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BMW R60

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2 registers with powertrain counts

Years on record

The first and last year each official register has the BMW R60 on record.

Netherlands
1950–1980
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

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/r60/full

Registration history

1950: 1 vehicle 1956: 13 vehicles 1957: 21 vehicles 1958: 21 vehicles 1959: 21 vehicles 1960: 10 vehicles 1961: 16 vehicles 1962: 17 vehicles 1963: 10 vehicles 1964: 21 vehicles 1965: 42 vehicles 1966: 41 vehicles 1967: 45 vehicles 1968: 73 vehicles 73 1969: 52 vehicles 1970: 1 vehicle 1971: 2 vehicles 1972: 5 vehicles 1973: 5 vehicles 1974: 1 vehicle 1975: 1 vehicle 1977: 1 vehicle 1978: 1 vehicle 1980: 1 vehicle 1950 1980
Netherlands: Surviving fleet by first-registration year
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Netherlands
1950 1
1956 13
1957 21
1958 21
1959 21
1960 10
1961 16
1962 17
1963 10
1964 21
1965 42
1966 41
1967 45
1968 73
1969 52
1970 1
1971 2
1972 5
1973 5
1974 1
1975 1
1977 1
1978 1
1980 1

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

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The BMW R60 as JSON, one request away: its canonical id, where it is registered and how popular it is.

GET /api/v1/vehicles/motorcycle/bmw/r60/full

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  "id": "motorcycle/bmw/r60",
  "name": "R60",
  "make": {
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    "name": "BMW"
  },
  "kind": "motorcycle",
  "body_type": null,
  "availability": [
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    "ch",
    "nl",
    "nz"
  ],
  "regions": [
    "eu",
    "oc"
  ],
  "popularity": {
    "global_decile": 3,
    "mass_decile": 3,
    "rarity": "common"
  },
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  "former_ids": [],
  "years": null,
  "era": null,
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  "dataset_version": "2026.10.3",
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  "attribution": {
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    "dataset_version": "2026.10.3"
  }
}

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