BIKERELIABILITY Reg check
Registration-year report · 2005–2025

Data as of: DVSA MOT results to 2025

Easy Rider CJ50FK: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which CJ50FK years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 82.5% average, from 1,042 DVSA tests.

2001
highest-passing year · 88.7%
1994
lowest-passing year · 72.6%
16.1pp
spread across 6 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: 2001 (88.7% of 310 tests). Lowest: 1994 (72.6% of 62). Years more than two points below the model average: 1994, 1997, 1999.

69%81%92%1994: 72.6% pass (62 tests)1997: 75.8% pass (62 tests)1999: 77.8% pass (54 tests)2000: 83.8% pass (80 tests)2001: 88.7% pass (310 tests)2002: 83.3% pass (312 tests)199420002002
RegisteredTestsFirst-time passvs model (82.5%)
1994 62 72.6% -9.9 pp
1997 62 75.8% -6.7 pp
1999 54 77.8% -4.7 pp
2000 80 83.8% +1.3 pp
2001 310 88.7% +6.2 pp
2002 312 83.3% +0.8 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 · 2005–2014
72%86%100%2005: 95.5% pass (44 tests)2006: 88.1% pass (160 tests)2007: 88.0% pass (125 tests)2008: 82.6% pass (109 tests)2009: 77.0% pass (113 tests)2010: 78.1% pass (96 tests)2011: 79.5% pass (83 tests)2012: 77.9% pass (86 tests)2013: 81.2% pass (85 tests)2014: 86.0% pass (57 tests)20052014

Questions

Which CJ50FK years have the lowest MOT pass rate?
1994, 1997, 1999 registered examples pass first time less often than the Easy Rider CJ50FK overall (82.5%); the 1994 cohort is lowest at 72.6% from 62 tests.
Which CJ50FK year has the highest MOT pass rate?
2001, at 88.7% of 310 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the CJ50FK pass rate vary by year?
16.1 percentage points between the highest (2001, 88.7%) and lowest (1994, 72.6%) 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: Easy Rider CJ50FK reliability, failures and mileage · ranked #3073 of 5428 models· other Easy Rider models: M 50 JC 50 Q-7, M50, DX90, JC50Q7A, JH125L, JC50