Dear Andrea, it is difficult to say whether this invasion will result in an increase in general registrations, but it is likely so because, if the motorcycle market has grown in recent years, the merit lies precisely with the “low cost”. Scooter riders switching to motorbikes? The phenomenon may already be underwayafter all, a Benelli TRK 502 at 6,240 euros cim costs like a Honda Forza 350 and less than a Yamaha XMax 300.
This trend is confirmed by the January-November 2022 market, with a growth of motorcycles of almost 7% and a contraction of scooters of 5.5% (with the gap between the two categories reduced to just over 15,000 units; in 2019 they were 31,600). Finally, a world in which the Chinese, as you say, wanted and bought our bikes, while we end up forced to buy theirs would be paradoxical…
