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Yamaha YZF motorcycles: how many are still registered?

36,715still registered

Yamaha YZF motorcycles still registered with DVLA (licensed or SORN), across 48 recorded variants.

Most recorded on UK roads at once: 37,533 (2019 Q3) - 97.8% of that peak survives.

Disappearing at about 0.8% a year (the 2020–2025 trend). If that rate continued: around 35,267 in 2030.

21,003 of the survivors (57.2%) are declared off-road (SORN) rather than taxed.

97.8% survives 2019 Q3 peak: 37,533

Declared off-road (SORN)21,003 · 57.2%
Disappearing per year0.8%
Projected 2030~35,267

By year

All 36,715 surviving Yamaha YZF motorcycles, by the year each was built - not how many were on the road at the time. Across every year, 6,968 of these cars have gone since 2014, leaving 80.0% 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 → 2025
3,0001,5000
19972025
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On the road over time

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

37,256
1994log scale2026: 35,961
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Engine size and fuel

What is on the road now: the surviving Yamaha YZF 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 125cc8,399 motorcycles · 22.8%
301cc to 400cc856 motorcycles · 2.3%
501cc to 600cc7,130 motorcycles · 19.4%
601cc to 700cc1,735 motorcycles · 4.7%
901cc to 1000cc16,890 motorcycles · 46.0%
1001cc to 1100cc1,584 motorcycles · 4.3%
Other sizes (8)120 motorcycles · 0.3%

Fuel

Petrol36,705 · 99.9%
Other fuels (2)10 · 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.