Motorcycle Survey & Sales News – November 2010

Motorcycle Apparel Survey
Racer X
November 2010

Motorcycle apparel purchasing information sources
Internet 37.5%
Magazines 22.0%
Catalogs 10.7%
Dealership displays 5.8%
Online product reviews/features 5.8%
Friends 4.1%
Online ads 2.2%
Pro racers at the track 1.7%
Flyers/Coupons 0.3%
Television 0.2%
Other 8.4%
Apparel items planned to purchase in the next 12 months
Jersey 64.6%
Pants 63.3%
Gloves 60.1%
Goggles 55.6%
Helmet 52.9%
Boots 46.9%
Socks 39.2%
Neck protector 34.1%
Chest protector 31.9%
Knee brace 25.5%
Body armor 14.0%
Kidney belt 7.9%
Enduro jacket 3.6%
Other 6.9%
Not planning to purchase any apparel items 12.0%
Helmet ownership by brand
Shoei 28.8%
Fox 22.5%
HJC 22.4%
Bell 19.5%
Troy Lee Designs 15.8%
Arai 15.5%
Thor 14.4%
One Industries 13.4%
Fly 9.0%
SixSixOne 7.6%
O’Neal 6.2%
MSR 4.6%
Answer 4.1%
KBC 3.8%
M2R 3.8%
No Fear 2.9%
AXO 1.7%
Scorpion 1.6%
Shift 1.6%
AFX 1.6%
EVS 1.4%
GMax 1.3%
AGV 1.2%
Xtreme 1.2%
THH 1.0%
Scott USA 1.0%
Shark 1.0%
Other 6.5%
None 0.6%
Boot Ownership by brand
Alpinestars 62.7%
Gaerne 20.4%
Fox 18.0%
Thor 8.2%
Sidi 7.6%
O’Neal 4.5%
SixSixOne 3.8%
AXO 3.7%
MSR 2.9%
Fly 2.7%
Berik 2.6%
Answer 2.4%
TCX 2.2%
Shift 1.0%
Other 3.8%
None 1.8%
Riding pant by brand owned
Fox 42.5%
Thor 34.3%
MSR 17.8%
Answer 16.9%
Fly 14.3%
No Fear 14.3%
Troy Lee Designs 14.3%
Shift 10.8%
O’Neal 10.0%
One Industries 6.7%
Moose 5.7%
AXO 5.0%
Alloy 3.6%
Other 3.1%
Klim 1.2%
Acerbis 1.0%
Other 1.5%
None 1.5%
Goggle brands owned
Scott 51.1%
Oakley 40.3%
Spy 26.4%
Smith 18.9%
Dragon 7.8%
Fox 7.7%
Thor 4.6%
Utopia 3.7%
Pro Grip 3.6%
X Brand 3.0%
VonZipper 2.0%
Fly 1.8%
Blur 1.7%
MSR 1.0%
Steel MX 1.0%
Other 2.7%
None 1.2%
Chest protector  brands owned
Fox 32.0%
Thor 30.1%
EVS 11.7%
SixSixOne 10.3%
HRP 7.6%
Troy Lee Designs 6.4%
MSR 5.2%
No Fear 4.7%
Fly 3.6%
O’Neal 3.6%
Answer 3.5%
Shift 3.1%
Acerbis 2.2%
AXO 2.2%
Moose 1.8%
Other 4.5%
None 15.4%
Neck brace brand owned
Leatt 78.4%
EVS 10.6%
Alpinestars 9.7%
Omega 0.6%
Other 1.1%
None 43.5%
Knee braces owned
Asterisk 26.5%
EVS 26.4%
Cti/Ossur 17.8%
Thor 11.0%
Fox/POD 7.5%
Other 11.2%
None 41.1%
Sunglass brands worn
Oakley 50.6%
Spy 20.1%
Ray Ban 7.5%
Smith 7.5%
Dragon 5.1%
VonZipper 4.8%
Arnette 4.6%
Scott 4.5%
Fox 4.3%
Utopia 1.5%
Other 32.7%
None 3.0%