There are a fair few NT650/BROS' around, I had one, the chap that has mine now had three or four of them I think. Neat little bikes, shit suspension.
The GN is/was probably one of the best selling bikes here.
Currently it'd be the Ninja 250 or the GT250 Hyosung.
But, most nikes you see are of the cruiser type with a born-again-biker on top heading for a lowside in to something solid.
I would say I see far more cruisers, particularly HD's round here. All weathers too. Mind you, there are a lot of cafes here...
Distantly followed by BMW adventure/touring bikes, loaded to the gunnels.
The locals ride a mix of all sorts, exotica, sprot bikes, cruisers & vintage.
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Well a while back it was probably the TF125 mud-bug farm bike.
But in the public's perception it would be Harley; because they are the Rolls Royce of motorcycles(TM).
I'll leave you to fill in what parallels I'm drawing.
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NZ certainly has the highest per capita rate of Harleys in the world, so if popular is what's bought, it would be HD.
That aside, I've ridden with a large cross section of riders, and each group or type of riders has certain "goto" bikes. In long distance riding the ST1300 is very common, Adv riding has the stroms and GSs, cruisers are definitely HD (but that's more brand than model), learners have GNs... so on and so forth...
Originally Posted by Jane Omorogbe from UK MSN on the KTM990SM
Looking at the stats fro nzta,
http://www.nzta.govt.nz/resources/mo.../docs/2011.pdf
It shows Suzuki's just ahead of HD in new vehicle stats.
All I ever see is Hyo 250s and/or Ninja 250's everywhere.
They have to be the most popular machine. More so than GN's I reckon.
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We did have these over here and they were marketed as BROS ( not hawk ). I suspect the name did nothing for sales as at about the same time a very camp boy band by the same name was rising up the charts in the UK. ( see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bros )
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I think it more about exposure, all the cars get plenty of time to look at the harleys that are lodged in hedges, fences, ditches, letterboxes, etc. Bikes that stay on the road are, well, on the road; and everybody knows cagers don't bother looking in that direction much.
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