UK vehicle statistics / Honda

How many Honda NSS motorcycles are left?

At the end of 2026 Q1, DfT recorded 9,221 licensed and 1,747 SORN vehicles in the UK within the Honda NSS generic-model group.

Looking at a NSS?

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

Is the NSS disappearing?

Licensed numbers peaked at 9,373 in 2025 Q3 and stand at 9,221 in 2026 Q1, down 2%. That is up 65% in the five years since 2021 Q1. A further 1,747 are declared SORN — 1 in 6 of the 10,968 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.

Fuel

DfT codes every vehicle in the Honda NSS generic-model group as petrol.

Quarterly licensed and SORN counts

Every quarter DfT has published for this model group, newest first.

QuarterLicensedSORN
2026 Q19,2211,747
2025 Q49,2051,650
2025 Q39,3731,474
2025 Q29,3181,380
2025 Q19,0721,437
2024 Q49,0131,394
2024 Q38,9921,011
2024 Q28,953919
2024 Q18,772913
2023 Q48,731868
2023 Q38,659731
2023 Q28,428656
2023 Q18,032599
2022 Q47,747604
2022 Q37,584511
2022 Q27,170471
2022 Q16,848453
2021 Q46,579432
2021 Q36,381395
2021 Q26,076353
2021 Q15,600350
2020 Q45,329322
2020 Q35,334290
2020 Q24,938291
2020 Q14,710274
2019 Q44,511250
2019 Q34,361212
2019 Q24,092188
2019 Q13,852172
2018 Q43,611151
2018 Q33,421130
2018 Q23,14495
2018 Q13,05198
2017 Q42,92690
2017 Q32,86758
2017 Q22,78041
2017 Q12,65934
2016 Q42,38134
2016 Q32,22218
2016 Q21,91115
2016 Q11,63718
2015 Q41,40916
2015 Q31,21812
2015 Q29597
2015 Q160610
2014 Q45408
2014 Q35186

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Common questions

How many Honda NSS motorcycles are left in the UK?

9,221 were licensed and 1,747 were SORN at the end of 2026 Q1, according to DfT and DVLA statistics for this generic-model group.

How many Honda NSS motorcycles are SORN?

1,747 are declared SORN — 1 in 6 of the 10,968 still on the DVLA record at the end of 2026 Q1.

Is the NSS disappearing?

Licensed numbers peaked at 9,373 in 2025 Q3 and stand at 9,221 in 2026 Q1, down 2%. That is up 65% in the five years since 2021 Q1. A further 1,747 are declared SORN — 1 in 6 of the 10,968 still on the DVLA record is off the road, laid up, part-restored or waiting to be sold.

What fuel is the NSS coded as?

DfT codes every vehicle in the Honda NSS generic-model group as petrol.

Does this say whether one NSS is a good buy?

No. These are population figures for the model group. Enter that vehicle's registration for its own free MOT, tax and mileage record.

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.