Motorcycle registrations in the largest EU markets - France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the UK - grew by 8.6% during the first four months of 2016, compared to the first four months of 2015, reaching more than 262,800 units.
The strongest performance was recorded in Italy (+18.8%, 68,482 units), followed by Spain (15.9%, 41,753 units).
The UK market grew by 9.9% (37,134 units), whilst registrations remained stable in Germany (+1.2%, 62,980 units) and France (+0.4%, 52,465 units).