Harley-Davidson Flhtcu Electraglide Ultra: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which Flhtcu Electraglide Ultra years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 93.0% average, from 919 DVSA tests.

2006

highest-passing year · 95.6%

2008

lowest-passing year · 91.2%

4.4pp

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: 2006 (95.6% of 90 tests). Lowest: 2008 (91.2% of 307).

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (93.0%)
2006	90	95.6%	+2.6 pp
2007	485	93.4%	+0.4 pp
2008	307	91.2%	-1.8 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 · 2010–2025

Questions

Which Flhtcu Electraglide Ultra years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: none: no registration year of the Harley-Davidson Flhtcu Electraglide Ultra falls more than two points under the model's 93.0% overall pass rate.
Which Flhtcu Electraglide Ultra year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2006, at 95.6% of 90 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the Flhtcu Electraglide Ultra pass rate vary by year?: 4.4 percentage points between the highest (2006, 95.6%) and lowest (2008, 91.2%) 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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