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Chunlan Starway motorcycles: how many are still registered?

86still registered

Chunlan Starway motorcycles still registered with DVLA (licensed or SORN), across 10 recorded variants.

Most recorded on UK roads at once: 560 (2003 Q4) - 15.3% of that peak survives.

Disappearing at about 1.9% a year (the 2020–2025 trend). If that rate continued: around 76 in 2030.

79 of the survivors (91.8%) are declared off-road (SORN) rather than taxed.

15.3% survives 2003 Q4 peak: 560

Declared off-road (SORN)79 · 91.8%
Disappearing per year1.9%
Projected 2030~76

By year

All 86 surviving Chunlan Starway motorcycles, by the year each was built - not how many were on the road at the time. Across every year, 11 of these cars have gone since 2014, leaving 88.6% 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 built2000 → 2006
40200
2000200120022003200420052006
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On the road over time

Total Chunlan Starway motorcycles registered (licensed or SORN) at the end of each year.

560
2002log scale2026: 82
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Engine size and fuel

What is on the road now: the surviving Chunlan Starway 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

Up to 50cc57 motorcycles · 66.2%
51cc to 125cc27 motorcycles · 31.3%
201cc to 300cc2 motorcycles · 2.3%

Fuel

Petrol86 · 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.