Harley-Davidson Flstfi Fatboy Fuel Injected: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which Flstfi Fatboy Fuel Injected years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 89.4% average, from 1,116 DVSA tests.

2001

highest-passing year · 92.8%

2005

lowest-passing year · 85.0%

7.8pp

spread across 6 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: 2001 (92.8% of 125 tests). Lowest: 2005 (85.0% of 113). Years more than two points below the model average: 2004, 2005.

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (89.4%)
2001	125	92.8%	+3.4 pp
2002	182	89.0%	-0.4 pp
2003	178	92.1%	+2.7 pp
2004	273	86.8%	-2.6 pp
2005	113	85.0%	-4.4 pp
2006	193	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 · 2006–2025

Questions

Which Flstfi Fatboy Fuel Injected years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: 2004, 2005 registered examples pass first time less often than the Harley-Davidson Flstfi Fatboy Fuel Injected overall (89.4%); the 2005 cohort is lowest at 85.0% from 113 tests.
Which Flstfi Fatboy Fuel Injected year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2001, at 92.8% of 125 first tests (2005–2025). Years more than two points above the model average: 2001, 2003.
How much does the Flstfi Fatboy Fuel Injected pass rate vary by year?: 7.8 percentage points between the highest (2001, 92.8%) and lowest (2005, 85.0%) 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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