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Yamaha YN motorcycles: how many are still registered?

2,292still registered

Yamaha YN motorcycles still registered with DVLA (licensed or SORN), across 4 recorded variants.

Most recorded on UK roads at once: 4,841 (2004 Q4) - 47.3% of that peak survives.

Disappearing at about 3.6% a year (the 2020–2025 trend). If that rate continued: around 1,906 in 2030, and under 1,000 around 2048.

1,876 of the survivors (81.8%) are declared off-road (SORN) rather than taxed.

47.3% survives 2004 Q4 peak: 4,841

Declared off-road (SORN)1,876 · 81.8%
Disappearing per year3.6%
Projected 2030~1,906

By year

All 2,292 surviving Yamaha YN motorcycles, by the year each was built - not how many were on the road at the time. Across every year, 1,132 of these cars have gone since 2014, leaving 64.5% 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 built1998 → 2019
3001500
19982019
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On the road over time

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

4,841
1998log scale2026: 2,240
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Engine size and fuel

What is on the road now: the surviving Yamaha YN 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 50cc1,960 motorcycles · 85.5%
51cc to 125cc330 motorcycles · 14.3%
Other sizes (2)2 motorcycles · under 0.1%

Fuel

Petrol2,292 · 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.