BIKERELIABILITY Reg check
Registration-year report · 2005–2025

Data as of: DVSA MOT results to 2025

Aprilia SL 750 Shiver GT: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which SL 750 Shiver GT years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 86.2% average, from 615 DVSA tests.

2009
highest-passing year · 86.5%
2011
lowest-passing year · 82.8%
3.7pp
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: 2009 (86.5% of 275 tests). Lowest: 2011 (82.8% of 64). Years more than two points below the model average: 2011.

82%85%87%2009: 86.5% pass (275 tests)2010: 86.4% pass (169 tests)2011: 82.8% pass (64 tests)2012: 86.1% pass (101 tests)200920112012
RegisteredTestsFirst-time passvs model (86.2%)
2009 275 86.5% +0.3 pp
2010 169 86.4% +0.2 pp
2011 64 82.8% -3.4 pp
2012 101 86.1% -0.1 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 · 2013–2025
68%84%100%2013: 94.6% pass (37 tests)2014: 94.2% pass (52 tests)2015: 91.8% pass (61 tests)2016: 82.3% pass (62 tests)2017: 96.6% pass (58 tests)2018: 85.0% pass (40 tests)2019: 83.3% pass (42 tests)2020: 73.8% pass (42 tests)2021: 79.1% pass (43 tests)2022: 81.0% pass (42 tests)2023: 85.0% pass (40 tests)2024: 88.2% pass (34 tests)2025: 74.3% pass (35 tests)20132025

Questions

Which SL 750 Shiver GT years have the lowest MOT pass rate?
2011 registered examples pass first time less often than the Aprilia SL 750 Shiver GT overall (86.2%); the 2011 cohort is lowest at 82.8% from 64 tests.
Which SL 750 Shiver GT year has the highest MOT pass rate?
2009, at 86.5% of 275 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the SL 750 Shiver GT pass rate vary by year?
3.7 percentage points between the highest (2009, 86.5%) and lowest (2011, 82.8%) 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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