BIKERELIABILITY Reg check
Registration-year report · 2005–2025

Data as of: DVSA MOT results to 2025

Harley-Davidson Flhrc: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which Flhrc years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 89.5% average, from 3,463 DVSA tests.

2012
highest-passing year · 95.1%
2010
lowest-passing year · 86.4%
8.7pp
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: 2012 (95.1% of 81 tests). Lowest: 2010 (86.4% of 470). Years more than two points below the model average: 2010.

85%91%97%2006: 91.2% pass (147 tests)2007: 88.6% pass (821 tests)2008: 88.9% pass (566 tests)2009: 91.2% pass (958 tests)2010: 86.4% pass (470 tests)2011: 94.0% pass (215 tests)2012: 95.1% pass (81 tests)200620092012
RegisteredTestsFirst-time passvs model (89.5%)
2006 147 91.2% +1.7 pp
2007 821 88.6% -0.9 pp
2008 566 88.9% -0.6 pp
2009 958 91.2% +1.7 pp
2010 470 86.4% -3.1 pp
2011 215 94.0% +4.5 pp
2012 81 95.1% +5.6 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 · 2010–2025
83%89%95%2010: 88.6% pass (88 tests)2011: 84.9% pass (139 tests)2012: 88.3% pass (206 tests)2013: 87.9% pass (257 tests)2014: 88.9% pass (279 tests)2015: 90.8% pass (295 tests)2016: 89.6% pass (278 tests)2017: 89.6% pass (278 tests)2018: 91.1% pass (214 tests)2019: 88.3% pass (214 tests)2020: 92.8% pass (166 tests)2021: 91.3% pass (229 tests)2022: 87.8% pass (213 tests)2023: 91.2% pass (227 tests)2024: 88.0% pass (167 tests)2025: 93.0% pass (171 tests)20102025

Questions

Which Flhrc years have the lowest MOT pass rate?
2010 registered examples pass first time less often than the Harley-Davidson Flhrc overall (89.5%); the 2010 cohort is lowest at 86.4% from 470 tests.
Which Flhrc year has the highest MOT pass rate?
2012, at 95.1% of 81 first tests (2005–2025). Years more than two points above the model average: 2011, 2012.
How much does the Flhrc pass rate vary by year?
8.7 percentage points between the highest (2012, 95.1%) and lowest (2010, 86.4%) 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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