2014 BMW R 1200 RT2013 BMW Motorrad Motorcycle/Scooter Sales ReportLast year, BMW broke a yearly record of motorcycle and maxi scooter sales, deliver 106,358 to customers worldwide. But the Bavarian manufacturer is on the path to break this yearly record.
This news arrives after BMW Motorrad reports it sold 101,530 motorcycles and maxi scooters in the first 10 months of 2013 compared to 93,540 in the same period of 2012, showing a 8.5-percent increase.The month of October was also up 10.3 percent. BMW says 8,376 motorcycles and maxi-scooters were sold in October, compared to 7,596 units in 2012. And this is ahead of the new releases that were unveiled at EICMA – the 2014 S 1000 R and the 2014 R 1200 RT.Heiner Faust (BMW Motorrad Head of Sales and Marketing) says: “For the first time in the history of BMW Motorrad we have supplied well over 100,000 vehicles to our customers worldwide two months before the end of the year. We now have less than 5,000 units to go to surpass last year’s sales figure of 106,358 vehicles.“Our planned target for a new all-time high is within range. Sales were very pleasing in October even after six record months in succession. We achieved another monthly record with an increase of 10.3 %. We are currently providing the public with a look ahead to the most important new models for 2014 at the international motorcycle trade show EICMA in Milan. The innovative maxi scooter BMW C evolution moves us forward into the field of electromobility.“And one year after the water-cooled GS we are launching successors to the boxer series volume models R 1200 RT and R 1200 GS Adventure. Meanwhile we are also extending our product portfolio to include two completely different roadsters.“Firstly the BMW R nineT, our way of marking 90 years of BMW Motorrad, and secondly the BMW S 1000 R, a highly dynamic roadster derived from our high-tech supersports bike, the S 1000 RR. The motorcycles will be available at dealerships in time for the start of the 2014 season, with the electrically powered scooter following in the second quarter of 2014. So our model offensive proceeds at full pace.”
Hello everyone and welcome once again to Ultimate Motorcycling’s weekly Podcast—Motos and Friends.
My name is Arthur Coldwells.
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This week’s episode features Senior Editor Nic de Sena’s impressions of the beautiful new Harley-Davidson Low Rider ST that is loosely based around the original FXRT Sport Glide from the 1980s. Hailing from The Golden State, these cult-status performance machines became known as West Coast style, with sportier suspension, increased horsepower, and niceties including creature comforts such as a tidy fairing and sporty luggage.
In past episodes you might have heard us mention my best friend, Daniel Schoenewald, and in the second segment I chat with him about some of the really special machines in his 170 or so—and growing—motorcycle collection. He’s always said to me that he doesn’t consider himself the owner, merely the curator of the motorcycles for the next generation.
Yet Daniel is not just a collector, but I can attest a really skilled rider. His bikes are not trailer queens, they’re ridden, and they’re ridden pretty hard. Actually, we have had many, many memorable rides on pretty much all of the machines in the collection at one time or another.
From all of us here at Ultimate Motorcycling, we hope you enjoy this episode!
