Harley-Davidson Dyna Wide Glide: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which Dyna Wide Glide years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 89.9% average, from 503 DVSA tests.

1996

highest-passing year · 96.5%

1997

lowest-passing year · 83.1%

13.4pp

spread across 4 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: 1996 (96.5% of 143 tests). Lowest: 1997 (83.1% of 89). Years more than two points below the model average: 1993, 1997.

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (89.9%)
1993	52	84.6%	-5.3 pp
1995	106	91.5%	+1.6 pp
1996	143	96.5%	+6.6 pp
1997	89	83.1%	-6.8 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 · 2006–2016

Questions

Which Dyna Wide Glide years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: 1993, 1997 registered examples pass first time less often than the Harley-Davidson Dyna Wide Glide overall (89.9%); the 1997 cohort is lowest at 83.1% from 89 tests.
Which Dyna Wide Glide year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 1996, at 96.5% of 143 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the Dyna Wide Glide pass rate vary by year?: 13.4 percentage points between the highest (1996, 96.5%) and lowest (1997, 83.1%) 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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