Harley-Davidson Flfbs Fatboy 114 1868 19: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which Flfbs Fatboy 114 1868 19 years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 90.3% average, from 833 DVSA tests.

2018

highest-passing year · 91.2%

2020

lowest-passing year · 86.7%

4.5pp

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: 2018 (91.2% of 114 tests). Lowest: 2020 (86.7% of 60). Years more than two points below the model average: 2020.

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (90.3%)
2018	114	91.2%	+0.9 pp
2019	656	90.5%	+0.2 pp
2020	60	86.7%	-3.6 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 · 2022–2025

Questions

Which Flfbs Fatboy 114 1868 19 years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: 2020 registered examples pass first time less often than the Harley-Davidson Flfbs Fatboy 114 1868 19 overall (90.3%); the 2020 cohort is lowest at 86.7% from 60 tests.
Which Flfbs Fatboy 114 1868 19 year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2018, at 91.2% of 114 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the Flfbs Fatboy 114 1868 19 pass rate vary by year?: 4.5 percentage points between the highest (2018, 91.2%) and lowest (2020, 86.7%) 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.

Full report: Harley-Davidson Flfbs Fatboy 114 1868 19 reliability, failures and mileage · ranked #854 of 5428 models· other Harley-Davidson models: XLH 883, Flstf, Flstc, XL, XL1200C, XL883