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Yamaha R6 motorcycles: how many are still registered?

5,763still registered

Yamaha R6 motorcycles still registered with DVLA (licensed or SORN), across 1 recorded variant.

Most recorded on UK roads at once: 9,190 (2004 Q4) - 62.7% of that peak survives.

Disappearing at about 1.9% a year (the 2020–2025 trend). If that rate continued: around 5,233 in 2030.

4,099 of the survivors (71.1%) are declared off-road (SORN) rather than taxed.

62.7% survives 2004 Q4 peak: 9,190

Declared off-road (SORN)4,099 · 71.1%
Disappearing per year1.9%
Projected 2030~5,233

By year

All 5,763 surviving Yamaha R6 motorcycles, by the year each was built - not how many were on the road at the time. Across every year, 955 of these cars have gone since 2014, leaving 85.7% 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 built1999 → 2008
2,0001,0000
1999200020012002200320042005200620072008
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On the road over time

Total Yamaha R6 motorcycles registered (licensed or SORN) at the end of each year.

9,190
1998log scale2026: 5,693
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Engine size and fuel

What is on the road now: the surviving Yamaha R6 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

501cc to 600cc5,664 motorcycles · 98.2%
601cc to 700cc93 motorcycles · 1.6%
Other sizes (3)6 motorcycles · 0.1%

Fuel

Petrol5,760 · 99.9%
Diesel3 · 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.