UK vehicle statistics / Honda

How many Honda CL motorcycles are left?

At the end of 2026 Q1, DfT recorded 811 licensed and 66 SORN vehicles in the UK within the Honda CL generic-model group.

Looking at a CL?

Population figures cannot tell you whether one particular car is taxed, MOT-valid or safe to buy.

Check its registration free for the official tax, MOT and mileage record. If the car is still worth pursuing, the optional £9.99 full history check adds outstanding-finance, stolen and insurance write-off checks.

Wondering whether one particular CL is off the road? A free SORN check shows whether it is currently SORN, taxed or untaxed.

Is the CL disappearing?

811 are licensed as of 2026 Q1 — the highest count in the published series, so the CL is still arriving on UK roads rather than leaving them. A further 66 are declared SORN — 1 in 13 of the 877 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 Q181166
2025 Q471590
2025 Q374242
2025 Q269545
2025 Q160881
2024 Q455590
2024 Q352132
2024 Q243922
2024 Q137216
2023 Q429412
2023 Q32674
2023 Q21712

Other Honda models

  • Jazz — 349,385 licensed
  • Civic — 246,926 licensed
  • CR-V — 196,120 licensed
  • CBR — 29,970 licensed
  • HR-V — 60,559 licensed
  • CB — 31,388 licensed

See how many of every Honda 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.