JAKARTA (Yosefardi) – National motorcycles sales grew by 13% to 717,272 units in October 2013, compared to 634,575 units in October 2012.

Compared to September 2013, national motorcycles sales increased 5.7%. In September, motorcycles sales totaled 678,139 units.

For January-October period, national motorcycles sales totaled 6.53 million units, grew by 8.3%. Honda led the national sales with 439,935 units, followed by Yamaha (231,852), Suzuki (28,594), Kawasaki (15,348), and TVS (1,534)..

For January-October period, Honda sales reached 3.93 million, Yamaha 2.1 million, Suzuki 346,966, Kawasaki 120,241, and TVS 17,349.

The Indonesian Motorcycle Industry Association (AISI) predicts motorcycles sales can reach 7 million to 7.5 million units by end of this year.