Why aren't Millennials and Zoomers buying motorcycles, Yas Forums?

Put the virus aside for a moment and focus on a major national crisis - the slow loss of America's riding tradition. What is going on here? These numbers are from 2019, so they are NOT artificially suppressed by the Wuhan flu:

>United States: Motorcycles & ATV market down for the fourth year in a row

>The United States motorcycles market in 2019 reported the fourth decline in a row hitting the lowest level in decades, with 640.608 sales (-3.6%) in the combined moto & ATVs segments. While Harley-Davidson and the top 7 brands have lost, KTM kept growing. BMW, Triumph and Ducati have lost, moderately.

>Recent Market figures

>In, 2018 total US Market figures were 664,769, down 2.3% from the previous year. The motorcycles/scooter segment sales were 457.373 (-2.6%) while the ATV segment sales were 207.396 (-1.6%).

>In 2019, the trend was unchanged and the steady decline continued. Indeed, year-end total industry volume was 640.608 (-3.6%) with motorcycles at 443.388 units (-3.1%) and ATV for the first time in this decade below the 200k, at 197,220 units, down 4.9%. The motorcycles sector (which includes motorbikes and scooters) is at the lowest level in decades, confirming the lost of attractiveness of the sector for young Americans.

>In these years, Harley Davidson has declined from 160,400 sales reported in the 2012 to 125,955 in the 2019 (-5.2%), losing 22.1% of volume between 2016 and 2019.

>In 2019, the top seven brands have lost volumes, not only the leader. So Honda was down 1.5%, Yamaha 3.5%, Polaris 5.9%, Kawasaki 6.6%, Suzuki 4.9%, Can-Am 1.2%.

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>New motorcycle sales figures in the United States peaked in 2006 over 1.1 million units (including ATVs) and took a huge hit with 2008’s financial crisis, which saw them plummet to less than half that figure. As the stock markets have recovered, bike sales have recovered marginally during the 2010-2012 and then stayed absolutely stagnant. Worse still, it seems that the sector is being propped up by an aging demographic, with precious few youngsters entering the mix...

>In US, the ATV segment has always been very relevant and the country is the home base for the top global player like Polaris, BRC (Can-Am) and Arctic Cat. These three, together with Honda and Yamaha represent 90% of global and national sales. The ATV market in the last years declined from 230,000 units in the 2012 to a 2019 projection of 203.000.

>Looking only at the motorcycles segment, in 2003 only about one-quarter of U.S. motorcycle riders were 50 or older. By 2014, it was close to half. The market has been cruising on a demographic that may only be able to buy one more bike, and the trend is not changing.

Money.

Buddy, we broke. The used bike market prices are way up now thanks to us only being able to afford used stuff.

Take the bike pill. Extra points if you capitalize on delivery apps.

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I don't want to end up a bloody smear on the highway, user. Have you seen how middle class white ladies drive their white Lexuses?

I see a lot of based honda groms in my area

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Riding a motorcycle is the dumbest shit on earth. I see a lot of military idiots getting them if they didn’t spend their money on a down payment for a Camero.

Useless, a dangerous vehicle with no trunk space which you can only ride in the summer when it's not raining. But it looks cool derp.

I paid $900 for my year 2000 truck. I can't afford that.

Oh yeah I forgot to mention the pricey insurance.

Same reason people aren't smoking cigarettes anymore

Being dangerous without purpose is cool on Tik Tok but not in real life

Motorcycles are dangerous as fuck. At least where I live the VAST majority of cars on the road are piloted by shitskins and women.

Bikes will see a resurgence when most cars are automated and self driving

Motorcycles themselves are safe to ride if you aren't a dumbfuck squid, but all of the fucking retarded cagers out there make the risk go through the roof. It doesn't help that they're expensive to insure and get stolen all the time.

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My uncle died on one. But I fuck with dirt bikes.

Because unless you're buying a top-of-the line Ducati, there's no point in getting a new bike. Technology just hasn't jumped that much in the past 10-15 years. A 2019 CBR600 doesn't have much over an '07. The biggest improvements have been in intro-level bikes like Ninja 300s which I think are selling well, Honda and Yamaha even jumped in that market.

Also, millennials are faggots that don't go outside or want to die going fast.

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ITT: cagies

Best purchase I ever made was a Honda Rebel 250, it ended all that doomer shit and made me adventurous. 65-80 mpg and you look cool as shit in all your gear.

>B-but muh insurance!
I pay $60/year faggot

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i dont know how much they cost in the usa, but here in europe they cost a fortune, young people are forever in education now, so no money for that at hand.

they NEED to support there local sex workers from the internet:
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I'd get one as an offroad vehicle if I had the land.

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We can barely afford a shitty daily driver.
Motorcycles are another whole expense all together.

cool

I did. 2019 Harley Road King.

also google "motorcycle crash gore"

It's a useless mode of transportation.

That's a fun little machine there.
Stay safe.

>get autistic about motorcycles
>decide to buy a small jap bike with tax return
>apocalypse happens
I guess I'll be cagie forever

>Expensive
>More dangerous and no more badass than a good truck or vehicle
>REEEEEs on gravel
>Only riders anymore are boomers and older xoomers
>Can’t ride on it comfortably if the weather is shit
There's no fucking reason to own or ride a motorcycle.

