In the U.S. Motorcycle Growth:
1945 - 198,000 motorcycles registered in the U.S.
1955* - 450,000 motorcycles registered in the U.S.
1958 - Over 500,000 motorcycles registered in the U.S
1962** - 646,000 motorcycles registered in the U.S.
1965*** - 1.4 million motorcycles registered in the U.S.
1970**** - 2.8 million motorcycles registered in the U.S.
1975***** - 5 million motorcycles registered in the U.S.
1985****** - 5.4 million motorcycles registered in the U.S.
1990******* - 3,650,000 million motorcycles registered in the U.S.
1998 - 4,809,000 million motorcycles registered in the U.S.
Motorcyle Growth Trivia
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flw
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Re: Motorcyle Growth Trivia
Interesting. I wonder what caused the decline after 1985...flw wrote:In the U.S. Motorcycle Growth:
1945 - 198,000 motorcycles registered in the U.S.
1955* - 450,000 motorcycles registered in the U.S.
1958 - Over 500,000 motorcycles registered in the U.S
1962** - 646,000 motorcycles registered in the U.S.
1965*** - 1.4 million motorcycles registered in the U.S.
1970**** - 2.8 million motorcycles registered in the U.S.
1975***** - 5 million motorcycles registered in the U.S.
1985****** - 5.4 million motorcycles registered in the U.S.
1990******* - 3,650,000 million motorcycles registered in the U.S.
1998 - 4,809,000 million motorcycles registered in the U.S.
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Re: Motorcyle Growth Trivia
The Yen went to the moon and the U.S. economy tanked.shalihe74 wrote: Interesting. I wonder what caused the decline after 1985...
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Re: Motorcyle Growth Trivia
High_Side wrote:The Yen went to the moon and the U.S. economy tanked.shalihe74 wrote: Interesting. I wonder what caused the decline after 1985...
Crapp, I forgot, interest rates went through the roof in the mid '80's...
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