Just read an article in the BKK Post from July 4, essentially it says:
"The local motorcycle market is expected to pick up in the second half of this year, spurred by major manufacturers' promotion campaigns to revive sales after a sluggish first half of the year.
New bike registrations in the first half of 2009 were: 368,675 family models (50% of the total); 344,603 automatic transmission bikes (46%); 18,289 family/sports types (2%); 5,646 sports bikes (1%) and 6,011 other categories (1%)."
If cruisers and Enduros fall into "other categories", then together with sports bike sales the market share would be 2%. Hardly worth it, probably a future investment to get the foot in the big-bike door. Considering that some Kawasaki models are made here and sold at a relatively low price with a small margin, I can see the reasoning behind not offering more models. But there's hope since the market is supposed to pick up.
"The local motorcycle market is expected to pick up in the second half of this year, spurred by major manufacturers' promotion campaigns to revive sales after a sluggish first half of the year.
New bike registrations in the first half of 2009 were: 368,675 family models (50% of the total); 344,603 automatic transmission bikes (46%); 18,289 family/sports types (2%); 5,646 sports bikes (1%) and 6,011 other categories (1%)."
If cruisers and Enduros fall into "other categories", then together with sports bike sales the market share would be 2%. Hardly worth it, probably a future investment to get the foot in the big-bike door. Considering that some Kawasaki models are made here and sold at a relatively low price with a small margin, I can see the reasoning behind not offering more models. But there's hope since the market is supposed to pick up.