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Kawasaki BN motorcycles: how many are still registered?

795still registered

Kawasaki BN motorcycles still registered with DVLA (licensed or SORN), across 8 recorded variants.

Most recorded on UK roads at once: 1,138 (2007 Q4) - 69.8% of that peak survives.

Disappearing at about 2.1% a year (the 2020–2025 trend). If that rate continued: around 713 in 2030.

591 of the survivors (74.3%) are declared off-road (SORN) rather than taxed.

69.8% survives 2007 Q4 peak: 1,138

Declared off-road (SORN)591 · 74.3%
Disappearing per year2.1%
Projected 2030~713

By year

All 795 surviving Kawasaki BN motorcycles, by the year each was built - not how many were on the road at the time. Across every year, 143 of these cars have gone since 2014, leaving 84.7% 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 built1997 → 2008
2001000
199719981999200020012002200320042005200620072008
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On the road over time

Total Kawasaki BN motorcycles registered (licensed or SORN) at the end of each year.

1,138
1997log scale2026: 768
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Engine size and fuel

What is on the road now: the surviving Kawasaki BN 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

51cc to 125cc792 motorcycles · 99.6%
Other sizes (2)3 motorcycles · 0.3%

Fuel

Petrol795 · 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.