BIKERELIABILITY Reg check
Registration-year report · 2005–2025

Data as of: DVSA MOT results to 2025

Easy Rider M 50 JC 50 Q-7: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which M 50 JC 50 Q-7 years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 81.9% average, from 3,066 DVSA tests.

2007
highest-passing year · 84.5%
2008
lowest-passing year · 76.0%
8.5pp
spread across 11 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 (84.5% of 129 tests). Lowest: 2008 (76.0% of 50). Years more than two points below the model average: 2005, 2008.

74%80%86%1998: 82.2% pass (197 tests)1999: 82.0% pass (189 tests)2000: 81.2% pass (372 tests)2001: 83.4% pass (344 tests)2002: 81.2% pass (351 tests)2003: 81.4% pass (531 tests)2004: 83.7% pass (503 tests)2005: 79.3% pass (271 tests)2006: 83.9% pass (118 tests)2007: 84.5% pass (129 tests)2008: 76.0% pass (50 tests)199820032008
RegisteredTestsFirst-time passvs model (81.9%)
1998 197 82.2% +0.3 pp
1999 189 82.0% +0.1 pp
2000 372 81.2% -0.7 pp
2001 344 83.4% +1.5 pp
2002 351 81.2% -0.7 pp
2003 531 81.4% -0.5 pp
2004 503 83.7% +1.8 pp
2005 271 79.3% -2.6 pp
2006 118 83.9% +2.0 pp
2007 129 84.5% +2.6 pp
2008 50 76.0% -5.9 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 · 2006–2025
71%84%96%2006: 78.5% pass (149 tests)2007: 88.0% pass (216 tests)2008: 85.2% pass (243 tests)2009: 76.2% pass (252 tests)2010: 81.4% pass (247 tests)2011: 82.9% pass (263 tests)2012: 79.8% pass (258 tests)2013: 79.1% pass (253 tests)2014: 83.1% pass (213 tests)2015: 84.0% pass (156 tests)2016: 76.9% pass (134 tests)2017: 81.4% pass (113 tests)2018: 75.3% pass (73 tests)2019: 78.7% pass (75 tests)2020: 82.5% pass (80 tests)2021: 89.1% pass (64 tests)2022: 92.2% pass (64 tests)2023: 82.1% pass (67 tests)2024: 88.4% pass (43 tests)2025: 88.3% pass (77 tests)20062025

Questions

Which M 50 JC 50 Q-7 years have the lowest MOT pass rate?
2005, 2008 registered examples pass first time less often than the Easy Rider M 50 JC 50 Q-7 overall (81.9%); the 2008 cohort is lowest at 76.0% from 50 tests.
Which M 50 JC 50 Q-7 year has the highest MOT pass rate?
2007, at 84.5% of 129 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the M 50 JC 50 Q-7 pass rate vary by year?
8.5 percentage points between the highest (2007, 84.5%) and lowest (2008, 76.0%) 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.

Full report: Easy Rider M 50 JC 50 Q-7 reliability, failures and mileage · ranked #3199 of 5428 models· other Easy Rider models: M50, CJ50FK, DX90, JC50Q7A, JH125L, JC50