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SYM Shark motorcycles: how many are still registered?

195still registered

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

Most recorded on UK roads at once: 792 (2002 Q4) - 24.6% of that peak survives.

Disappearing at about 2.8% a year (the 2020–2025 trend). If that rate continued: around 167 in 2030.

172 of the survivors (88.2%) are declared off-road (SORN) rather than taxed.

24.6% survives 2002 Q4 peak: 792

Declared off-road (SORN)172 · 88.2%
Disappearing per year2.8%
Projected 2030~167

By year

All 195 surviving SYM Shark 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 62.1% 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 built1999 → 2005
80400
1999200020012002200320042005
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On the road over time

Total SYM Shark motorcycles registered (licensed or SORN) at the end of each year.

792
19992026: 187
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Engine size and fuel

What is on the road now: the surviving SYM Shark 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 50cc53 motorcycles · 27.1%
51cc to 125cc142 motorcycles · 72.8%

Fuel

Petrol195 · 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.