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Honda C70C motorcycles: how many are still registered?

309still registered

Honda C70C motorcycles still registered with DVLA (licensed or SORN), across 1 recorded variant.

Most recorded on UK roads at once: 2,192 (1994 Q4) - 14.0% of that peak survives.

The decline has levelled off - survivor numbers have held steady over the last five years.

200 of the survivors (64.7%) are declared off-road (SORN) rather than taxed.

14.0% survives 1994 Q4 peak: 2,192

Declared off-road (SORN)200 · 64.7%

Derivatives

DVLA also registers other body types under the Honda C70C nameplate. Each is counted on its own page, so every figure on this one is motorcycles only.

Honda C70C cars1still reg.

By year

All 309 surviving Honda C70C motorcycles, by the year each was built - not how many were on the road at the time.

Year built1981 → 1988
150750
19811982198319841985198619871988
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On the road over time

Total Honda C70C motorcycles registered (licensed or SORN) at the end of each year.

2,192
19942026: 286
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Engine size and fuel

What is on the road now: the surviving Honda C70C 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 50cc3 motorcycles · 0.9%
51cc to 125cc304 motorcycles · 98.3%
Other sizes (2)2 motorcycles · 0.6%

Fuel

Petrol309 · 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.