Black, Japanese and a peer of 2007: Estonia’s motorcycle fleet by the autumn of 2026
Desk · 24 Oct 2026 · 3 min read

On 1 October 2026 Estonia had 38,462 registered motorcycles, including 1,327 machines with a sidecar. The figures come from the open register of Transpordiamet.
Honda is the most common make: 6,191 machines. Then come Yamaha (5,599), Kawasaki (4,313), Suzuki (3,602) and BMW (3,268). The most common model is the Honda CB 600F Hornet, with 496 of them.
The average Estonian motorcycle is not young. Half of the machines were first registered in 2007 or earlier, and the average age is about 20 years. One in ten bikes was put on the register before 1990. The oldest are an Indian Power Plus from 1919 in Harju County and a Henderson De Luxe from 1922 in Lääne County. At the same time, more than 3,000 motorcycles were registered for the first time in 2025 and 2026.
More than six motorcycles in ten are black. There are about 1,100 orange ones.
Electric motorcycles are still rare: 167 of them. Almost half of the whole fleet, 43%, is in Harju County, and Tartu County is second. 91% of the motorcycles belong to private people.
The main figures. 38,462 registered motorcycles on 1 October 2026, of which 1,327 have a sidecar. Honda 6,191, Yamaha 5,599, Kawasaki 4,313. The most common model is the Honda CB 600F Hornet, 496. The average age is about 20 years, and the median year of first registration is 2007. 4,185 motorcycles, 10.9%, were first registered before 1990. 3,080 motorcycles were first registered in 2025–2026. 62.6% of the motorcycles are black, 24,061 of them. There are 167 electric motorcycles. Harju County has 16,527, or 43%, Tartu County 4,714 and Pärnu County 3,047. 91.4% belong to private owners.
Source: Transpordiamet
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