Sales of motorcycles in UK continued to deteriorate in 2017 and sales in December dropped the most. Motorcycle Industry Association data showed that the total number of new motorcycles registered in December dropped the best by 51.3% over the same period of last year. This is also the largest monthly decline in 2017 Records.And data show that in 2017 the total motorcycle sales in the United Kingdom decreased by 18.5% over 2016, of which sales in December fell 59.1%, the data does not include mopeds.
The Association of Motorcycle Industry states that the introduction of a new emission standard is the reason for the reduction in the number of registrations, as well as the impact of Brexit on consumer confidence December 2016 is the deadline for registering non-compliance with the latest Euro4 standard model Some models will be registered by 2017 for sale in 2017. Since these motorcycles were registered last year, they will not contribute to the latest data.
The new emission standards for most of the models have been suppressed, which is bound to have an impact in the market, more and more stringent environmental policies are implemented in the world, this is the pre-electrification process.