Aprilia MX 125: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which MX 125 years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 54.8% average, from 1,829 DVSA tests.

2007

highest-passing year · 55.8%

2005

lowest-passing year · 53.2%

2.6pp

spread across 4 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: 2007 (55.8% of 285 tests). Lowest: 2005 (53.2% of 423).

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (54.8%)
2004	348	53.7%	-1.1 pp
2005	423	53.2%	-1.6 pp
2006	709	55.6%	+0.8 pp
2007	285	55.8%	+1.0 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 · 2007–2025

Questions

Which MX 125 years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: none: no registration year of the Aprilia MX 125 falls more than two points under the model's 54.8% overall pass rate.
Which MX 125 year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2007, at 55.8% of 285 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the MX 125 pass rate vary by year?: 2.6 percentage points between the highest (2007, 55.8%) and lowest (2005, 53.2%) 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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