UK vehicle statistics / Harley-Davidson

How many Harley-Davidson Fxlr motorcycles are left?

At the end of 2026 Q1, DfT recorded 198 licensed and 87 SORN vehicles in the UK within the Harley-Davidson Fxlr generic-model group.

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Is the Fxlr disappearing?

Licensed numbers peaked at 268 in 2021 Q2 and stand at 198 in 2026 Q1, down 26%. That is down 18% in the five years since 2021 Q1. A further 87 are declared SORN — 1 in 3 of the 285 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 Q119887
2025 Q419589
2025 Q322853
2025 Q223546
2025 Q120675
2024 Q420375
2024 Q323444
2024 Q224139
2024 Q121150
2023 Q420267
2023 Q323435
2023 Q224031

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.