BIKERELIABILITY Reg check
Registration-year report · 2005–2025

Data as of: DVSA MOT results to 2025

Enfield Bullet 350: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which Bullet 350 years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 89.0% average, from 2,055 DVSA tests.

2000
highest-passing year · 95.5%
2001
lowest-passing year · 81.0%
14.5pp
spread across 13 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: 2000 (95.5% of 88 tests). Lowest: 2001 (81.0% of 79). Years more than two points below the model average: 1990, 2001, 2003, 2008.

78%88%98%1990: 86.3% pass (51 tests)1992: 91.1% pass (124 tests)1993: 89.6% pass (106 tests)1999: 90.8% pass (87 tests)2000: 95.5% pass (88 tests)2001: 81.0% pass (79 tests)2002: 87.5% pass (160 tests)2003: 86.6% pass (127 tests)2004: 91.0% pass (89 tests)2005: 89.0% pass (109 tests)2006: 87.0% pass (146 tests)2007: 87.7% pass (154 tests)2008: 85.9% pass (163 tests)199020022008
RegisteredTestsFirst-time passvs model (89.0%)
1990 51 86.3% -2.7 pp
1992 124 91.1% +2.1 pp
1993 106 89.6% +0.6 pp
1999 87 90.8% +1.8 pp
2000 88 95.5% +6.5 pp
2001 79 81.0% -8.0 pp
2002 160 87.5% -1.5 pp
2003 127 86.6% -2.4 pp
2004 89 91.0% +2.0 pp
2005 109 89.0% +0.0 pp
2006 146 87.0% -2.0 pp
2007 154 87.7% -1.3 pp
2008 163 85.9% -3.1 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 · 2006–2025
81%90%100%2006: 88.4% pass (129 tests)2007: 90.2% pass (122 tests)2008: 90.7% pass (118 tests)2009: 89.3% pass (122 tests)2010: 89.0% pass (118 tests)2011: 84.1% pass (126 tests)2012: 90.7% pass (97 tests)2013: 90.7% pass (97 tests)2014: 83.9% pass (87 tests)2015: 90.8% pass (98 tests)2016: 86.6% pass (134 tests)2017: 86.5% pass (126 tests)2018: 88.5% pass (104 tests)2019: 96.8% pass (94 tests)2020: 93.8% pass (81 tests)2021: 85.7% pass (91 tests)2022: 88.3% pass (77 tests)2023: 93.3% pass (90 tests)2024: 84.2% pass (57 tests)2025: 87.3% pass (63 tests)20062025

Questions

Which Bullet 350 years have the lowest MOT pass rate?
1990, 2001, 2003, 2008 registered examples pass first time less often than the Enfield Bullet 350 overall (89.0%); the 2001 cohort is lowest at 81.0% from 79 tests.
Which Bullet 350 year has the highest MOT pass rate?
2000, at 95.5% of 88 first tests (2005–2025). Years more than two points above the model average: 1992, 2000.
How much does the Bullet 350 pass rate vary by year?
14.5 percentage points between the highest (2000, 95.5%) and lowest (2001, 81.0%) 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.

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