new delhi the year 2015 brought mixed news for the indian twowheeler industry while the scooter segment performed well on the sales chart motorcycles remained an area of concern for the industry last year total two wheeler sales stood at 16122322 units up 1 percent from 2014 according to icra a rating agency motorcycle sales remain impacted owing to stressed rural demand which was hit by sluggish wage rates untimely rains hurting crop realisations and limited increase in minimum support prices of crops in 2015 scooters witnessed yearonyear sales jump of 129 percent with sales of 4880117 units while motorcycle sales were down by 34 percent last year 10523909 units of motorcycles were sold last year as against 10896687 units in the year 2014 icra estimates that the domestic two wheeler industry will post a modest 24 percent volume growth during fiscal 2016 owing to moderate growth under scooters hero motocorps splendor remained the highest selling twowheeler in 2015 despite its sales falling 1 percent yearonyear it sold 24 89336 units last year as against 25 04264 during 2014 it was closely followed by honda activa which remained the best selling scooter it sold 24 09166 units in 2015 as compared to 20 85835 units in 2014 however by the end of the year activas sales too started falling as during novemberdecember 2015 yearonyear sales of activa declined 38 percent and stood at 357978 units the most exported twowheeler was bajaj autos 100cc motorcycle boxer the motorcycle was discontinued from indian market and was replaced by ct 100 last year bajaj exported 745245 units of boxer in 2014 794137 units of bajaj boxer were exported the indian arm of japanese two wheeler manufacturer honda acquired the second slot after witnessing a sales jump of 34 percent the company had sold 4314558 units in 2015 as against 4172717 units during 2014 in august honda twowheelers recalled 13700 units of its cbr 150r and cbr 250r motorcycles for starter relay switch problems the competition between the top players in twowheeler segment is evident from the fact that during april to june period honda 2wheelers outsold its rival hero motocorp in eight states and one union territory honda outshone hero motocorp in maharashtra karnataka gujarat kerala punjab delhi himachal pradesh goa and the union territory of chandigarh the competition between hero and honda intensified last year with both the companies vying for highest volume growth honda launched a total of 16 products for the indian market last year during the period of apriloctober honda strengthened its market share to 26 percent in the two wheeler segment while honda launched a slew of models to counter heros dominance in motorcycle segment the latter launched duet and maestro edge to gain market share in scooters if you talk about their hero motocorp launches they have happened only in two months our flexibility in production came in 2014 between september october these decisions regarding investments new machinery import and changing the line has borne positive