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Buell Firebolt XB9R motorcycles: how many are still registered?

219still registered

Buell Firebolt XB9R motorcycles still registered with DVLA (licensed or SORN), across 1 recorded variant.

Most recorded on UK roads at once: 374 (2004 Q4) - 58.5% of that peak survives.

Disappearing at about 0.9% a year (the 2020–2025 trend). If that rate continued: around 209 in 2030.

163 of the survivors (74.4%) are declared off-road (SORN) rather than taxed.

58.5% survives 2004 Q4 peak: 374

Declared off-road (SORN)163 · 74.4%
Disappearing per year0.9%
Projected 2030~209

By year

All 219 surviving Buell Firebolt XB9R motorcycles, by the year each was built - not how many were on the road at the time. Across every year, 10 of these cars have gone since 2014, leaving 95.6% 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 built2002 → 2006
100500
20022003200420052006
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On the road over time

Total Buell Firebolt XB9R motorcycles registered (licensed or SORN) at the end of each year.

374
20022026: 223
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Engine size and fuel

What is on the road now: the surviving Buell Firebolt XB9R 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

901cc to 1000cc216 motorcycles · 98.6%
Other sizes (3)3 motorcycles · 1.3%

Fuel

Petrol219 · 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.