UK vehicle statistics / Rieju

How many Rieju MR motorcycles are left?

At the end of 2026 Q1, DfT recorded 89 licensed and 136 SORN vehicles in the UK within the Rieju MR generic-model group.

Looking at a MR?

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

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Is the MR disappearing?

Licensed numbers peaked at 97 in 2023 Q1 and stand at 89 in 2026 Q1, down 8%. That is up 394% in the five years since 2021 Q1. A further 136 are declared SORN — 1 in 2 of the 225 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 Q189136
2025 Q485128
2025 Q390113
2025 Q281110
2025 Q174109
2024 Q481101
2024 Q39089
2024 Q28986
2024 Q18584
2023 Q48576
2023 Q39270
2023 Q29264

Other Rieju models

See how many of every Rieju 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.