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BMW C1 motorcycles: how many are still registered?

711still registered

BMW C1 motorcycles still registered with DVLA (licensed or SORN), across 2 recorded variants.

Most recorded on UK roads at once: 1,148 (2004 Q4) - 61.9% of that peak survives.

Disappearing at about 1.4% a year (the 2020–2025 trend). If that rate continued: around 661 in 2030.

578 of the survivors (81.2%) are declared off-road (SORN) rather than taxed.

61.9% survives 2004 Q4 peak: 1,148

Declared off-road (SORN)578 · 81.2%
Disappearing per year1.4%
Projected 2030~661

Derivatives

DVLA also registers other body types under the BMW C1 nameplate. Each is counted on its own page, so every figure on this one is motorcycles only.

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By year

All 711 surviving BMW C1 motorcycles, by the year each was built - not how many were on the road at the time. Across every year, 92 of these cars have gone since 2014, leaving 88.5% of the 2014 figure. That is the earliest real count of the same cars: DVLA publishes no production figures, so nothing here is a count of how many were built.

Year built2000 → 2005
4002000
200020012002200320042005
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On the road over time

Total BMW C1 motorcycles registered (licensed or SORN) at the end of each year.

1,148
20002026: 698
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Engine size and fuel

What is on the road now: the surviving BMW C1 motorcycles split by engine capacity and by fuel, as recorded 2025. Engine sizes are DVLA's own bands and cover only the cars it holds a capacity for.

Engine size

51cc to 125cc509 motorcycles · 71.5%
151cc to 200cc202 motorcycles · 28.4%

Fuel

Petrol711 · 100%

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Source: DVLA vehicle licensing statistics (DfT). Counts as of 2025, licensed and SORN vehicles both included. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Survivor counts are national registration figures, not a guarantee any particular car exists or is roadworthy - check a specific reg free.