Japan Automotive Bikes Statistics
Bikes Production By Year
Year
50 c.c. & less
51-125 c.c.
126-250 c.c.
Over 250 c.c.
Total
2007
264,336
178,827
269,689
963,245
1,676,097
2006
306,246
149,868
276,043
1,039,229
1,771,386
2005
298,549
260,343
279,274
953,419
1,791,585
2004
331,449
304,622
271,126
832,387
1,739,584
2003
458,072
376,800
235,499
760,534
1,830,905
2002
588,956
543,294
241,356
741,882
2,115,488
2001
610,993
598,551
260,269
858,227
2,328,040
2000
636,546
630,221
297,433
851,191
2,415,391
1999
679,690
532,909
237,706
801,406
2,251,711
1998
839,123
783,646
271,378
742,149
2,636,296
1997
933,921
817,284
275,847
648,631
2,675,683
1996
948,298
828,299
238,045
569,775
2,584,417
1995
951,803
1,038,938
217,738
544,760
2,753,239
1994
874,919
1,062,560
237,386
550,421
2,725,286
1993
972,362
1,182,554
231,159
637,079
3,023,154
1992
1,180,702
1,053,167
279,707
682,959
3,196,535
1991
1,340,241
807,397
285,281
595,697
3,028,616
1990
1,343,220
686,734
270,304
506,637
2,806,895
1989
1,408,134
585,972
310,052
490,204
2,794,362
1988
1,456,627
661,592
355,212
472,187
2,945,618
1987
1,190,142
617,678
324,380
498,408
2,630,608
1986
1,713,036
759,164
336,771
587,672
3,396,643
1985
2,014,850
1,373,423
469,728
678,346
4,536,347
1984
1,875,789
1,059,762
429,902
660,854
4,026,307
1983
2,100,983
1,524,142
469,560
712,694
4,807,379
1982
3,388,093
2,169,576
481,494
1,024,015
7,063,178
1981
3,039,338
2,497,799
532,171
1,343,274
7,412,582
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Motorcycles and Scooters Sales By Year
Year
50 c.c. & less
51-125 c.c.
126-250 c.c.
Over 250 c.c.
Total
2007
458,023
100,720
86,081
40,120
684,944
2006
478,196
82,211
91,395
48,564
700,366
2005
470,922
88,747
99,658
47,186
706,513
2004
500,388
62,780
97,135
39,718
700,021
2003
539,610
89,906
87,881
42,724
760,121
2002
535,327
94,468
94,414
46,873
771,082
2001
544,988
78,263
79,156
48,279
750,686
2000
558,459
102,116
72,886
46,416
779,877
1999
621,276
105,550
51,461
58,672
836,959
1998
744,900
177,092
65,659
75,329
1,062,980
1997
864,395
156,183
84,799
82,861
1,188,238
1996
876,522
171,105
83,982
88,307
1,219,916
1995
884,718
138,115
98,833
91,186
1,212,852
1994
824,792
156,951
95,926
115,942
1,193,611
1993
853,115
177,929
103,463
119,747
1,254,254
1992
987,260
214,232
128,593
115,365
1,445,450
1991
1,147,741
197,638
151,800
83,320
1,580,499
1990
1,213,512
169,618
158,882
76,921
1,618,933
1989
1,248,976
157,385
175,835
76,617
1,658,813
1988
1,275,328
165,622
210,287
102,638
1,753,875
1987
1,029,329
151,236
200,526
95,615
1,476,706
1986
1,429,110
174,524
166,256
112,507
1,882,397
1985
1,646,115
130,574
173,887
145,674
2,096,250
1984
1,632,259
126,142
175,033
108,755
2,042,189
1983
1,908,353
171,270
210,931
127,755
2,418,309
1982
2,784,578
216,280
137,807
146,662
3,285,327
1981
2,599,197
222,534
106,944
133,203
3,061,878
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Bike Imports By Year
Year
50 c.c. & less
51 c.c. -250 c.c.
251 c.c. -500 c.c.
501 c.c. -800 c.c.
Over 800 c.c.
