Motorcycle Registrations Falling

New motorcycle registration figures released by the MCI, show falling numbers across the board. In the first nine months of the year, 29 per cent less scooters and 10 per cent fewer motorcycles and mopeds were registered than during the same period in 2003. In total the year-to-date figures show a 17 per cent drop.

When the month of September is examined in isolation, the opposite is true. Last month there were roughly 500 more motorocycle, moped and scooter registrations than in Septmeber 2003. This represents a nine per cent increase in scooter registrations, a five per cent increase motorbike and moped registrations and seven per cent total rise in registrations.