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BMW R100RS

Motorcycle

4 registers with powertrain counts

Years on record

The first and last year each official register has the BMW R100RS on record.

Netherlands
1975–1994
Surviving fleet by first-registration year.
Finland
2008
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 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

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/r100rs/full

Registration history

1975: 1 vehicle 1976: 15 vehicles 1977: 236 vehicles 1978: 240 vehicles 240 1979: 114 vehicles 1980: 90 vehicles 1981: 73 vehicles 1982: 80 vehicles 1983: 43 vehicles 1984: 17 vehicles 1985: 1 vehicle 1986: 1 vehicle 1987: 16 vehicles 1988: 9 vehicles 1989: 6 vehicles 1990: 9 vehicles 1991: 3 vehicles 1992: 1 vehicle 1993: 2 vehicles 1994: 1 vehicle 1975 1994
Netherlands: Surviving fleet by first-registration year
2008: 1 vehicle 1 2008 2008
Finland: Surviving fleet by first-registration year
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Netherlands
1975 1
1976 15
1977 236
1978 240
1979 114
1980 90
1981 73
1982 80
1983 43
1984 17
1985 1
1986 1
1987 16
1988 9
1989 6
1990 9
1991 3
1992 1
1993 2
1994 1
Finland
2008 1

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

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  "body_type": null,
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    "lu",
    "nl",
    "nz"
  ],
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    "eu",
    "oc"
  ],
  "popularity": {
    "global_decile": 5,
    "mass_decile": 2,
    "rarity": "average"
  },
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  "years": null,
  "era": null,
  "enrichment": null,
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    "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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