BIKERELIABILITY Reg check
Registration-year report · 2005–2025

Data as of: DVSA MOT results to 2025

Gas Gas Ec 200: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which Ec 200 years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 75.3% average, from 1,102 DVSA tests.

2001
highest-passing year · 82.9%
2008
lowest-passing year · 70.9%
12.0pp
spread across 7 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 (82.9% of 70 tests). Lowest: 2008 (70.9% of 79). Years more than two points below the model average: 2002, 2006, 2008.

69%77%85%2001: 82.9% pass (70 tests)2002: 72.6% pass (237 tests)2003: 78.4% pass (259 tests)2004: 74.5% pass (110 tests)2005: 73.9% pass (119 tests)2006: 72.2% pass (133 tests)2008: 70.9% pass (79 tests)200120042008
RegisteredTestsFirst-time passvs model (75.3%)
2001 70 82.9% +7.6 pp
2002 237 72.6% -2.7 pp
2003 259 78.4% +3.1 pp
2004 110 74.5% -0.8 pp
2005 119 73.9% -1.4 pp
2006 133 72.2% -3.1 pp
2008 79 70.9% -4.4 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 · 2006–2023
55%77%100%2006: 89.5% pass (38 tests)2007: 73.5% pass (49 tests)2008: 72.6% pass (62 tests)2009: 72.7% pass (77 tests)2010: 75.8% pass (66 tests)2011: 71.4% pass (84 tests)2012: 63.2% pass (87 tests)2013: 71.4% pass (84 tests)2014: 79.3% pass (82 tests)2015: 76.9% pass (78 tests)2016: 83.3% pass (72 tests)2017: 81.0% pass (63 tests)2018: 97.0% pass (33 tests)2019: 64.9% pass (37 tests)2020: 71.9% pass (32 tests)2021: 68.9% pass (45 tests)2022: 79.4% pass (34 tests)2023: 84.4% pass (32 tests)20062023

Questions

Which Ec 200 years have the lowest MOT pass rate?
2002, 2006, 2008 registered examples pass first time less often than the Gas Gas Ec 200 overall (75.3%); the 2008 cohort is lowest at 70.9% from 79 tests.
Which Ec 200 year has the highest MOT pass rate?
2001, at 82.9% of 70 first tests (2005–2025). Years more than two points above the model average: 2001, 2003.
How much does the Ec 200 pass rate vary by year?
12.0 percentage points between the highest (2001, 82.9%) and lowest (2008, 70.9%) 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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