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#1 | Motorcycle sales surge in Europe datum

Sun Jun 02, 2019 12:16 am

This is an interesting development: For some reason motorcycle sales have been very strong in Europe so far this year, lead by France. But sales in other parts of the world have been declining: https://www.revzilla.com/common-tread/mo...orld-languishes

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#2 | RE: Motorcycle sales surge in Europe datum

Sun Jun 02, 2019 11:40 am

I looked at the source material (link in the article).

France has some very restrictive, fairly new emissions controls in their cities so a lot of the older scooters & bikes used may not meet eligibility criteria so have been replaced. So, possibly higher than neighbours due to this, in part.

The former Eastern Bloc countries are going through a relatively good economic period. Lots of people who came to the UK from Poland etc are going back as wages are higher there and they are likely to find skilled jobs rather than the shit jobs they had in the UK. Increased incomes mean they can afford new cars & bikes.

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