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BSA Bantam motorcycles: how many are still registered?

290still registered

BSA Bantam motorcycles still registered with DVLA (licensed or SORN), across 1 recorded variant.

Most recorded on UK roads at once: 674 (2026 Q2) - 43.0% of that peak survives.

54 of the survivors (18.6%) are declared off-road (SORN) rather than taxed.

43.0% survives 2026 Q2 peak: 674

Declared off-road (SORN)54 · 18.6%

By year

Motorcycles joining a UK register each year, and how many of that year's arrivals are still registered now (the darker part of each bar). For an import this is the year it arrived, not the year it was built.

First registered2025 → 2026
4002000
20252026
Arrived that yearOf those, still registered
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On the road over time

Total BSA Bantam motorcycles registered (licensed or SORN) at the end of each year.

674
20252026: 674
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Engine size and fuel

What is on the road now: the surviving BSA Bantam 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 125cc3 motorcycles · 1.0%
151cc to 200cc14 motorcycles · 4.8%
301cc to 400cc273 motorcycles · 94.1%

Fuel

Petrol290 · 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.