UK vehicle statistics / Triumph

How many Triumph Speed Triple motorcycles are left?

At the end of 2026 Q1, DfT recorded 7,005 licensed and 4,467 SORN vehicles in the UK within the Triumph Speed Triple generic-model group.

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Is the Speed Triple disappearing?

Licensed numbers peaked at 8,227 in 2025 Q2 and stand at 7,005 in 2026 Q1, down 15%. That is up 9% in the five years since 2021 Q1. A further 4,467 are declared SORN — 1 in 3 of the 11,472 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 Q17,0054,467
2025 Q46,7694,521
2025 Q38,1483,093
2025 Q28,2273,006
2025 Q16,9074,156
2024 Q46,6114,220
2024 Q37,9562,939
2024 Q27,9762,789
2024 Q16,9033,254
2023 Q46,6903,925
2023 Q38,1072,612
2023 Q28,0842,512

Other Triumph models

See how many of every Triumph 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.