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[Athelstan]

Even the affluent Swiss have stopped buying!

All the gnomes in Zurich could not stop the slid!

Figures released for Swiss Motorbike sales (ex scooters) show an overall downturn in 2005 of minus 14% on 2004's figures - individual brand performances:

Honda and Yamaha -15.6%
Kawasaki -24.5%
Suzuki +7.3%

Harley +11.4%

KTM -7.2%
Ducati -8.6%
Aprilia -41.2%
BMW +6.0%
Triumph +12.5%

So Johnny Bloor does it again........................outperforms the Germans, the Japs and the Italians - oh and before anyone say’s anything - Harleys don't count as only the brain dead buy them!!

What's the UK looking like - anyone got the numbers for Blighty?

I'm off to the Swiss motorbike show this Friday but I doubt if they’ll be anything of great interest on display – especially from Ducati who seem to be going round in ever decreasing circles just lately.