Harley-Davidson Flhrse 3 Road King Se: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which Flhrse 3 Road King Se years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 89.7% average, from 516 DVSA tests.

2007

highest-passing year · 92.2%

2006

lowest-passing year · 76.5%

15.7pp

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: 2007 (92.2% of 295 tests). Lowest: 2006 (76.5% of 51). Years more than two points below the model average: 2006.

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (89.7%)
2006	51	76.5%	-13.2 pp
2007	295	92.2%	+2.5 pp
2008	169	89.3%	-0.4 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 · 2010–2017

Questions

Which Flhrse 3 Road King Se years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: 2006 registered examples pass first time less often than the Harley-Davidson Flhrse 3 Road King Se overall (89.7%); the 2006 cohort is lowest at 76.5% from 51 tests.
Which Flhrse 3 Road King Se year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2007, at 92.2% of 295 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the Flhrse 3 Road King Se pass rate vary by year?: 15.7 percentage points between the highest (2007, 92.2%) and lowest (2006, 76.5%) 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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