Japanese Motorcycle Bike Production Shrank More Than Half in 2009

Japan's motorcycle production had shrank from 3 million units in 1993 to about 0.6 million this year of 2009. Almost 5 times! in 15 years! This may result from the financial crisis and the aging population in Japan.

The following chart provided by JAMA (Japanese Motorcycle Association) applies up to 2008 (1.2 million units).

Therefore, only considering the year of 2009, it has dropped from 1.2 million units into 0.6 million units. Almost, half of the motorcycle production was cut in 1 year.