UK vehicle statistics / Harley-Davidson

How many Harley-Davidson Fxlrs motorcycles are left?

At the end of 2026 Q1, DfT recorded 547 licensed and 150 SORN vehicles in the UK within the Harley-Davidson Fxlrs generic-model group.

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Is the Fxlrs disappearing?

Licensed numbers peaked at 680 in 2023 Q2 and stand at 547 in 2026 Q1, down 20%. That is up 98% in the five years since 2021 Q1. A further 150 are declared SORN — 1 in 5 of the 697 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 Q1547150
2025 Q4555142
2025 Q362768
2025 Q265258
2025 Q161399
2024 Q4608106
2024 Q366640
2024 Q266142
2024 Q161565
2023 Q460191
2023 Q365534
2023 Q268023

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.