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Yamaha Stock Drops 10% After Earnings Report
Investors at the Tokyo Stock Exchange were not happy with Yamaha Motor this morning, as the Japanese motorcycle manufacturer reported its 2010 earnings and 2011 forecast, and promptly saw its stock...
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How Much Does it Cost to Host a MotoGP Race?
Dorna keeps pretty tight controls on what information gets out about its business; but when dealing with public entities, some of those figures are bound to come forth. Such is the case with Motorland...
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Brno Needs National Support for 2012 MotoGP Race
The times are certainly tough race circuits right now. On the MotoGP roster the Hungarian Balatonring has become almost the unicorn of the paddock, while the Jerez de la Frontera Circuit is in...
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Harley-Davidson Q1 2011 Earnings up 350%
Before the opening bell on the New York Stock Exchange, Harley-Davidson posted its first quarter numbers of 2011 this morning. Despite earnings being up 350% when compared to Q1 of 2010,...
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Honda Q1 2011 Sales Up 13% – Revenue Down 3%
It would seem the motorcycle industry has found the bottom of the recession, with first quarter sales in 2011 showing 7% growth over 2010’s numbers here in the United States. Ducati has already posted...
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Harley-Davidson Posts First YTD Growth since 2006
Harley-Davidson had some good news to report in its Q2 2011 financial report, as the Milwaukee company reports selling 53,599 units to customers in the US during the three-month period, and total of...
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Suzuki Q2 2011 – Profitable for the First Time in 11 Quarters
Sometimes when reading the posts made on other motorcycle sites, or the comments by readers across the web, I don’t think there is a full grasp as to how bad the recession was for the motorcycle...
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Polaris Q3 Sales Up 23%
Polaris has just released its third quarter figures, with the American brand reporting a 23% increase ($35.6 million) in sales revenue for the months of July, August, and September when compared to the...
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Honda Q3 Sales Up 20% Worldwide
Honda Motors is reporting a 20% boost in motorcycle sales for Q3 2011 when compared to the same period last year (note: Honda calls this time period Q2 for accounting purposes, but we use Q3 so as...
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BMW Motorrad Sales Up 6.5% for Q3 2011
A mixed quarter for BMW Motorrad, as the Bavarian company has once again posted a positive sales quarter of 6.5% growth over Q3 2010, despite losing money overall in the current inclement financial...
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Triumph Posts 7% Sales Increase for First Half of 2011 – Announces Production...
It may be nearly the end of the year, but the Triumph Motorcycles Group has released its financials for the first half of 2011 (Q1 2011 & Q2 2011). Selling 48,684 units worldwide, Triumph saw a 7%...
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Harley-Davidson Sales Grew Almost 6% in 2011
A few years ago death was on the doorstop for Harley-Davidson. Posting yearly sales losses on a regular basis, when the recession hit the Milwaukee company, it sold off its holdings in MV Agusta, and...
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Don’t Call It a Comeback: Honda Q1 2012 Sales Up 39%
The untold story of the global economic collapse, Honda was on a worrisome three-year downward spiral during the recession. Posting sales of 453,000, 320,000, & 189,000 powersport units in 2008,...
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Yamaha’s Sales Up in North America, But Down Worldwide
Honda appears to be the only Japanese OEM making headway in 2012, as Yamaha has reported its sales figures for Q1 2012, and the tuning fork brand is down slightly worldwide, despite being up...
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Harley-Davidson Posts 6% Sales Growth in 2012
Helped by a strong fourth quarter, Harley-Davidson is reporting signs of growth for 2012, with the company’s global sales again up 6.2% over the figures from last year. With sales up 6.6% in the United...
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KTM Reports Record Sales for 2013 – Tops BMW Again
Last week we reported that 2013 was BMW’s best sales year ever, and now here comes the Bavarian Motorrad division’s biggest rival, KTM, with a sales report that ups the ante by 8,644 bikes.For 2013,...
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Harley-Davidson Sales Up 4.4% for 2013
The brand that seems to polarize motorcyclists worldwide but is inextricably tied to the image of “the biker”, did quite well in 2013. Hot off the presses of Harley-Davidson’s Accounting and Finance...
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KTM Posts 26.8% Sales Increase for Q1 2014
KTM continues to have successful quarterly sales reports, as the Austrian company has announced that its Q1 2014 sales are up 26.8% over last year’s figures. Moving a total of 32,994 KTM-branded...
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BMW Q2 2014 Sales Up 5.1% – Another Record Quarter
BMW Motorrad’s second-quarter sales results are in, and the German brand has not only another record quarter to report, but also an all-time six-month top-sales record as well.Selling 42,259 units in...
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KTM Sets Sales Record During First-Half of 2014
KTM continues to challenge BMW Motorrad as the top European motorcycle manufacturer (by sales volume), and has set a company record for sales in the first half of this year.Selling 70,469 units in...
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