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Kawasaki VN motorcycles: how many are still registered?

5,523still registered

Kawasaki VN motorcycles still registered with DVLA (licensed or SORN), across 113 recorded variants.

Most recorded on UK roads at once: 5,691 (2017 Q3) - 97.0% of that peak survives.

Disappearing at about 0.8% a year (the 2020–2025 trend). If that rate continued: around 5,303 in 2030.

2,470 of the survivors (44.7%) are declared off-road (SORN) rather than taxed.

97.0% survives 2017 Q3 peak: 5,691

Declared off-road (SORN)2,470 · 44.7%
Disappearing per year0.8%
Projected 2030~5,303

By year

All 5,523 surviving Kawasaki VN motorcycles, by the year each was built - not how many were on the road at the time. Across every year, 268 of these cars have gone since 2014, leaving 95.0% 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 built1986 → 2018
5002500
19862018
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On the road over time

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

5,666
1994log scale2026: 5,405
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Engine size and fuel

What is on the road now: the surviving Kawasaki VN 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

701cc to 800cc220 motorcycles · 3.9%
801cc to 900cc1,398 motorcycles · 25.3%
901cc to 1000cc2,000 motorcycles · 36.2%
1401cc to 1500cc1,030 motorcycles · 18.6%
1501cc to 1600cc383 motorcycles · 6.9%
1601cc to 1700cc83 motorcycles · 1.5%
1701cc to 1800cc245 motorcycles · 4.4%
2001cc to 2100cc122 motorcycles · 2.2%
Other sizes (6)42 motorcycles · 0.7%

Fuel

Petrol5,519 · 99.9%
Diesel4 · under 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.