The European Association of Motorcycle Manufacturers (ACEM), a “trade association that represents manufacturers of powered-two and three-wheelers, as well as quadricycles (L-category vehicles) in Europe,” released motorcycle sales figures for Q1, and they are positive.

According to the ACEM, sales during the first three months of 2018 have reached 203,853 units, an increase of 4.7 percent compared to the same period of 2017. Italy remains the largest European market, with 46,126 units (+1.4%), followed by France, Germany, Spain, and the U.K.

Also of note, combined registrations of electric mopeds, motorcycles, and quadricycles reached 8,281 units during the first three months of 2018. Per the report, it’s an increase of 51.2 percent compared to 2017. The largest markets in terms of volume were France (2,150 electric vehicles), the Netherlands (1,703 units), Belgium (1,472 units), Spain (1,258 units), and Italy (592 units).

More from the report:

"A total of 1,726 electric motorcycles were registered in the EU between January and March 2018 (+118.5% on a year-on-year basis). The largest European markets for electric motorcycles were: France (732 units, +228%), Spain (311 units, +161%) Netherlands (202 units, +304%), and Germany (173 vehicles, -10.4%)."

COUNTRY	Motorcycles + mopeds Jan-Mar 2017	Motorcycles + mopeds Jan-Mar 2018	% change	Motorcycles - Jan-Mar 2017	Motorcycles - Jan-Mar 2018	% change	Mopeds - Jan-Mar 2017	Mopeds - Jan-Mar 2018	% change
France	51,164	47,081	-8.0	33,884	36,979	9.1	17,280	10,102	-41.5
Netherlands	17,330	12,345	-28.8	3,647	3,489	-4.3	13,683	8,856	-35.3
Italy	50,293	49,993	-0.6	45,495	46,126	1.4	4,798	3,867	-19.4
Belgium	8,635	9,462	9.6	5,624	6,004	6.8	3,011	3,458	14.8
Spain	28,851	32,170	11.5	24,898	29,063	16.7	3,953	3,107	-21.4
Austria	7,663	5,635	-26.5	4,846	3,929	-18.9	2,817	1,706	-39.4
Poland	6,633	3,738	-43.6	2,937	2,095	-28.7	3,696	1,643	-55.5
UK	23,313	24,609	5.6	21,874	23,485	7.4	1,439	1,124	-21.9
Denmark	2,202	1,336	-39.3	715	502	-29.8	1,487	834	-43.9
Germany	42,525	36,788	-13.5	35,401	36,058	1.9	7,124	730	-89.8
Slovenia	1,251	892	-28.7	498	334	-32.9	753	558	-25.9
Portugal	4,471	5,149	15.2	4,011	4,674	16.5	460	475	3.3
Finland	1,089	556	-48.9	466	340	-27.0	623	216	-65.3
Croatia	473	250	-47.1	315	146	-53.7	158	104	-34.2
Latvia	275	195	-29.1	126	92	-27.0	149	103	-30.9
Czech Republic	2,497	2,009	-19.5	2,316	1,915	-17.3	181	94	-48.1
Estonia	153	118	-22.9	103	83	-19.4	50	35	-30.0
Lithuania	144	87	-39.6	65	60	-7.7	79	27	-65.8
Luxembourg	548	401	-26.8	341	378	10.9	207	23	-88.9
Slovakia	749	627	-16.3	729	620	-15.0	20	7	-65.0
Romania	196	185	-5.6	127	183	44.1	69	2	-97.1
TOTAL	256,692	240,924	-6.1	194,655	203,853	4.7	62,037	37,071	-40.2

Figures via ACEM.