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BMW K100RS

Motorcycle

4 registers with powertrain counts

Years on record

The first and last year each official register has the BMW K100RS on record.

Netherlands
1983–1995
Surviving fleet by first-registration year.
Finland
2016
Surviving fleet by first-registration year.

Worldwide popularity

Top 20% worldwide

Measured from real registration and fleet counts, not clicks or hype.

Where it's been spotted

Finland Israel Luxembourg Netherlands New Zealand Switzerland

Evidence of real vehicles in each country's official register. Grey imports count, because they're real vehicles on real roads.

Powertrains on record

4 registers with powertrain counts

Powertrain counts straight from official registers, each with what that register counts.

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Building on it? The same record is one API call: /api/v1/vehicles/motorcycle/bmw/k100rs/full

Registration history

1983: 5 vehicles 1984: 224 vehicles 224 1985: 132 vehicles 1986: 146 vehicles 1987: 107 vehicles 1988: 89 vehicles 1989: 79 vehicles 1990: 199 vehicles 1991: 137 vehicles 1992: 82 vehicles 1993: 14 vehicles 1994: 12 vehicles 1995: 2 vehicles 1983 1995
Netherlands: Surviving fleet by first-registration year
2016: 1 vehicle 1 2016 2016
Finland: Surviving fleet by first-registration year
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Netherlands
1983 5
1984 224
1985 132
1986 146
1987 107
1988 89
1989 79
1990 199
1991 137
1992 82
1993 14
1994 12
1995 2
Finland
2016 1

From official registers, as of 2026.10.3. Bases differ per country, so never compare across panels.

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The BMW K100RS as JSON, one request away: its canonical id, where it is registered and how popular it is.

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{
  "id": "motorcycle/bmw/k100rs",
  "name": "K100RS",
  "make": {
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    "name": "BMW"
  },
  "kind": "motorcycle",
  "body_type": null,
  "availability": [
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    "fi",
    "il",
    "lu",
    "nl",
    "nz"
  ],
  "regions": [
    "as",
    "eu",
    "oc"
  ],
  "popularity": {
    "global_decile": 5,
    "mass_decile": 2,
    "rarity": "average"
  },
  "aliases": [],
  "former_ids": [
    "motorcycle/bmw/k100rs-abs"
  ],
  "years": null,
  "era": null,
  "enrichment": null,
  "enrichment_gated": true,
  "dataset_version": "2026.10.3",
  "upgrade_url": "https://vehiclesdb.com/pricing",
  "attribution": {
    "source": "VehiclesDB",
    "url": "https://vehiclesdb.com",
    "license": "Identity layer: CC-BY-4.0; enrichment/resolution: proprietary. Display requires visible credit — see https://vehiclesdb.com/legal/attribution",
    "dataset_version": "2026.10.3"
  }
}

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