In the last few years, car owners have already started keeping a 70–150cc bike in their houses and bungalows. A further rise in petrol price may push more car owners to keep a new or a slightly older model to save the cost of running on higher engine capacity cars and sports utility vehicles.

In this situation, the demand for 70cc bikes may further go up. The prices of second hand bikes are already high due to higher prices of new bikes. After fresh petrol price shocks — the demand for used bikes may further crawl up.

Demand for two wheelers has always remained upbeat in difficult times, especially when car prices go up. Prospects of good bike sales still exist in the upcoming months in view of a massive rise in imports of parts and accessories by bike assemblers despite claims of record high localisation. Import of complete and semi knocked down (CKD) kits by the two-wheeler assemblers has swelled by 74 per cent to $43m in 7MFY26 from $25m in the same period last fiscal.

Consumers feel that motorcycles are still a better option in reaching their destinations amid deteriorating road infrastructure and dearth of public and private transport especially in Karachi.

Atlas Honda Limited (AHL), the manufacturer of Japan’s Honda bikes, has continued to break new sales records since September 2025 amid the exit of Japan’s Yamaha motorcycle last year.

Despite high prices, AHL sold a record 157,059 units in January 2026. The bike giant’s total sales in 7MFY26 surged to 945,801 units from 703,226 units in the same period last fiscal year. Sales of other assemblers like Japan’s Suzuki and Chinese bike maker, United Motorcycle, stood at 20,282 and 101,703 units as compared to 13,910 and 80,370 in the above period.

Source: Dawn