How Many Left? (UK)

[3Phase]

I read about a site, www.howmanyleft.co.uk, mentioned in a UK motorcycle newsgroup that apparently uses a limited subset of the UK DVLA (Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency) data so, of course, I immediately looked for the XS1100.

Yamaha XS1100S

It seems that in the UK there are only 10 licensed and 12 SORN (Statutory Off Road Notification[1]) for the first quarter of 2011 with some still licensed/SORN from 2010.

James, hang on to your XS!


1. In the UK the DVLA must be notified when a vehicle will not be operated on the highway or your tax man will get you in the end.

[BA80]

I can't see how that could be right. It seems to only show 1100s Specials and they seem to be pretty rare in the UK anyway.

There's a ton of XV1100 Viragos though.

[3Phase]

I can't see how that could be right. It seems to only show 1100s Specials and they seem to be pretty rare in the UK anyway.

There's a ton of XV1100 Viragos though.

Yep, it was mentioned in the newsgroup that it's not totally accurate but it's close enough for a link to something derived from government work....

Welcome to the world of incomplete and misinformed databases, where the "Missing" appears to be a model produced by a lot of different manufacturers.

[DGXSER]

Also interesting that the numbers go up each quarter in about all the years, and the number seems to be increasing year by year.

[Lamric]

Welcome to the world of incomplete and misinformed databases, ...

And yep, that database is just plain wrong. There's lots more than 10 XS11s registered here in the UK, for example, we've just got back from a trip to a rally in Germany and we took 9 XS11s to that. Plus, there's 160 members named on the XS1100UK owners register, quite a few of those have more than one XS11, and that's just the owners who have signed up.

PS. In Europe "XS1100S" doesn't refer to Specials, it means the "XS1100 Sports" (aka 5K7 or RH) model.
click for picture

[BA80]

Ha ha.....that is kind of a cross between a Standard, a Special, and a Midnight Special.

Nice looking bikes.

Sorta looks like the 79 Standard Harry (Bigfoot) just got done putting together....

[James England]

The S models look, to all intents and purposes, like a standard European XS1100. I had one.... blue and white paintwork as standard.

There must be more than 20 XS11's in the UK, surely??

In any event, Scott, I'll be keeping mine.


There are loads of them in Germany, if eBay is anything to go by..

[Lamric]

Hmmm, well, it's only an opinion, but I think the Sport models look nothing like the European Standards.

[BA80]

The European Standards look like police bikes.

[bikerphil]

Yep, and the Sport looks like a MNS with chrome instead of gold with a bikini fairing, I like it. It doesn't have those front swively calipers.

[3Phase]

And yep, that database is just plain wrong.

Thanks, Brian, I figured there was something wrong but not that wrong ... hide your tax disks and I won't tell them if you won't!

I remember seeing a thread in UKRM a little while ago about finding information like that in the DVLA database but the DVLA wanted stupid money, six-hundred pounds per access (I think) or something similar so the idea was shelved. How the web site managed to get even the wrong information that it does have is a mystery.

The European Standards look like police bikes.

Yes, they do!

[petejw]

Yep, and the Sport looks like a MNS with chrome instead of gold with a bikini fairing, I like it. It doesn't have those front swively calipers.

the sports a poor mans mns

if the seat and rear tail light and blinkers were like
the mns it wouldve been a much nicer looking bike imo,
tho the frame is sturdier on the sports.

[James England]

Hmmm, well, it's only an opinion, but I think the Sport models look nothing like the European Standards.

I agree but is that the right pic of the S? Is it UK or US spec. I thought (though I may be wrong) that we had an S in the UK which looked very similar to the lower pic. I had one of those and it said S on the reg doc. Maybe just a mistake on teh document that has misled me for years?..

[Lamric]

....is that the right pic of the S? Is it UK or US spec. ...

The pic is correct. That Sport model was only sold in Europe, Yamaha called it the 'XS1100S' (Primary id 5K7). Oceania (Oz and New Zealand) got a very similar model called the 'XS1100RH' (Primary id 5N5), there's only small differences between the two.

[James England]

The pic is correct. That Sport model was only sold in Europe, Yamaha called it the 'XS1100S' (Primary id 5K7). Oceania (Oz and New Zealand) got a very similar model called the 'XS1100RH' (Primary id 5N5), there's only small differences between the two.

Aah, I didn't know that. I always thought my blue and white one was an S. When insuring my bike this time, I found that all the brokers I called only have the S on their system. I got agreed value insurance and had to send photos and get their agreement etc. I received their confirmation of agreed value on my "XS1100S"! Which it definitely isn't.....