Progressive helped invigorate motorcycle sales in Hawaii three years ago when it started writing policies for riders there.

The credit crunch is pushing up motorcycle sales - much to Erin Baker's delight.

Indeed, motorcycle sales have been declining in the country for two years.

While motorcycle sales and earnings have been rising, Holiday Rambler stumbled its way to a $500,000 loss in the first quarter.

In 1929, the stock market crash and the resulting Great Depression caused motorcycle sales to plummet.

As the 1950s progressed, motorcycle sales plummeted.

Honda's motorcycle sales rose 40 percent in the period.

One was the decline of motorcycle sales after the boom in the 1970s.

In 2000, motorcycle sales increased 27 percent over 1999, according to the Motorcycle Industry Council.

Earlier this month, the company announced a new set of targets for 2005 that include increasing global sales by a quarter and nearly doubling motorcycle sales.