Last year, motorbike sales at Griffith Motorcycle Centre (GMC) went up 50 per cent, and J&P Motorcycles had one of their "biggest years ever".

J&P Motorcycles director Viki Dalla attributed the boom to COVID-19.

"People can't travel, so instead of using their income on a holiday, they're looking for ways they can get outside and have fun with the kids," she said.

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GMC manager Tony Harris echoed this sentiment.

"People have had more time to sit around at home and think about what they'd like to do for recreation," he said. "

"Maybe they're thinking 'oh well I've always wanted to do this and I've got the cash since I'm not spending the money on travel, so maybe I can buy myself a motorbike'."

While the pandemic is thought to have driven the high demand, it wasn't all good news for the dealers.

Almost all motorcycles in the country have to be imported from overseas, and with COVID-19 impacting the number of bikes being made and sent to Australia, Griffith dealerships faced major issues gathering enough supply to sell to keen local motorists.

Mr Harris said supply was "the biggest trouble" they had last year, but everything was now getting back to normal.

The bikes most often seen flying off the racks at GMC last year were commuter motorcycles for getting around town and adventure bikes for long-distance travel.

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At J&P Motorcycles, a lot of the attention was in mini-bikes, smaller vehicles designed to be used by children.

Mrs Dalla said she was excited to see the "huge demand" in the mini bikes, with plenty of local parents seeing them as the perfect gift for their children.

"Riding the mini-bikes is just a great thing that they can do," she said. "They're out with their friends, they're out with their dads."

According to Mrs Dalla, the new generation of young riders which came out of the pandemic has ensured Griffith's motorcycle scene will be "really healthy" in the future.