BMW R100R

Motorcycle

2 registers with powertrain counts

Years on record

The first and last year each official register has the BMW R100R on record.

Netherlands
1981โ€“2003
Surviving fleet by first-registration year.
Finland
2017
Surviving fleet by first-registration year.

Worldwide popularity

Top 30% worldwide

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

Where it's been spotted

Finland Luxembourg Netherlands New Zealand United Kingdom

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

Powertrains on record

2 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/r100r/full

Registration history

1981: 1 vehicle 1988: 1 vehicle 1991: 2 vehicles 1992: 166 vehicles 166 1993: 85 vehicles 1994: 32 vehicles 1995: 39 vehicles 1996: 12 vehicles 1997: 1 vehicle 2003: 1 vehicle 1981 2003
Netherlands: Surviving fleet by first-registration year
2017: 1 vehicle 1 2017 2017
Finland: Surviving fleet by first-registration year
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Netherlands
1981 1
1988 1
1991 2
1992 166
1993 85
1994 32
1995 39
1996 12
1997 1
2003 1
Finland
2017 1

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

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    "gb",
    "lu",
    "nl",
    "nz"
  ],
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    "oc"
  ],
  "popularity": {
    "global_decile": 5,
    "mass_decile": 3,
    "rarity": "average"
  },
  "aliases": [],
  "former_ids": [],
  "years": null,
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  }
}

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