UK vehicle statistics / Honda

How many Honda Gl1500se motorcycles are left?

At the end of 2026 Q1, DfT recorded 156 licensed and 235 SORN vehicles in the UK within the Honda Gl1500se generic-model group.

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Is the Gl1500se disappearing?

Licensed numbers peaked at 346 in 2014 Q3 and stand at 156 in 2026 Q1, down 55%. That is down 16% in the five years since 2021 Q1. A further 235 are declared SORN — 1 in 2 of the 391 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 Q1156235
2025 Q4156231
2025 Q3187201
2025 Q2193192
2025 Q1166220
2024 Q4169215
2024 Q3201195
2024 Q2203187
2024 Q1172209
2023 Q4158229
2023 Q3188201
2023 Q2202191

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.