Total
2006
267,853
83,243
1,440
2,037
23,149
377,722
2005
263,707
57,215
1,249
2,688
20,638
345,497
2004
273,504
55,857
2,507
3,602
20,477
355,947
2003
200,585
43,963
1,697
3,761
22,659
272,665
2002
51,124
38,472
2,507
3,043
22,415
117,561
2001
7,289
28,647
1,619
3,585
24,548
65,688
2000
8,736
31,998
1,595
2,874
19,530
64,733
1999
9,527
21,089
851
1,794
21,094
54,355
1998
10,882
17,390
1,021
1,310
17,978
48,581
1997
10,677
10,571
1,528
1,466
15,803
40,045
1996
8,461
11,845
2,116
1,856
11,585
35,863
1995
9,494
14,332
1,678
1,777
13,951
41,232
1994
9,686
8,299
1,602
1,182
9,852
30,621
1993
9,479
6,522
1,413
880
10,812
29,106
1992
13,247
4,749
715
500
9,062
28,273
1991
10,334
5,525
745
674
9,949
27,227
1990
13,174
5,402
864
886
8,112
28,438
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Motorcycles Exports By Year
Year
50 c.c. & less
51-125 c.c.
126-250 c.c.
Over 250 c.c.
Total
2007
34,192
134,570
177,673
886,361
1,232,796
2006
57,558
124,335
183,980
967,313
1,333,186
2005
57,860
197,378
177,824
899,161
1,332,223
2004
84,832
265,245
173,037
804,030
1,327,144
2003
114,315
312,768
144,873
708,999
1,280,955
2002
74,811
462,137
149,900
731,834
1,418,682
2001
59,406
530,728
194,058
793,221
1,577,413
2000
82,038
549,040
204,591
805,508
1,641,177
1999
89,544
422,876
177,399
723,314
1,413,133
1998
114,853
616,213
206,751
665,936
1,603,753
1997
75,513
649,825
187,981
546,389
1,459,708
1996
55,016
666,593
154,103
481,623
1,357,335
1995
61,627
691,433
129,961
442,689
1,325,710
1994
88,002
741,486
132,850
445,518
1,407,856
1993
138,690
925,447
136,325
519,248
1,719,710
1992
188,885
788,404
153,631
537,717
1,668,637
1991
155,461
603,471
134,915
516,955
1,410,802
1990
147,301
507,840
117,222
411,381
1,183,744
1989
146,958
443,196
122,837
390,394
1,103,385
1988
219,494
541,070
146,719
357,570
1,264,853
1987
223,559
588,021
123,760
403,901
1,339,241
1986
251,833
839,920
186,982
484,733
1,763,468
1985
369,167
1,350,412
296,865
525,038
2,541,482
1984
258,113
1,053,856
247,465
563,006
2,122,440
1983
315,102
1,416,889
266,001
624,331
2,622,323
1982
419,132
1,943,135
343,387
864,953
3,570,607
1981
492,316
2,241,599
437,478
1,190,731
4,362,124
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Motorcycles and Scooters In Use By Year
Year March 31
50 c.c. & less
51-125 c.c.
126-250 c.c.
Over 250 c.c.
Total
2006
—
—
1,908,402
1,428,149
—
2005
8,566,613
1,353,732
1,857,439
1,397,392
13,175,176
2004
8,739,686
1,341,088
1,810,594
1,370,331
13,261,699
2003
8,915,037
1,329,410
1,772,545
1,352,199
13,369,191
2002
9,136,832
1,334,792
1,734,395
1,334,354
13,540,373
2001
9,354,554
1,344,330
1,712,597
1,308,417
13,719,898
2000
9,643,487
1,337,395
1,704,522
1,288,399
13,973,803
1999
9,919,874
1,341,347
1,727,400
1,269,232
14,257,853
1998
10,181,449
1,346,116
1,765,670
1,243,277
14,536,512
1997
10,487,574
1,366,558
1,807,257
1,224,775
14,886,164
1996
10,835,934
1,390,327
1,826,630
1,209,013
15,261,904
1995
11,165,390
1,421,031
1,823,446
1,177,229
15,587,096
1994
11,521,894
1,435,990
1,823,216
1,127,817
15,908,917
1993
11,998,940
1,461,782
1,814,779
1,070,002
16,345,503
1992
12,520,835
1,480,476
1,794,285
1,022,602
16,818,198
1991
13,048,137
1,505,665
1,741,548
999,854
17,295,204
1990
13,539,269
1,517,228
1,669,771
1,045,519
17,771,787
1989
14,033,811
1,574,741
1,582,930
1,016,070
18,207,552
1988
14,421,823
1,601,055
1,453,170
974,218
18,450,266
1987
14,785,611
1,637,830
1,301,128
911,897
18,636,466
1986
14,957,923
1,686,549
1,173,467
850,615
18,668,554
1985
14,609,399
1,747,957
1,047,426
775,627
18,180,409
1984
13,903,572
1,841,730
908,199
700,158
17,353,659
1983
12,884,509
1,941,782
769,033
617,321
16,212,645
1982
11,342,080
2,038,436
655,069
522,294
14,557,879
1981
9,922,391
2,149,790
574,271
444,975
13,091,427
Source: Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association, Inc.