Hero Splendor sold 21,30,637 units in India between April and September 2026, growing 19.69% and extending its lead as the country’s best-selling motorcycle. The figure came from the H1 FY2027 domestic sales rankings, which show total motorcycle volumes reached 69,28,700 units, up 10.44% from 62,73,944 units a year earlier.

Splendor added 3,50,556 units year-on-year, the largest absolute gain of any motorcycle family on the chart. It alone accounted for 30.75% of domestic motorcycle sales. That single bike now sells more than the entire next tier of the market.

Shine 125 holds second, and the top two control nearly half the market

Honda Shine 125 and SP125 finished second with 9,65,571 units, up 11.09% from 8,69,190 units. Together, Splendor and Shine contributed 44.69% of all motorcycle volumes in the half. For most riders in the country, the answer to what sells is still a commuter bike with a low price and a long service history.

Shine stayed comfortably ahead of everything below it. The gap between second and third place was more than three lakh units.

Pulsar keeps third place, but the slide is real

Bajaj Pulsar held third position, but it did so while shrinking. Sales fell 6.86% to 6,33,015 units from 6,79,612 units. Pulsar was once a challenger for the top spot in this segment, and this half makes its decline harder to ignore.

Hero HF Deluxe fell harder. Volumes dropped 16.38% to 4,42,827 units, and the bike slid from the position it held last year. HF Deluxe still ranked fourth, but it lost ground to a rival that gained more than it lost.

TVS Apache takes fifth with a 22.90% jump

The biggest surprise in the top five belongs to TVS Apache. It grew 22.90% to 3,34,347 units, adding 62,299 units over the corresponding period last year. That gain pushed Apache into fifth place and completed the top five.

Apache’s rise matters because it came in a half where several established names lost volume. It is one of the clearest signs that buyers are willing to switch to sportier models when the price and value stack up.

Royal Enfield’s 350cc bikes drive the middle of the chart

Royal Enfield had a strong half in its core 350cc range. Classic 350 ranked sixth with 2,43,132 units, up 29.61%. Bullet 350 entered the top ten with 1,57,207 units, growing 34.58%. Hunter 350 followed in eleventh with 1,34,246 units, up 17.95%.

Combined, Classic, Bullet and Hunter moved 5,34,585 units. That volume underlines how much of Royal Enfield’s domestic business now depends on its 350cc models.

Honda Unicorn also had a standout run. It sold 2,28,721 units, up 32.05%, and placed seventh overall. TVS Raider posted a smaller gain of 1.27% to 2,08,209 units, keeping it in eighth place.

Bajaj Platina drops out of the top ten

Bajaj Platina was one of the sharpest decliners among the high-volume bikes. Sales fell 20.49% to 1,70,195 units from 2,14,064 units. Platina slipped to ninth place, down from the position it held a year earlier.

Glamour and the mid-size challengers post the fastest growth

Hero Glamour registered 1,22,108 units, a jump of 57.45%. Its growth was one of the strongest in the top 15. Hero Xtreme 125R grew 3.37% to 96,194 units, and TVS Radeon rose 21.42% to 86,805 units.

Among the newer and faster-rising names, TVS Ronin grew 81.04% to 61,829 units. Yamaha R15 increased 56.28% to 60,582 units, and MT-15 registered 55,206 units, up 6.16%. Yamaha XSR contributed 33,495 units with no volumes recorded in the same period last year.

Passion and Shine 100 both slipped. Passion fell 7.67% to 1,15,369 units, and Shine 100 dropped 6.42% to 1,02,833 units. Yamaha FZ held broadly steady at 78,124 units, a decline of 0.86%.

Larger motorcycles show mixed results

KTM’s 250 category grew 90.11% to 24,102 units, and the 160/200 category rose 18.31% to 16,964 units. The KTM 390 went the other way, falling 55.88% to 3,628 units.

Bajaj Dominar climbed 66.09% to 10,545 units. Avenger 220 rose to 9,919 units from 1,980 units. Suzuki-style growth stories were rare in this group, though, and Freedom sales fell 27.68% to 7,792 units.

Royal Enfield’s non-350cc models were mixed. Guerrilla 450 grew 45.61% to 10,073 units. Himalayan slipped 3.49% to 13,097 units, the 650 Twins fell 9.36% to 18,129 units, and Super Meteor volumes dropped 43.30% to 3,679 units.

Motorcycles still lead, but scooters are growing faster

Total domestic two-wheeler sales reached 1,20,86,812 units in H1 FY2027, up 17.63%. Motorcycles made up 57.32% of that total. Scooters accounted for 40.25%, and mopeds took 2.42%.

Scooters grew faster than motorcycles, rising 29.38% to 48,65,192 units. Mopeds increased 21.55% to 2,92,920 units. Motorcycles still hold the volume lead, but the gap is narrowing.

The motorcycle rankings show that growth was far from uniform. The leaders gained ground while several well-known bikes lost volume. That split is the real story of this half.

Splendor strengthened its lead, while Apache, Royal Enfield’s core 350cc models and several other offerings gained volumes.

Declines across Pulsar, HF Deluxe and Platina did slow the segment’s overall expansion. Without those drops, the growth figure would have been stronger. The top of the market is consolidating, and the bikes at the bottom of the top 10 are fighting harder for every unit.