BIKERELIABILITY Reg check
Registration-year report · 2005–2025

Data as of: DVSA MOT results to 2025

Aprilia RS4 125: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which RS4 125 years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 69.0% average, from 1,266 DVSA tests.

2011
highest-passing year · 71.1%
2014
lowest-passing year · 56.9%
14.2pp
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: 2011 (71.1% of 346 tests). Lowest: 2014 (56.9% of 51). Years more than two points below the model average: 2014.

54%64%74%2011: 71.1% pass (346 tests)2012: 70.4% pass (510 tests)2013: 67.3% pass (333 tests)2014: 56.9% pass (51 tests)201120132014
RegisteredTestsFirst-time passvs model (69.0%)
2011 346 71.1% +2.1 pp
2012 510 70.4% +1.4 pp
2013 333 67.3% -1.7 pp
2014 51 56.9% -12.1 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 · 2014–2025
52%66%80%2014: 75.4% pass (57 tests)2015: 72.3% pass (141 tests)2016: 73.9% pass (234 tests)2017: 67.8% pass (174 tests)2018: 67.6% pass (108 tests)2019: 70.2% pass (104 tests)2020: 73.3% pass (90 tests)2021: 64.6% pass (96 tests)2022: 56.5% pass (92 tests)2023: 61.0% pass (77 tests)2024: 63.3% pass (49 tests)2025: 75.6% pass (41 tests)20142025

Questions

Which RS4 125 years have the lowest MOT pass rate?
2014 registered examples pass first time less often than the Aprilia RS4 125 overall (69.0%); the 2014 cohort is lowest at 56.9% from 51 tests.
Which RS4 125 year has the highest MOT pass rate?
2011, at 71.1% of 346 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the RS4 125 pass rate vary by year?
14.2 percentage points between the highest (2011, 71.1%) and lowest (2014, 56.9%) 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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