BIKERELIABILITY Reg check
Registration-year report · 2005–2025

Data as of: DVSA MOT results to 2025

Aprilia Moto 6.5: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which Moto 6.5 years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 77.9% average, from 884 DVSA tests.

1995
highest-passing year · 81.5%
1997
lowest-passing year · 70.2%
11.3pp
spread across 6 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: 1995 (81.5% of 178 tests). Lowest: 1997 (70.2% of 141). Years more than two points below the model average: 1997.

68%76%84%1995: 81.5% pass (178 tests)1996: 76.5% pass (234 tests)1997: 70.2% pass (141 tests)1998: 76.9% pass (108 tests)1999: 78.6% pass (84 tests)2000: 79.5% pass (73 tests)199519982000
RegisteredTestsFirst-time passvs model (77.9%)
1995 178 81.5% +3.6 pp
1996 234 76.5% -1.4 pp
1997 141 70.2% -7.7 pp
1998 108 76.9% -1.0 pp
1999 84 78.6% +0.7 pp
2000 73 79.5% +1.6 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 · 2006–2023
54%77%100%2006: 83.1% pass (65 tests)2007: 72.6% pass (73 tests)2008: 67.7% pass (65 tests)2009: 78.7% pass (61 tests)2010: 82.0% pass (50 tests)2011: 69.6% pass (46 tests)2012: 75.7% pass (37 tests)2013: 75.0% pass (52 tests)2014: 92.1% pass (38 tests)2015: 87.2% pass (39 tests)2016: 86.8% pass (38 tests)2017: 81.3% pass (48 tests)2019: 61.3% pass (31 tests)2021: 87.2% pass (39 tests)2022: 87.5% pass (32 tests)2023: 80.6% pass (36 tests)20062023

Questions

Which Moto 6.5 years have the lowest MOT pass rate?
1997 registered examples pass first time less often than the Aprilia Moto 6.5 overall (77.9%); the 1997 cohort is lowest at 70.2% from 141 tests.
Which Moto 6.5 year has the highest MOT pass rate?
1995, at 81.5% of 178 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the Moto 6.5 pass rate vary by year?
11.3 percentage points between the highest (1995, 81.5%) and lowest (1997, 70.2%) 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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