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Yamaha XVS motorcycles: how many are still registered?

8,157still registered

Yamaha XVS motorcycles still registered with DVLA (licensed or SORN), across 15 recorded variants.

Most recorded on UK roads at once: 8,303 (2020 Q3) - 98.2% of that peak survives.

Disappearing at about 0.9% a year (the 2020–2025 trend). If that rate continued: around 7,794 in 2030.

4,030 of the survivors (49.4%) are declared off-road (SORN) rather than taxed.

98.2% survives 2020 Q3 peak: 8,303

Declared off-road (SORN)4,030 · 49.4%
Disappearing per year0.9%
Projected 2030~7,794

By year

All 8,157 surviving Yamaha XVS motorcycles, by the year each was built - not how many were on the road at the time. Across every year, 488 of these cars have gone since 2014, leaving 93.6% 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 → 2021
8004000
19972021
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On the road over time

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

8,248
1997log scale2026: 7,966
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Engine size and fuel

What is on the road now: the surviving Yamaha XVS 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 125cc962 motorcycles · 11.7%
201cc to 300cc163 motorcycles · 1.9%
601cc to 700cc2,971 motorcycles · 36.4%
901cc to 1000cc1,622 motorcycles · 19.8%
1001cc to 1100cc1,469 motorcycles · 18.0%
1101cc to 1200cc117 motorcycles · 1.4%
1301cc to 1400cc820 motorcycles · 10.0%
Other sizes (8)33 motorcycles · 0.4%

Fuel

Petrol8,153 · 99.9%
Other fuels (2)4 · 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.