Aprilia RS 125R Extrema: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which RS 125R Extrema years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 61.3% average, from 767 DVSA tests.

2003

highest-passing year · 65.8%

2001

lowest-passing year · 55.3%

10.5pp

spread across 3 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: 2003 (65.8% of 447 tests). Lowest: 2001 (55.3% of 123). Years more than two points below the model average: 2001, 2002.

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (61.3%)
2001	123	55.3%	-6.0 pp
2002	124	55.6%	-5.7 pp
2003	447	65.8%	+4.5 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 · 2006–2016

Questions

Which RS 125R Extrema years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: 2001, 2002 registered examples pass first time less often than the Aprilia RS 125R Extrema overall (61.3%); the 2001 cohort is lowest at 55.3% from 123 tests.
Which RS 125R Extrema year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2003, at 65.8% of 447 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the RS 125R Extrema pass rate vary by year?: 10.5 percentage points between the highest (2003, 65.8%) and lowest (2001, 55.3%) 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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