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Originally Posted by niky
It's faintly surprising to find that all motorbikes cost more there than here... typically, cars here cost more than in the USA. The K-Pipe costs some $500 or more less here.
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I wouldn't be surprised in the Philippines buys more motorcycles per year than the USA. Motorcycles are a small niche in the USA, only about 1% of the population rides motorcycles and we only buy about 500,000 motorcycles per year. About 1/4 of those of off-road and scooter sales are less than 75,000 per year.
So small bikes and scooter cost more here because they sell is very low volumes. Large bikes (greater than 600cc) are the bulk of sales in the USA and they tend to sell for less than the rest of the world.