UK vehicle statistics / Harley-Davidson

How many Harley-Davidson Flhxs motorcycles are left?

At the end of 2026 Q1, DfT recorded 745 licensed and 236 SORN vehicles in the UK within the Harley-Davidson Flhxs generic-model group.

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Is the Flhxs disappearing?

Licensed numbers peaked at 903 in 2023 Q3 and stand at 745 in 2026 Q1, down 17%. That is up 24% in the five years since 2021 Q1. A further 236 are declared SORN — 1 in 4 of the 981 still on the DVLA record is off the road, laid up, part-restored or waiting to be sold.

A falling population is worth knowing before you buy: it usually means fewer donor cars, fewer specialists and slower parts supply, and it is why a good example of a scarce model can hold its price while a neglected one is hard to sell at any price.

Recent quarterly trend

QuarterLicensedSORN
2026 Q1745236
2025 Q4758230
2025 Q3857142
2025 Q2868137
2025 Q1786216
2024 Q4776223
2024 Q3857134
2024 Q2872119
2024 Q1819146
2023 Q4799201
2023 Q3903117
2023 Q2896109

Other Harley-Davidson models

  • XL — 8,792 licensed
  • XLH — 1,234 licensed
  • Flstf — 1,320 licensed
  • Flstc — 1,213 licensed
  • Street — 1,373 licensed
  • Flht — 846 licensed

See how many of every Harley-Davidson model are left

Source and limitations

Source: Department for Transport and DVLA, df_VEH0120_UK. Released 2026-07-15 under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

DVLA make and model fields are administrative data and can contain omissions or inconsistencies. These statistics describe model groups, not an individual registration.

Confidential cells marked [c] represent between 1 and 4 vehicles and are treated as zero in aggregates, so totals can be slightly understated.