Honda CB550F

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1 production run ยท 2 variants ยท 1 register with powertrain counts ยท 2 sources

Years on record

The first and last year each official register has the Honda CB550F on record.

Netherlands
1971โ€“1981
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

Netherlands Switzerland

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

Production history, variants & sources

1 production run ยท 2 variants ยท 1 register with powertrain counts ยท 2 sources

Researched from the manufacturer's own pages and Wikipedia, with the sources listed.

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Registration history

1971: 1 vehicle 1974: 1 vehicle 1975: 2 vehicles 1976: 389 vehicles 389 1977: 275 vehicles 1978: 44 vehicles 1979: 20 vehicles 1980: 7 vehicles 1981: 2 vehicles 1971 1981
Netherlands: Surviving fleet by first-registration year
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Netherlands
1971 1
1974 1
1975 2
1976 389
1977 275
1978 44
1979 20
1980 7
1981 2

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

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  "regions": [
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  ],
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    "mass_decile": 2,
    "rarity": "common"
  },
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}

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