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Honda SH50 motorcycles: how many are still registered?

759still registered

Honda SH50 motorcycles still registered with DVLA (licensed or SORN), across 2 recorded variants.

Most recorded on UK roads at once: 4,239 (2000 Q4) - 17.9% of that peak survives.

Disappearing at about 1.8% a year (the 2020–2025 trend). If that rate continued: around 691 in 2030.

658 of the survivors (86.6%) are declared off-road (SORN) rather than taxed.

17.9% survives 2000 Q4 peak: 4,239

Declared off-road (SORN)658 · 86.6%
Disappearing per year1.8%
Projected 2030~691

Derivatives

DVLA also registers other body types under the Honda SH50 nameplate. Each is counted on its own page, so every figure on this one is motorcycles only.

Honda SH50 cars2still reg.

By year

All 759 surviving Honda SH50 motorcycles, by the year each was built - not how many were on the road at the time. Across every year, 119 of these cars have gone since 2014, leaving 86.4% 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 built1987 → 2003
150750
19872003
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On the road over time

Total Honda SH50 motorcycles registered (licensed or SORN) at the end of each year.

4,239
1994log scale2026: 747
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Engine size and fuel

What is on the road now: the surviving Honda SH50 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 50cc758 motorcycles · 99.8%
51cc to 125cc1 motorcycles · 0.1%

Fuel

Petrol758 · 99.8%
Gas1 · 0.1%

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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.