UK vehicle statistics / Honda

How many Honda Xl650v motorcycles are left?

At the end of 2026 Q1, DfT recorded 610 licensed and 813 SORN vehicles in the UK within the Honda Xl650v generic-model group.

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

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Is the Xl650v disappearing?

Licensed numbers peaked at 1,401 in 2014 Q3 and stand at 610 in 2026 Q1, down 56%. That is down 21% in the five years since 2021 Q1. A further 813 are declared SORN — 1 in 2 of the 1,423 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 Q1610813
2025 Q4627798
2025 Q3709715
2025 Q2718710
2025 Q1659763
2024 Q4662767
2024 Q3740702
2024 Q2738694
2024 Q1694726
2023 Q4693740
2023 Q3801639
2023 Q2795648

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.