LOS ANGELES, CA (BRAIN)—Sales of motorcycles and scooters were down 4.6 percent in the first quarter compared with the same period earlier, according to the Irvine-based Motorcycle Industry Council trade association in an LA Times article.
With stable gas prices it looks as though people aren't clamoring for better fuel options like they were a couple years back. Street bikes and scooters were hardest hit, down 7 percent and 13.3 percent respectively.
"This year is going to be rough," said Dennis Johnson, editor in chief at Dealer News, a trade magazine in Irvine that covers the power sports industry, to the LA Times.
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