BIKERELIABILITY Reg check
Registration-year report · 2005–2025

Data as of: DVSA MOT results to 2025

Aprilia Etv Caponord: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which Etv Caponord years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 85.1% average, from 1,728 DVSA tests.

2008
highest-passing year · 92.5%
2007
lowest-passing year · 78.0%
14.5pp
spread across 7 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: 2008 (92.5% of 133 tests). Lowest: 2007 (78.0% of 168). Years more than two points below the model average: 2002, 2004, 2007.

75%85%95%2002: 80.8% pass (52 tests)2003: 86.4% pass (491 tests)2004: 81.7% pass (180 tests)2005: 88.0% pass (317 tests)2006: 84.0% pass (387 tests)2007: 78.0% pass (168 tests)2008: 92.5% pass (133 tests)200220052008
RegisteredTestsFirst-time passvs model (85.1%)
2002 52 80.8% -4.3 pp
2003 491 86.4% +1.3 pp
2004 180 81.7% -3.4 pp
2005 317 88.0% +2.9 pp
2006 387 84.0% -1.1 pp
2007 168 78.0% -7.1 pp
2008 133 92.5% +7.4 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 · 2006–2025
78%88%98%2006: 85.1% pass (47 tests)2007: 84.2% pass (57 tests)2008: 92.1% pass (89 tests)2009: 83.3% pass (114 tests)2010: 83.6% pass (122 tests)2011: 82.7% pass (139 tests)2012: 85.0% pass (127 tests)2013: 82.8% pass (122 tests)2014: 84.2% pass (120 tests)2015: 83.6% pass (110 tests)2016: 87.0% pass (108 tests)2017: 87.2% pass (94 tests)2018: 81.2% pass (69 tests)2019: 82.6% pass (69 tests)2020: 88.1% pass (59 tests)2021: 90.4% pass (73 tests)2022: 83.1% pass (65 tests)2023: 86.2% pass (58 tests)2024: 83.0% pass (47 tests)2025: 94.7% pass (38 tests)20062025

Questions

Which Etv Caponord years have the lowest MOT pass rate?
2002, 2004, 2007 registered examples pass first time less often than the Aprilia Etv Caponord overall (85.1%); the 2007 cohort is lowest at 78.0% from 168 tests.
Which Etv Caponord year has the highest MOT pass rate?
2008, at 92.5% of 133 first tests (2005–2025). Years more than two points above the model average: 2005, 2008.
How much does the Etv Caponord pass rate vary by year?
14.5 percentage points between the highest (2008, 92.5%) and lowest (2007, 78.0%) 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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