Registration-year report · 2005–2025
Data as of: DVSA MOT results to 2025
BMW K1100: MOT pass rate by registration year
Which K1100 years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 81.8% average, from 5,401 DVSA tests.
1992
highest-passing year · 84.6%
1998
lowest-passing year · 80.2%
4.4pp
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: 1992 (84.6% of 572 tests). Lowest: 1998 (80.2% of 359).
| Registered | Tests | First-time pass | vs model (81.8%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 572 | 84.6% | +2.8 pp |
| 1993 | 1,171 | 81.7% | -0.1 pp |
| 1994 | 1,000 | 80.8% | -1.0 pp |
| 1995 | 857 | 80.3% | -1.5 pp |
| 1996 | 911 | 83.0% | +1.2 pp |
| 1997 | 473 | 82.5% | +0.7 pp |
| 1998 | 359 | 80.2% | -1.6 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 · 2005–2017
Questions
- Which K1100 years have the lowest MOT pass rate?
- none: no registration year of the BMW K1100 falls more than two points under the model's 81.8% overall pass rate.
- Which K1100 year has the highest MOT pass rate?
- 1992, at 84.6% of 572 first tests (2005–2025).
- How much does the K1100 pass rate vary by year?
- 4.4 percentage points between the highest (1992, 84.6%) and lowest (1998, 80.2%) 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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