BIKERELIABILITY Reg check
Registration-year report · 2005–2025

Data as of: DVSA MOT results to 2025

Aprilia Dorsoduro: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which Dorsoduro years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 87.1% average, from 5,656 DVSA tests.

2014
highest-passing year · 91.4%
2008
lowest-passing year · 84.9%
6.5pp
spread across 12 years

Pass rate by registration year

first-time pass rate · cohorts with 50 or more tests · registration year from first use date

Highest pass rate: 2014 (91.4% of 162 tests). Lowest: 2008 (84.9% of 661). Years more than two points below the model average: 2008.

84%88%93%2008: 84.9% pass (661 tests)2009: 86.4% pass (1,453 tests)2010: 85.5% pass (1,172 tests)2011: 88.7% pass (666 tests)2012: 88.6% pass (603 tests)2013: 90.8% pass (292 tests)2014: 91.4% pass (162 tests)2015: 86.6% pass (172 tests)2016: 89.4% pass (160 tests)2018: 88.5% pass (96 tests)2019: 88.5% pass (122 tests)2020: 88.4% pass (69 tests)200820142020
RegisteredTestsFirst-time passvs model (87.1%)
2008 661 84.9% -2.2 pp
2009 1,453 86.4% -0.7 pp
2010 1,172 85.5% -1.6 pp
2011 666 88.7% +1.6 pp
2012 603 88.6% +1.5 pp
2013 292 90.8% +3.7 pp
2014 162 91.4% +4.3 pp
2015 172 86.6% -0.5 pp
2016 160 89.4% +2.3 pp
2018 96 88.5% +1.4 pp
2019 122 88.5% +1.4 pp
2020 69 88.4% +1.3 pp

Older cohorts are survivors: the worst examples have already left the road, which tends to lift the earliest years. A first-time MOT pass is a roadworthiness check, not a full mechanical inspection.

Pass rate over time

first-time pass rate by test year · 2011–2025
82%88%94%2011: 88.7% pass (62 tests)2012: 90.0% pass (210 tests)2013: 89.1% pass (313 tests)2014: 84.1% pass (353 tests)2015: 84.5% pass (381 tests)2016: 85.4% pass (376 tests)2017: 84.2% pass (411 tests)2018: 91.7% pass (397 tests)2019: 86.3% pass (423 tests)2020: 84.8% pass (349 tests)2021: 85.4% pass (520 tests)2022: 89.1% pass (523 tests)2023: 88.3% pass (515 tests)2024: 88.6% pass (396 tests)2025: 88.5% pass (426 tests)20112025

Questions

Which Dorsoduro years have the lowest MOT pass rate?
2008 registered examples pass first time less often than the Aprilia Dorsoduro overall (87.1%); the 2008 cohort is lowest at 84.9% from 661 tests.
Which Dorsoduro year has the highest MOT pass rate?
2014, at 91.4% of 162 first tests (2005–2025). Years more than two points above the model average: 2013, 2014, 2016.
How much does the Dorsoduro pass rate vary by year?
6.5 percentage points between the highest (2014, 91.4%) and lowest (2008, 84.9%) cohorts with at least 50 tests. Older cohorts are survivors: the worst examples have already left the road, which tends to lift the earliest years.

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