Rare bikes on British roads

This item came up in a link in a Bennetts email about Guy Martin and John McGuinness and the TT.
Apart from referencing the rarest bikes, it explains how you can check which bikes still actually exist on UK roads via www.howmanyleft.co.uk. It’s an online database/search engine which covers all vehicles – cars AND bikes – that have a valid tax disc or a (SORN).

The one Triumph referred to is the Daytona Super III - the more expensive, Cosworth-tuned, limited edition version. According to the records there aren’t any currently on the road at all, and just TWO on SORN.


Here's another bit of useless knowledge relating to Triumphs.
There are currently almost 17,000 Bonnevilles in use on British roads and, if you take all the various models into account, even more Tigers. The Street Triple can boast an impressive 10,159 on UK roads. (By comparison, there’s 5103 MT-09s out there).
The Speedmaster though has just 325 examples on British roads

 

That's interesting - it references the Cosworth tuned engine but as you say you would want to check the authenticity for that money!

 

The site can't be perfect, as it depends upon the correct logging of vehicle names but it must be based on DVLA data and so must be fairly accurate. According to the article the latest figures are taken from autumn 2016.