UK vehicle statistics / Harley-Davidson

How many Harley-Davidson Fxdbc motorcycles are left?

At the end of 2026 Q1, DfT recorded 89 licensed and 37 SORN vehicles in the UK within the Harley-Davidson Fxdbc generic-model group.

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Is the Fxdbc disappearing?

Licensed numbers peaked at 166 in 2016 Q3 and stand at 89 in 2026 Q1, down 46%. That is down 23% in the five years since 2021 Q1. A further 37 are declared SORN — 1 in 3 of the 126 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 Q18937
2025 Q49435
2025 Q310425
2025 Q210326
2025 Q19432
2024 Q49834
2024 Q310824
2024 Q210925
2024 Q19933
2023 Q49534
2023 Q310625
2023 Q210821

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.