BIKERELIABILITY Reg check
Registration-year report · 2005–2025

Data as of: DVSA MOT results to 2025

Gilera SC 125: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which SC 125 years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 59.6% average, from 995 DVSA tests.

2006
highest-passing year · 70.1%
2007
lowest-passing year · 50.7%
19.4pp
spread across 3 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: 2006 (70.1% of 77 tests). Lowest: 2007 (50.7% of 276). Years more than two points below the model average: 2007.

47%60%74%2006: 70.1% pass (77 tests)2007: 50.7% pass (276 tests)2008: 62.1% pass (630 tests)200620072008
RegisteredTestsFirst-time passvs model (59.6%)
2006 77 70.1% +10.5 pp
2007 276 50.7% -8.9 pp
2008 630 62.1% +2.5 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 · 2010–2018
45%57%68%2010: 49.0% pass (51 tests)2011: 57.1% pass (147 tests)2012: 59.5% pass (153 tests)2013: 52.7% pass (131 tests)2014: 62.5% pass (120 tests)2015: 59.2% pass (103 tests)2016: 64.5% pass (62 tests)2017: 56.6% pass (53 tests)2018: 60.0% pass (35 tests)20102018

Questions

Which SC 125 years have the lowest MOT pass rate?
2007 registered examples pass first time less often than the Gilera SC 125 overall (59.6%); the 2007 cohort is lowest at 50.7% from 276 tests.
Which SC 125 year has the highest MOT pass rate?
2006, at 70.1% of 77 first tests (2005–2025). Years more than two points above the model average: 2006, 2008.
How much does the SC 125 pass rate vary by year?
19.4 percentage points between the highest (2006, 70.1%) and lowest (2007, 50.7%) 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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