Yamaha RN12

Motorcycle โญ Popular pick Discontinued

1 production run ยท 2 variants ยท 2 sources

Years on record

The first and last year each official register has the Yamaha RN12 on record.

Netherlands
2004โ€“2010
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

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 2 sources

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

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Registration history

2004: 520 vehicles 520 2005: 257 vehicles 2006: 54 vehicles 2007: 12 vehicles 2008: 3 vehicles 2009: 2 vehicles 2010: 1 vehicle 2004 2010
Netherlands: Surviving fleet by first-registration year
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Netherlands
2004 520
2005 257
2006 54
2007 12
2008 3
2009 2
2010 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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  "regions": [
    "eu"
  ],
  "popularity": {
    "global_decile": 1,
    "mass_decile": 2,
    "rarity": "common"
  },
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  "era": "discontinued",
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}

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