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BMW K Series motorcycles: how many are still registered?

14,201still registered

BMW K Series motorcycles still registered with DVLA (licensed or SORN), across 35 recorded variants.

One motorcycle drawn per 100 on the road - there are too many left to draw one each. Pick variants on the left to colour them in.

Derivatives

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

BMW K Series cars1still reg.

By year

All 14,201 surviving BMW K Series motorcycles, by the year each was built - not how many were on the road at the time. Across every year, 1,875 of these cars have gone since 2014, leaving 86.1% 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 built1986 → 2025
8004000
19862025
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Engine size and fuel

What is on the road now: the surviving BMW K Series 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

701cc to 800cc1,379 motorcycles · 9.7%
901cc to 1000cc898 motorcycles · 6.3%
1001cc to 1100cc2,598 motorcycles · 18.2%
1101cc to 1200cc3,170 motorcycles · 22.3%
1201cc to 1300cc2,866 motorcycles · 20.1%
1601cc to 1700cc3,283 motorcycles · 23.1%
Other sizes (5)7 motorcycles · under 0.1%

Fuel

Petrol14,193 · 99.9%
Diesel8 · under 0.1%

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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.