BIKERELIABILITY Reg check
Registration-year report · 2005–2025

Data as of: DVSA MOT results to 2025

Gas Gas Pampera: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which Pampera years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 83.1% average, from 1,216 DVSA tests.

1998
highest-passing year · 88.8%
2003
lowest-passing year · 77.8%
11.0pp
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: 1998 (88.8% of 80 tests). Lowest: 2003 (77.8% of 234). Years more than two points below the model average: 1996, 2003.

76%83%91%1996: 79.2% pass (53 tests)1998: 88.8% pass (80 tests)1999: 84.5% pass (58 tests)2002: 82.4% pass (391 tests)2003: 77.8% pass (234 tests)2004: 87.7% pass (163 tests)2005: 82.8% pass (64 tests)199620022005
RegisteredTestsFirst-time passvs model (83.1%)
1996 53 79.2% -3.9 pp
1998 80 88.8% +5.7 pp
1999 58 84.5% +1.4 pp
2002 391 82.4% -0.7 pp
2003 234 77.8% -5.3 pp
2004 163 87.7% +4.6 pp
2005 64 82.8% -0.3 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
68%84%100%2006: 86.2% pass (58 tests)2007: 77.6% pass (67 tests)2008: 77.0% pass (61 tests)2009: 84.8% pass (66 tests)2010: 83.1% pass (59 tests)2011: 80.8% pass (78 tests)2012: 85.3% pass (68 tests)2013: 81.1% pass (74 tests)2014: 81.7% pass (82 tests)2015: 85.5% pass (76 tests)2016: 73.2% pass (71 tests)2017: 81.4% pass (70 tests)2018: 84.6% pass (52 tests)2019: 88.6% pass (44 tests)2020: 82.1% pass (39 tests)2021: 86.0% pass (50 tests)2022: 88.9% pass (54 tests)2023: 84.3% pass (51 tests)2024: 94.9% pass (39 tests)2025: 90.0% pass (40 tests)20062025

Questions

Which Pampera years have the lowest MOT pass rate?
1996, 2003 registered examples pass first time less often than the Gas Gas Pampera overall (83.1%); the 2003 cohort is lowest at 77.8% from 234 tests.
Which Pampera year has the highest MOT pass rate?
1998, at 88.8% of 80 first tests (2005–2025). Years more than two points above the model average: 1998, 2004.
How much does the Pampera pass rate vary by year?
11.0 percentage points between the highest (1998, 88.8%) and lowest (2003, 77.8%) 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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