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Triumph Adventurer motorcycles: how many are still registered?

266still registered

Triumph Adventurer motorcycles still registered with DVLA (licensed or SORN), across 1 recorded variant.

Most recorded on UK roads at once: 269 (2019 Q3) - 98.8% of that peak survives.

Disappearing at about 0.6% a year (the 2020–2025 trend). If that rate continued: around 256 in 2030.

165 of the survivors (62.0%) are declared off-road (SORN) rather than taxed.

98.8% survives 2019 Q3 peak: 269

Declared off-road (SORN)165 · 62.0%
Disappearing per year0.6%
Projected 2030~256

Derivatives

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

Triumph Adventurer cars1still reg.

By year

All 266 surviving Triumph Adventurer motorcycles, by the year each was built - not how many were on the road at the time.

Year built1972 → 2003
60300
19722003
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On the road over time

Total Triumph Adventurer motorcycles registered (licensed or SORN) at the end of each year.

269
19972026: 264
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Engine size and fuel

What is on the road now: the surviving Triumph Adventurer 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

401cc to 500cc9 motorcycles · 3.3%
501cc to 600cc10 motorcycles · 3.7%
801cc to 900cc240 motorcycles · 90.2%
901cc to 1000cc5 motorcycles · 1.8%
Other sizes (2)2 motorcycles · 0.7%

Fuel

Petrol266 · 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.