BIKERELIABILITY Reg check
Registration-year report · 2005–2025

Data as of: DVSA MOT results to 2025

Daelim Daystar: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which Daystar years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 66.6% average, from 764 DVSA tests.

2007
highest-passing year · 68.4%
2013
lowest-passing year · 62.5%
5.9pp
spread across 5 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: 2007 (68.4% of 98 tests). Lowest: 2013 (62.5% of 64). Years more than two points below the model average: 2013.

61%65%70%2004: 64.9% pass (191 tests)2005: 66.5% pass (263 tests)2006: 66.7% pass (90 tests)2007: 68.4% pass (98 tests)2013: 62.5% pass (64 tests)200420062013
RegisteredTestsFirst-time passvs model (66.6%)
2004 191 64.9% -1.7 pp
2005 263 66.5% -0.1 pp
2006 90 66.7% +0.1 pp
2007 98 68.4% +1.8 pp
2013 64 62.5% -4.1 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 · 2008–2023
51%64%76%2008: 68.1% pass (47 tests)2009: 67.3% pass (52 tests)2010: 71.2% pass (59 tests)2011: 70.8% pass (65 tests)2012: 63.5% pass (63 tests)2013: 70.7% pass (58 tests)2014: 71.7% pass (46 tests)2015: 70.4% pass (54 tests)2016: 66.7% pass (42 tests)2017: 63.6% pass (33 tests)2018: 64.7% pass (34 tests)2019: 68.4% pass (38 tests)2023: 55.3% pass (38 tests)20082023

Questions

Which Daystar years have the lowest MOT pass rate?
2013 registered examples pass first time less often than the Daelim Daystar overall (66.6%); the 2013 cohort is lowest at 62.5% from 64 tests.
Which Daystar year has the highest MOT pass rate?
2007, at 68.4% of 98 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the Daystar pass rate vary by year?
5.9 percentage points between the highest (2007, 68.4%) and lowest (2013, 62.5%) 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.

Full report: Daelim Daystar reliability, failures and mileage · ranked #4931 of 5428 models· other Daelim models: VS 125, S Five, Vee 125, NS125, GZ 50, VL