BIKERELIABILITY Reg check
Registration-year report · 2005–2025

Data as of: DVSA MOT results to 2025

Aprilia RSV Mille: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which RSV Mille years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 82.4% average, from 1,396 DVSA tests.

2005
highest-passing year · 90.7%
2000
lowest-passing year · 78.4%
12.3pp
spread across 7 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: 2005 (90.7% of 97 tests). Lowest: 2000 (78.4% of 194). Years more than two points below the model average: 2000.

76%85%93%1999: 83.1% pass (77 tests)2000: 78.4% pass (194 tests)2001: 81.9% pass (320 tests)2002: 82.3% pass (453 tests)2003: 84.4% pass (122 tests)2004: 84.8% pass (66 tests)2005: 90.7% pass (97 tests)199920022005
RegisteredTestsFirst-time passvs model (82.4%)
1999 77 83.1% +0.7 pp
2000 194 78.4% -4.0 pp
2001 320 81.9% -0.5 pp
2002 453 82.3% -0.1 pp
2003 122 84.4% +2.0 pp
2004 66 84.8% +2.4 pp
2005 97 90.7% +8.3 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 · 2006–2017
74%82%90%2006: 82.2% pass (129 tests)2007: 84.7% pass (131 tests)2008: 84.0% pass (125 tests)2009: 78.8% pass (132 tests)2010: 82.4% pass (119 tests)2011: 81.9% pass (127 tests)2012: 85.7% pass (112 tests)2013: 83.6% pass (116 tests)2014: 83.3% pass (108 tests)2015: 76.9% pass (104 tests)2016: 80.0% pass (95 tests)2017: 87.2% pass (86 tests)20062017

Questions

Which RSV Mille years have the lowest MOT pass rate?
2000 registered examples pass first time less often than the Aprilia RSV Mille overall (82.4%); the 2000 cohort is lowest at 78.4% from 194 tests.
Which RSV Mille year has the highest MOT pass rate?
2005, at 90.7% of 97 first tests (2005–2025). Years more than two points above the model average: 2004, 2005.
How much does the RSV Mille pass rate vary by year?
12.3 percentage points between the highest (2005, 90.7%) and lowest (2000, 78.4%) 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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