BIKERELIABILITY Reg check
Registration-year report · 2005–2025

Data as of: DVSA MOT results to 2025

Aprilia SR 50 R: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which SR 50 R years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 62.5% average, from 2,273 DVSA tests.

2012
highest-passing year · 73.4%
2008
lowest-passing year · 56.0%
17.4pp
spread across 8 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: 2012 (73.4% of 94 tests). Lowest: 2008 (56.0% of 391). Years more than two points below the model average: 2008, 2010.

53%65%77%2005: 63.3% pass (240 tests)2006: 68.0% pass (225 tests)2007: 62.5% pass (379 tests)2008: 56.0% pass (391 tests)2009: 63.6% pass (297 tests)2010: 58.5% pass (284 tests)2011: 64.8% pass (352 tests)2012: 73.4% pass (94 tests)200520092012
RegisteredTestsFirst-time passvs model (62.5%)
2005 240 63.3% +0.8 pp
2006 225 68.0% +5.5 pp
2007 379 62.5% +0.0 pp
2008 391 56.0% -6.5 pp
2009 297 63.6% +1.1 pp
2010 284 58.5% -4.0 pp
2011 352 64.8% +2.3 pp
2012 94 73.4% +10.9 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 · 2008–2023
51%64%78%2008: 59.0% pass (61 tests)2009: 66.3% pass (89 tests)2010: 63.5% pass (156 tests)2011: 56.8% pass (220 tests)2012: 61.0% pass (246 tests)2013: 56.5% pass (232 tests)2014: 63.1% pass (268 tests)2015: 69.4% pass (248 tests)2016: 59.3% pass (199 tests)2017: 61.2% pass (147 tests)2018: 70.9% pass (79 tests)2019: 67.6% pass (71 tests)2020: 73.3% pass (60 tests)2021: 55.6% pass (54 tests)2022: 71.1% pass (45 tests)2023: 64.3% pass (42 tests)20082023

Questions

Which SR 50 R years have the lowest MOT pass rate?
2008, 2010 registered examples pass first time less often than the Aprilia SR 50 R overall (62.5%); the 2008 cohort is lowest at 56.0% from 391 tests.
Which SR 50 R year has the highest MOT pass rate?
2012, at 73.4% of 94 first tests (2005–2025). Years more than two points above the model average: 2006, 2011, 2012.
How much does the SR 50 R pass rate vary by year?
17.4 percentage points between the highest (2012, 73.4%) and lowest (2008, 56.0%) 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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