Description of Industries and Summary of Findings

INDUSTRY 3751, MOTORCYCLES, BICYCLES, AND PARTS

This industry is made up of establishments primarily engaged in
manufacturing motorcycles, bicycles, and similar equipment, and parts.
Establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing children's vehicles,
except bicycles, are classified in industry 3944. Establishments primarily
engaged in manufacturing golf carts and other similar personnel carriers
are classified in industry 3799.

The 1992 definition of this industry is the same as that used in the 1987
Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) system. The SIC number and title
also are the same.

In the 1992 Census of Manufactures, Industry 3751, Motorcycles, Bicycles,
and Parts, had employment of 11.7 thousand. The employment figure was 58
percent above the 7.4 thousand reported in 1987. Compared with 1991,
employment increased 8 percent. The 1991 data are based on the Census
Bureau's annual survey of manufactures (ASM), which is a sample survey
conducted each year between censuses.

The leading States in employment in 1992 were California, Ohio,
Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. This represents a shift from 1987 when
California, Connecticut, Ohio, and Pennsylvania were the leading States.

The total value of shipments for establishments classified in this industry
was $1.9 billion.

Establishments in virtually all industries ship secondary products as well
as products primary to the industry in which they are classified and have
some miscellaneous receipts, such as resales and contract receipts.
Industry 3751 shipped $1.6 billion of motorcycles, bicycles, and parts
considered primary to the industry, $107.4 million of secondary products,
and had $190.6 million of miscellaneous receipts, resales, and contract
work. Thus, the ratio of primary products to the total of both secondary
and primary products shipped by establishments in this industry was 94
percent (specialization ratio). In 1987, the specialization ratio also was
94 percent.

Establishments in this industry also accounted for 78 percent of products
considered primary to the industry no matter where they were actually
produced (coverage ratio). In 1987, the coverage ratio was 82 percent.

The products primary to industry 3751, no matter in what industry they were
produced, appear in file MC92F6A and aggregate to $2.0 billion. For further
explanation of specialization and coverage ratios, see file MC92F5B and the
appendixes.

The total cost of materials, services, and fuels and energy used by
establishments classified in the motorcycles, bicycles, and parts industry
amounted to $1.1 million. Data on specific materials consumed appear in
file MC92F7.

Single-establishment companies in this industry with less than 5 employees
were excluded from the mail portion of the census. The data for these
establishments (and a small number of larger establishments whose reports
were not received at the time the data were tabulated) were obtained from
administrative records of other agencies or developed from industry
averages. These establishments accounted for 6 percent of the total value
of shipments.