MIC’s member brands which include BMW, Can-Am, Ducati, Harley-Davidson, Honda, Kawasaki, KTM, the Piaggio Group (which includes Aprilia, Moto Guzzi and Vespa), Victory, Suzuki, Triumph and Yamaha.

Dual-sport motorcycles saw the largest year-over-year growth percentage with a 7.8% increase in sales compared to 2012. The off-road motorcycle segment also saw a 5.7% improvement as it rebounds after seeing the largest decreases during the economic downturn. Still, the 73,371 off-road motorcycles sold in 2013 remain slightly less than half of the total of 146,742 units sold in 2008.

Street motorcycles are also a shadow of what they were pre-downturn, but the segment continues to grow, with the industry selling 6,485 more motorcycles than in 2012. Those gains were nearly negated however by a 6,363 unit decrease in scooter sales.

2013 US Motorcycle Sales Figures from the Motorcycle Industry Council
Type20122013Change% Change
Dual Sport30,59232,979+2,387+7.8%
Off-Hwy69,39573,371+3,976+5.7%
On-Hwy318,206324,691+6,485+2.0%
Scooter41,10534,742-6,363-15.5%
Total459,298465,783+3,471+1.4%

[Source: Motorcycle Industry Council]

Dennis Chung
Dennis Chung

Dennis has been a part of the Motorcycle.com team since 2008, and through his tenure, has developed a firm grasp of industry trends, and a solid sense of what's to come. A bloodhound when it comes to tracking information on new motorcycles, if there's a new model on the horizon, you'll probably hear about it from him first.

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