JAKARTA: Indonesia's motorbike sales rebounded in August after a sharp fall on an annual basis the previous month, industry data showed on Thursday.

Sales in August were up 24.6 percent from a year earlier. In July, they fell 23.9 percent from one year earlier.

There were 609,198 motorbikes sold in Southeast Asia's biggest economy in August, or 14 percent more than the previous month, according to the Indonesian Motorbike Industry Association (AISI).