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Yamaha YP motorcycles: how many are still registered?

3,671still registered

Yamaha YP motorcycles still registered with DVLA (licensed or SORN), across 11 recorded variants.

Most recorded on UK roads at once: 5,447 (2016 Q4) - 67.3% of that peak survives.

Disappearing at about 5.3% a year (the 2020–2025 trend). If that rate continued: around 2,793 in 2030, and under 1,000 around 2049.

2,080 of the survivors (56.6%) are declared off-road (SORN) rather than taxed.

67.3% survives 2016 Q4 peak: 5,447

Declared off-road (SORN)2,080 · 56.6%
Disappearing per year5.3%
Projected 2030~2,793

By year

All 3,671 surviving Yamaha YP motorcycles, by the year each was built - not how many were on the road at the time. Across every year, 2,020 of these cars have gone since 2014, leaving 59.2% 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
3001500
19972021
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On the road over time

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

5,447
1997log scale2026: 3,558
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Engine size and fuel

What is on the road now: the surviving Yamaha YP 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 motorcycles · under 0.1%
51cc to 125cc1,385 motorcycles · 37.7%
201cc to 300cc1,527 motorcycles · 41.5%
301cc to 400cc758 motorcycles · 20.6%

Fuel

Petrol3,670 · 99.9%
Diesel1 · 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.