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Buell XB12SS Lightning motorcycles: how many are still registered?
94still registered
Buell XB12SS Lightning motorcycles still registered with DVLA (licensed or SORN), across 1 recorded variant.
Most recorded on UK roads at once: 220 (2009 Q1) - 42.7% of that peak survives.
55 of the survivors (58.5%) are declared off-road (SORN) rather than taxed.
42.7% survives 2009 Q1 peak: 220
Every motorcycle drawn here is one still on the register. Pick variants on the left to colour them in.
By year
All 94 surviving Buell XB12SS Lightning motorcycles, by the year each was built - not how many were on the road at the time. Across every year, 3 of these cars have gone since 2014, leaving 96.9% 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.
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.
On the road over time
Total Buell XB12SS Lightning motorcycles registered (licensed or SORN) at the end of each year.
Engine size and fuel
What is on the road now: the surviving Buell XB12SS Lightning 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
Fuel
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Check a reg freeSource: 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.