BIKERELIABILITY Reg check
Registration-year report · 2005–2025

Data as of: DVSA MOT results to 2025

Aprilia Rally 50: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which Rally 50 years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 68.5% average, from 1,809 DVSA tests.

1998
highest-passing year · 76.7%
2000
lowest-passing year · 64.6%
12.1pp
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: 1998 (76.7% of 73 tests). Lowest: 2000 (64.6% of 573). Years more than two points below the model average: 2000.

62%71%79%1998: 76.7% pass (73 tests)1999: 72.6% pass (95 tests)2000: 64.6% pass (573 tests)2001: 67.7% pass (527 tests)2002: 67.2% pass (271 tests)2003: 75.5% pass (200 tests)199820012003
RegisteredTestsFirst-time passvs model (68.5%)
1998 73 76.7% +8.2 pp
1999 95 72.6% +4.1 pp
2000 573 64.6% -3.9 pp
2001 527 67.7% -0.8 pp
2002 271 67.2% -1.3 pp
2003 200 75.5% +7.0 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 · 2005–2016
62%68%73%2005: 70.8% pass (106 tests)2006: 67.8% pass (419 tests)2007: 68.9% pass (283 tests)2008: 65.3% pass (225 tests)2009: 64.0% pass (164 tests)2010: 71.2% pass (125 tests)2011: 69.6% pass (112 tests)2012: 70.9% pass (86 tests)2013: 67.7% pass (62 tests)2014: 66.0% pass (50 tests)2015: 71.4% pass (35 tests)2016: 68.8% pass (32 tests)20052016

Questions

Which Rally 50 years have the lowest MOT pass rate?
2000 registered examples pass first time less often than the Aprilia Rally 50 overall (68.5%); the 2000 cohort is lowest at 64.6% from 573 tests.
Which Rally 50 year has the highest MOT pass rate?
1998, at 76.7% of 73 first tests (2005–2025). Years more than two points above the model average: 1998, 1999, 2003.
How much does the Rally 50 pass rate vary by year?
12.1 percentage points between the highest (1998, 76.7%) and lowest (2000, 64.6%) 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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