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Honda GL1500SE motorcycles: how many are still registered?

320still registered

Honda GL1500SE motorcycles still registered with DVLA (licensed or SORN), across 2 recorded variants.

Most recorded on UK roads at once: 421 (2000 Q4) - 76.0% of that peak survives.

Disappearing at about 1.2% a year (the 2020–2025 trend). If that rate continued: around 300 in 2030.

178 of the survivors (55.6%) are declared off-road (SORN) rather than taxed.

76.0% survives 2000 Q4 peak: 421

Declared off-road (SORN)178 · 55.6%
Disappearing per year1.2%
Projected 2030~300

By year

All 320 surviving Honda GL1500SE motorcycles, by the year each was built - not how many were on the road at the time. Across every year, 43 of these cars have gone since 2014, leaving 88.1% 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 built1988 → 2002
150750
198819891990199119921993199419951996199719981999200020012002
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On the road over time

Total Honda GL1500SE motorcycles registered (licensed or SORN) at the end of each year.

421
1994log scale2026: 311
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Engine size and fuel

What is on the road now: the surviving Honda GL1500SE 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

1401cc to 1500cc1 motorcycles · 0.3%
1501cc to 1600cc319 motorcycles · 99.6%

Fuel

Petrol319 · 99.6%
Gas1 · 0.3%

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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.