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BMW R50

Motorcycle

2 registers with powertrain counts

Years on record

The first and last year each official register has the BMW R50 on record.

Netherlands
1950–1979
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

Australia 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

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/r50/full

Registration history

1950: 1 vehicle 1953: 1 vehicle 1954: 2 vehicles 1955: 44 vehicles 1956: 54 vehicles 1957: 90 vehicles 1958: 47 vehicles 1959: 48 vehicles 1960: 30 vehicles 1961: 112 vehicles 112 1962: 71 vehicles 1963: 50 vehicles 1964: 77 vehicles 1965: 91 vehicles 1966: 79 vehicles 1967: 73 vehicles 1968: 81 vehicles 1969: 70 vehicles 1970: 23 vehicles 1971: 12 vehicles 1972: 2 vehicles 1973: 6 vehicles 1974: 2 vehicles 1975: 2 vehicles 1976: 3 vehicles 1977: 1 vehicle 1978: 1 vehicle 1979: 1 vehicle 1950 1979
Netherlands: Surviving fleet by first-registration year
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Netherlands
1950 1
1953 1
1954 2
1955 44
1956 54
1957 90
1958 47
1959 48
1960 30
1961 112
1962 71
1963 50
1964 77
1965 91
1966 79
1967 73
1968 81
1969 70
1970 23
1971 12
1972 2
1973 6
1974 2
1975 2
1976 3
1977 1
1978 1
1979 1

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

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The BMW R50 as JSON, one request away: its canonical id, where it is registered and how popular it is.

GET /api/v1/vehicles/motorcycle/bmw/r50/full

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GET …/motorcycle/bmw/r50/full free plan response 

{
  "id": "motorcycle/bmw/r50",
  "name": "R50",
  "make": {
    "id": "bmw",
    "name": "BMW"
  },
  "kind": "motorcycle",
  "body_type": null,
  "availability": [
    "au",
    "ch",
    "nl",
    "nz"
  ],
  "regions": [
    "eu",
    "oc"
  ],
  "popularity": {
    "global_decile": 4,
    "mass_decile": 2,
    "rarity": "average"
  },
  "aliases": [],
  "former_ids": [],
  "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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