Harley-Davidson Flhrsi: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which Flhrsi years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 87.5% average, from 2,530 DVSA tests.

2003

highest-passing year · 90.4%

2004

lowest-passing year · 86.2%

4.2pp

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: 2003 (90.4% of 156 tests). Lowest: 2004 (86.2% of 1,154).

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (87.5%)
2003	156	90.4%	+2.9 pp
2004	1,154	86.2%	-1.3 pp
2005	745	87.8%	+0.3 pp
2006	455	89.5%	+2.0 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 · 2007–2025

Questions

Which Flhrsi years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: none: no registration year of the Harley-Davidson Flhrsi falls more than two points under the model's 87.5% overall pass rate.
Which Flhrsi year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2003, at 90.4% of 156 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the Flhrsi pass rate vary by year?: 4.2 percentage points between the highest (2003, 90.4%) and lowest (2004, 86.2%) 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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