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Informist, Thursday, Oct. 1, 2026

 

--Eicher Motors Sept total motorcycle sales 133,958 units, up 8% on year
--Eicher Motors Sept motorcycle exports 12,632 units, up 17% on year
--Eicher Motors Apr-Sept total motorcycle sales 709,096 units, up 20% on yr
--Eicher Motors Apr-Sept motorcycle exports 67,075 units, down 5% on yr

 

NEW DELHI – Eicher Motors Ltd.'s Royal Enfield motorcycles recorded its highest ever monthly total sales of 133,958 units in September, up 8% year-on-year from 124,328 units in the year-ago period. Domestic sales of motorcycles rose 7% on year to 121,326 in the reported month. Exports were at 12,632 in September, up 17% on year from 10,755, the company said in its monthly business update submitted to bourses Thursday.

 

For the first half of the financial year 2026-27 (Apr-Sep), total sales rose 20% on year to 709,096 units. Of this, the domestic sales increased 23% on year to 642,021 units and international sales declined 5% on year to 67,075 units.

 

During September, sales of Royal Enfield bikes with engine capacity up to 350 cubic centimetres, which includes the Classic Bullet 350, Hunter 350, and Meteor 350, and electric bikes rose 13% on year to 121,495 units. Sales of bikes which have engine capacity larger than 350 cubic centimetres, however, fell 26% on year to 12,463 units. For Apr-Sept, sales of bikes with engine capacity up to 350 cubic centimetres were at 634,312 units, up 24% on year, while sales of motorcycles above 350 cubic centimetres fell 9% on year to 74,784 units.

 

"Building on our momentum this year, we achieved our highest-ever monthly dispatches in September 2026," B. Govindarajan, managing director at Eicher Motors and chief executive officer of Royal Enfield, said in a statement. "As we enter the festive period, we are continuing solid business performance supported by key product interventions."

 

The company's electric mobility brand, Flying Flea, has entered Europe and the UK, with the launch of its first electric motorcycle, Flying Flea C6. It will be available at the Flying Flea stores in Paris, Barcelona, Rome, Berlin and London, with deliveries set to begin on October, the company said. 

 

For the June quarter, Eicher Motors had reported a consolidated net profit of INR 14.63 billion on revenues of INR 66.32 billion. At 1151 IST, shares of the company were traded at INR 7,991 on the National Stock Exchange, down 2.2% from Wednesday.  End

 

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Reported by Devanshu Singla

Edited by Akul Nishant Akhoury

 

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