>that boomer who buy a Harley

>buy motorcycle
>try to drive down the road
>aging boomer who refuses to stop driving crosses a double yellow and hits you head on
>die
No thanks.

who here cyclistchad?

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Plummeting testosterone levels.

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Hell yeah, twin cylinder master race! My first was a '86 Kawasaki 454 inline twin, current bike is a '12 Kawasaki Vulcan 900. Stay safe out there, brother.

You are retarded and this thread is utter garbage.

probably because they're death traps

nobody has spare money lying around for expensive toys

motorbikes aren't comfy

I'm a Millennial and I've owned 5 motorcycles and 1 scooter. STFU grandpa

Bicycles are for faggot onions boy pussies who are too scared of a motor between their legs.

Lol if you call that driving. Point well recieved.

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You're just a onions bitch. Ive done road trips on motorcycles that were hundreds of miles. Suck it up!

I started with a shitty 98 dodge 1500 2wd and a couple trades later I have a miled out 03 gsxr 1000.
Trying to sell eventually so I can put my dad's 74 BSA 650 lightning back together, I have a completely rebuilt engine, trans and some chopper forks but literally nothing else.

They're expensive in both price and insurance costs when most young people are either making shit money or have just completely checked out of society. There's also now disgusting amounts of people on the road and a good amount of those are retarded roasties and/or shitskins that have 0 qualms turning you into tomato paste. Decrease the population of the country and actually let younger people participate in the country and you'll see a resurgence.

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D&C nigger ape.

Motorchads and Pedalchads stand united against degenerate cager swine.

>motorcycle
It's literally a death wish. I don't know a single person who has owned a motorcycle without their "crash story". There's better things to do now.

Not to mention they're prohibitively expensive. New ones are a minimum of 10k.

>ATV
You need land to use it as most public places flat out ban them now. Can't ride them on roads now, now you need a truck and a trailer to tow them.

Yeah just like bike thru sort of melting but sort of not watery snow silt bro.

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This.
It's why I ride a dirt bike. I'm skilled enough to not kill myself. But any more I have to think about hippies putting death traps on remote trails, or Juan and Pablo drunk drifting their 93 Cherokee on a blind turn.

NEET on the street, Jack in the sack.

>my personal exception totally disproves your general statistical trend
why are people like this

It is exhausting.
Would rather sleep or do whatever inside an autonomous egg.

New Car sales are down too.

It’s not a bike thing, it’s an economic thing.

>you look cool as shit in all your gear

Ok boomer

Because men under 30 are women. It's not about money, it's about having no urge to be free. You were all born in the cage.

You don't ride a motorcycle on highway, its boring as fuck. Curvy roads are the way.
As for why aren't zoomers buying them (atleast in America, here a lot of kids make first driving licence in 15 or 16 and ride to school) I would bet at boomer parenting. They raised kids in sterile enviroment, away from any danger. No playing outside, no tree climbing, no river swimming, they just lock their kids in home because its "safe".
So of course people raised like this will be scared of motorcycles.

well the bus used to be the safest
but with an increasing awareness and concern regarding microbes now i dont want to take the bus anymore. motorcycles are fine for badasses, but i am not a badass. i dont trust autonomous because the deep state will deny you travel if your social credit score is too low or some such dystopic shit. cars are expensive and the insurance is too high and im scared to drive anyways. bicycles are too slow but anything faster is too fast. i want to go places but all the transportation options suck and there is no alternative i can imagine that wouldnt suck.

it used to be
kids bike > bmx > mountain bike > moto bike
then the trend went a bit soi
scooters > e-scooters or e-bikes

>just consoom your way to freedom this next taxable legistlated gadget with mandatory insurance will set you free*!
>*unless you happen to run into a police who have free reign over you on state owned roads

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How dare you put pedalcucks on the same tier as bikers? Fuck you. Anybody above the age of 17 on a bicycle is a little broke bitch, or a onions cuck.

buddy i live near downtown its faster to get around by bicycle then sit in traffic. the maintenance and expense of a vehicle when i can just pedal a bicycle for 20 minutes and get some exercise lol why bother with a car most of the time. i don't give the slightest fuck about image or whether it looks cool or not, its the most affordable and practical option most of the time.

Can't afford it nigger.

Motorcycles are fucking based but I'm too much of a pussy to buy one. I'm sure other millennials and zoomers are the same way, though a few of my mates did have motorcycles

exactly
motorcycles are based
but i am not

friend of mine fell off his motorcycle and it ripped the skin off his leg. all that skin just gone. no thanks

> A FUCKING LEAF, fuck off shitskin licked.

But I understand that if you are citycuck you don't have much of a choice then ride on highway, it might takes hours to get outside of city.
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>my bike gave me a personality
yikes

because they're fucking weak. you should just see them at a dirt jump park.

>inherently more dangerous than a car/truck/etc.
>little to no cargo capacity
>little to no passenger capacity
>no protection from elements
>no climate control
>no self driving
>motor clubs are just a bunch of boomers

Shit I just remembered one of my old school mates fucking died in a motorcycle crash last year