BIKERELIABILITY Reg check
Registration-year report · 2005–2025

Data as of: DVSA MOT results to 2025

Gilera Nexus: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which Nexus years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 78.9% average, from 2,766 DVSA tests.

2010
highest-passing year · 86.6%
2005
lowest-passing year · 77.2%
9.4pp
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: 2010 (86.6% of 82 tests). Lowest: 2005 (77.2% of 346).

75%82%88%2004: 77.7% pass (1,112 tests)2005: 77.2% pass (346 tests)2006: 79.2% pass (404 tests)2007: 78.7% pass (347 tests)2008: 80.6% pass (191 tests)2009: 81.0% pass (253 tests)2010: 86.6% pass (82 tests)200420072010
RegisteredTestsFirst-time passvs model (78.9%)
2004 1,112 77.7% -1.2 pp
2005 346 77.2% -1.7 pp
2006 404 79.2% +0.3 pp
2007 347 78.7% -0.2 pp
2008 191 80.6% +1.7 pp
2009 253 81.0% +2.1 pp
2010 82 86.6% +7.7 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 · 2007–2025
70%80%90%2007: 77.2% pass (114 tests)2008: 74.9% pass (175 tests)2009: 73.7% pass (190 tests)2010: 75.8% pass (223 tests)2011: 80.8% pass (224 tests)2012: 78.5% pass (228 tests)2013: 81.6% pass (234 tests)2014: 78.4% pass (236 tests)2015: 77.4% pass (208 tests)2016: 78.5% pass (172 tests)2017: 82.6% pass (144 tests)2018: 81.4% pass (102 tests)2019: 79.8% pass (94 tests)2020: 86.7% pass (83 tests)2021: 82.6% pass (86 tests)2022: 77.8% pass (81 tests)2023: 77.3% pass (75 tests)2024: 84.8% pass (46 tests)2025: 80.0% pass (50 tests)20072025

Questions

Which Nexus years have the lowest MOT pass rate?
none: no registration year of the Gilera Nexus falls more than two points under the model's 78.9% overall pass rate.
Which Nexus year has the highest MOT pass rate?
2010, at 86.6% of 82 first tests (2005–2025). Years more than two points above the model average: 2009, 2010.
How much does the Nexus pass rate vary by year?
9.4 percentage points between the highest (2010, 86.6%) and lowest (2005, 77.2%) 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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