How many Honda St70 motorcycles are left?

Name: Honda St70 licensed and SORN statistics
Creator: Department for Transport and DVLA
License: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/

At the end of 2026 Q1, DfT recorded 66 licensed and 109 SORN vehicles in the UK within the Honda St70 generic-model group.

Looking at a St70?

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 St70 is off the road? A free SORN check shows whether it is currently SORN, taxed or untaxed.

Is the St70 disappearing?

Licensed numbers peaked at 74 in 2025 Q1 and stand at 66 in 2026 Q1, down 11%. That is up 2% in the five years since 2021 Q1. A further 109 are declared SORN — 1 in 2 of the 175 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 St70 generic-model group as petrol.

Before you buy

Ask why it was off the road — Of the 175 St70 vehicles still on the DVLA record, 1 in 2 is SORN (109 at 2026 Q1). A car that has been laid up needs a closer look at brakes, tyres and the MOT history.
Check the actual St70 — These figures describe the model group. Enter the registration for that vehicle's free MOT, tax and mileage record before you pay a deposit.

Quarterly licensed and SORN counts

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

Quarter	Licensed	SORN
2026 Q1	66	109
2025 Q4	66	104
2025 Q3	66	106
2025 Q2	68	101
2025 Q1	74	96
2024 Q4	70	96
2024 Q3	73	93
2024 Q2	74	91
2024 Q1	74	88
2023 Q4	73	87
2023 Q3	70	86
2023 Q2	64	86
2023 Q1	62	87
2022 Q4	61	87
2022 Q3	63	80
2022 Q2	65	75
2022 Q1	62	80
2021 Q4	63	78
2021 Q3	66	75
2021 Q2	65	73
2021 Q1	65	71
2020 Q4	57	69
2020 Q3	53	69
2020 Q2	52	67
2020 Q1	52	72
2019 Q4	51	70
2019 Q3	53	68
2019 Q2	47	69
2019 Q1	41	75
2018 Q4	42	74
2018 Q3	39	74
2018 Q2	39	71
2018 Q1	28	77
2017 Q4	30	74
2017 Q3	31	70
2017 Q2	34	68
2017 Q1	34	62
2016 Q4	38	55
2016 Q3	38	54
2016 Q2	39	51
2016 Q1	37	51
2015 Q4	34	51
2015 Q3	33	48
2015 Q2	35	42
2015 Q1	37	40
2014 Q4	39	39
2014 Q3	37	38

Other Honda models

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

See how many of every Honda model are left

Common questions

How many Honda St70 motorcycles are left in the UK?

66 were licensed and 109 were SORN at the end of 2026 Q1, according to DfT and DVLA statistics for this generic-model group.

How many Honda St70 motorcycles are SORN?

109 are declared SORN — 1 in 2 of the 175 still on the DVLA record at the end of 2026 Q1.

Is the St70 disappearing?

What fuel is the St70 coded as?

DfT codes every vehicle in the Honda St70 generic-model group as petrol.

Does this say whether one St70 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.