Best Selling Cruiser

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Brent · #1 Unread post by **Brent** » Sat Jul 23, 2005 10:10 am

Does anyone know what the best#1 selling cruiser is regardless of cc's or price?

BuzZz · #2 Unread post by **BuzZz** » Sat Jul 23, 2005 10:27 am

Half of all the bikes sold in North America, regardless of style or type, are Harleys. So it is some kind of H.D., but I don't know how H.D.'s model sales breakdown. I would guess it's a variant of the softtail.

Aggroton · #3 Unread post by **Aggroton** » Thu Jul 28, 2005 4:52 am

actually...victory sold more units than harley did last quarter according to my father-in-law.

BuzZz · #4 Unread post by **BuzZz** » Thu Jul 28, 2005 8:28 pm

Aggroton wrote:actually...victory sold more units than harley did last quarter according to my father-in-law.

Really? That surprises the hell out of me. Very, very much. Specially since Ive never seen a Victory(wait, I never NOTICED any) on the road, but can name 5 people I know personally who bought new H.D.'s this year. There must be a ton of Victories running around the American roads, cause they ain't up here.

Wizzard · #5 Unread post by **Wizzard** » Thu Jul 28, 2005 10:01 pm

Since I don't have any statistics to lie with I would opt for saying that the most popular cruiser is probably the Yamaha V-Star 650 . Ya sure see a hell of a lot of them around here and around the forums .
Regards, Wizzard

jeff_connors · Sat Jul 30, 2005 7:17 am

Wizzard wrote:Since I don't have any statistics to lie with I would opt for saying that the most popular cruiser is probably the Yamaha V-Star 650 . Ya sure see a hell of a lot of them around here and around the forums .
Regards, Wizzard

I have a lot more experience with ATV's than motorcycles but I noticed that what we may see a lot of depends on what dealers are in the area. Large cities probably have them all but smaller towns don't. Some dealers really market aggressively also and some don't. There must be a more bean-counting approach than this. Maybe some DMV records could be searched for an idea. AMA maybe?

Meanie · #7 Unread post by **Meanie** » Mon Aug 01, 2005 2:21 am

Aggroton wrote:actually...victory sold more units than harley did last quarter according to my father-in-law.

Also, Harley's sales have decreased over 20% the last year.

Meanie · #8 Unread post by **Meanie** » Mon Aug 01, 2005 2:25 am

According to Motorcycle Cruiser Magazine, the 800 cruisers are the best selling bike, though they did not indicate any specific bike.

#9 Unread post by **dr_bar** » Mon Aug 01, 2005 4:46 am

Sorry about the cut and paste but here's some info for you...

Top brands in 2003, the latest available market-share data, according to the MIC: Honda, with 27.4% of sales; Harley-Davidson, 23.7%; Yamaha, 17.4%; Suzuki, 10.8%; and Kawasaki, 8.7%.

The average age of motorcyclists rose to 41 in 2003, the latest available data, from 32 in 1990. (The average age in 2004 was 44 according to JD Power) Most were married. A third were college graduates, nearly double the 1990 number. Baby boomers "drive the market," says Larry Little, publisher of Cycle World magazine

Classically styled so-called cruiser bikes account for about one of every three motorcycles sold, making them the biggest segment. But there's "continual growth in all categories," says Tom Orbe of Kawasaki Motors USA

#10 Unread post by **Sev** » Mon Aug 01, 2005 7:03 am

Which means we still don't know what the most popular cruiser is, just the company.

Personally just via guess based on what I've seen/heard. Either the v-star 650 or the honda shadow. Just because of the recognition factoy. If you aren't willing to plunk the green on a Harley, that's where you turn.