UK vehicle statistics / Honda

How many Honda Msx125 motorcycles are left?

At the end of 2026 Q1, DfT recorded 5,028 licensed and 2,852 SORN vehicles in the UK within the Honda Msx125 generic-model group.

Looking at a Msx125?

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 Msx125 is off the road? A free SORN check shows whether it is currently SORN, taxed or untaxed.

Is the Msx125 disappearing?

Licensed numbers peaked at 5,100 in 2023 Q3 and stand at 5,028 in 2026 Q1, down 1%. That is up 10% in the five years since 2021 Q1. A further 2,852 are declared SORN — 1 in 3 of the 7,880 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 Q15,0282,852
2025 Q44,9982,791
2025 Q35,0922,653
2025 Q24,9842,587
2025 Q14,7982,600
2024 Q44,8022,460
2024 Q34,9402,242
2024 Q25,0542,136
2024 Q15,0192,108
2023 Q45,0302,066
2023 Q35,1001,900
2023 Q25,0351,818

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.