BMW R60/5: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which R60/5 years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 89.7% average, from 573 DVSA tests.

1973

highest-passing year · 94.0%

1971

lowest-passing year · 88.3%

5.7pp

spread across 3 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: 1973 (94.0% of 168 tests). Lowest: 1971 (88.3% of 239).

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (89.7%)
1970	56	91.1%	+1.4 pp
1971	239	88.3%	-1.4 pp
1973	168	94.0%	+4.3 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

Questions

Which R60/5 years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: none: no registration year of the BMW R60/5 falls more than two points under the model's 89.7% overall pass rate.
Which R60/5 year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 1973, at 94.0% of 168 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the R60/5 pass rate vary by year?: 5.7 percentage points between the highest (1973, 94.0%) and lowest (1971, 88.3%) 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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