Waving to become extinct

**Big Dave** · 29th January 2010, 06:59

http://kiwiridermagazine.blogspot.co...-share-is.html

Well for over 25% anyways!

**dogsnbikes** · 29th January 2010, 07:07

Thats alot of anti social bastards

**The Everlasting** · 29th January 2010, 07:18

Oh dear..

Oh well,less waving.

**steve_t** · 29th January 2010, 07:50

LOL. How did they get the figures? Sales? Does it account for the owners that have crashed and bought another one?

Homer - "Oh, people can come up with statistics to prove anything. 14% of people know that."

**R6_kid:Me** · 29th January 2010, 08:03

Originally Posted by dogsnbikes

Thats alot of anti social bastards

I reckon, they should ride their bikes more rather than leaving them in the garage all year!

**Big Dave** · 29th January 2010, 08:04

>>How did they get the figures? Sales? <<

One of the Trade organisations publishes the figures (don't remember which one - you have to be a member to eyeball it) and H-D put that out as a press release. I edited it a bit to make it less....errr....'inflammatory'.

**Ixion** · 29th January 2010, 09:34

Originally Posted by Big Dave

http://kiwiridermagazine.blogspot.co...-share-is.html

Well for over 25% anyways!

Nah, tractors never have waved , it was only ever motorcyclists that waved.

**Big Dave** · 29th January 2010, 09:37

There was a time when Fat Boys weaved.

**Pixie** · 29th January 2010, 10:29

It's inevitable.The biking population is aging and senility has it's consequences.

**Swoop** · 29th January 2010, 10:33

Sales of tassles should skyrocket!

**Pwalo** · 29th January 2010, 11:40

So no actual sales figures to back this up then? I could almost go with it if the figures were for the cruiser market, but overall?

**steve_t** · 29th January 2010, 11:46

Originally Posted by Pwalo

So no actual sales figures to back this up then? I could almost go with it if the figures were for the cruiser market, but overall?

It does say at the bottom of the page that they suspect these figures are only for the over 750cc market

**pritch** · 29th January 2010, 12:09

Lies, damned lies, and statistics?

I'm told that sales in Unzud are down 20% so the "increase in market share" may reflect few actual sales? Any increase is better than a decrease though.

Triumph has increased sales in Britain in the past year despite the recession.
The British market has suffered a significantly smaller drop than we did, whereas they had a real recession and we only had one that we dreamed up for ourselves. By which I mean that Britain actually experienced bank crashes and we didn't, but our politicians decided we should have a recession anyway.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/...w-preview.html