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Harley-Davidson Sportster motorcycles: how many are still registered?
848still registered
Harley-Davidson Sportster motorcycles still registered with DVLA (licensed or SORN), across 5 recorded variants.
Most recorded on UK roads at once: 2,158 (2026 Q2) - 39.2% of that peak survives.
The decline has levelled off - survivor numbers have held steady over the last five years.
674 of the survivors (79.4%) are declared off-road (SORN) rather than taxed.
39.2% survives 2026 Q2 peak: 2,158
One motorcycle drawn per 10 on the road - there are too many left to draw one each. Pick variants on the left to colour them in.
By year
All 848 surviving Harley-Davidson Sportster motorcycles, by the year each was built - not how many were on the road at the time.
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 Harley-Davidson Sportster motorcycles registered (licensed or SORN) at the end of each year.
Engine size and fuel
What is on the road now: the surviving Harley-Davidson Sportster 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.