Motorcycle Park Russia reached 2.4 million

13 November 2018

The Russian fleet of motorcycle technology slowly but still growing

 the Bike even in the Soviet Union was still a "nettransport" and even huge scale of production (around 2.8 million in the early 1980s and 1.4 million in 1990, while the share of heavy motorcycles with sidecars during this time increased from 1/20 to 1/5).

In the USSR, motorcycles and scooters did a lot, but not too efficiently (photo Soviet motorcycles brands "Vyatka" and "Tula" in military technical Museum in Chernogolovka)

  According to the Agency "AUTOSTAT", the Russian fleet of motorcycle technology reached 2,384 million as at 01.07.2018. In turn, at the beginning of 2018, the Park of motor vehicles was $ 2,375 million, i.e. growth of 6 months is 0.4%. For comparison, the car fleet over the same period increased from 42.4 million to 42.95 million, or 1.3%, which is three times more intense.

The most popular domestic motorcycle "IZH-Jupiter-5"

The mass domestic motorbike with a sidecar – "IZH-Jupiter-5K" 

  the Average age of Russian motopark exceeds 26 years, which is reflected in the level of accidents. Accordingly, more than 70% are motorcycles Soviet production, i.e. mostly already existing brands.

Single cylinder "IZH-Planeta-5" still then, the motorcycle No. 2 in the country

So, the top three most popular brands are: "IZ" – 748,6 thousand, "Ural" – 45,3 thousand, "Sunrise" (Zid) – 235,4 million, and in the top five also includes the Belarusian "Minsk" amounted to 197.6 thousand and Czechoslovak Jawa – 149,9 thousand

To find a dealer Russian motorcycle Zid today the problem (in the photo model "Pilot" with the Chinese Lifan engine)

The most popular models of steel "IZH-Yupiter" (470,3 thousand units), "IZH-Planeta" (232,6 thousand units) and "ZID-Sunrise" (226,8 thousand units), "Ural 8.103." (194,4 thousand units) and "Minsk 3.112" (130,3 thousand units).

The most popular Russian heavy motorcycle with sidecar – Ural 8.103 (Museum in Chernogolovka), the screen saver is a modern model of a motorcycle Ural CT

The main Park of the Belarusian motorcycle "Minsk" (photo model Minsk-125) remained even with the Russian times, although the manufacturer is more or less stable work today 

Perhaps the most respected brand of imported motorcycles since the days of the USSR – German BMW (see photo of modern escort motorcycle model R1200)