Aprilia RS 125 FP 08: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which RS 125 FP 08 years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 67.0% average, from 554 DVSA tests.

2010

highest-passing year · 67.2%

2008

lowest-passing year · 65.8%

1.4pp

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: 2010 (67.2% of 137 tests). Lowest: 2008 (65.8% of 155).

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (67.0%)
2008	155	65.8%	-1.2 pp
2009	128	66.4%	-0.6 pp
2010	137	67.2%	+0.2 pp
2011	94	66.0%	-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 · 2012–2017

Questions

Which RS 125 FP 08 years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: none: no registration year of the Aprilia RS 125 FP 08 falls more than two points under the model's 67.0% overall pass rate.
Which RS 125 FP 08 year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2010, at 67.2% of 137 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the RS 125 FP 08 pass rate vary by year?: 1.4 percentage points between the highest (2010, 67.2%) and lowest (2008, 65.8%) 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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