BIKERELIABILITY Reg check
Registration-year report · 2005–2025

Data as of: DVSA MOT results to 2025

Harley-Davidson Fltri: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which Fltri years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 88.1% average, from 604 DVSA tests.

2001
highest-passing year · 95.3%
2000
lowest-passing year · 85.4%
9.9pp
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: 2001 (95.3% of 86 tests). Lowest: 2000 (85.4% of 192). Years more than two points below the model average: 2000.

83%90%97%1999: 87.5% pass (216 tests)2000: 85.4% pass (192 tests)2001: 95.3% pass (86 tests)2002: 90.0% pass (50 tests)199920012002
RegisteredTestsFirst-time passvs model (88.1%)
1999 216 87.5% -0.6 pp
2000 192 85.4% -2.7 pp
2001 86 95.3% +7.2 pp
2002 50 90.0% +1.9 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 · 2006–2016
72%86%100%2006: 89.6% pass (48 tests)2007: 87.0% pass (46 tests)2008: 95.3% pass (43 tests)2009: 76.9% pass (39 tests)2010: 97.6% pass (41 tests)2011: 78.4% pass (37 tests)2012: 85.7% pass (35 tests)2013: 90.3% pass (31 tests)2014: 93.9% pass (33 tests)2015: 84.8% pass (33 tests)2016: 93.8% pass (32 tests)20062016

Questions

Which Fltri years have the lowest MOT pass rate?
2000 registered examples pass first time less often than the Harley-Davidson Fltri overall (88.1%); the 2000 cohort is lowest at 85.4% from 192 tests.
Which Fltri year has the highest MOT pass rate?
2001, at 95.3% of 86 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the Fltri pass rate vary by year?
9.9 percentage points between the highest (2001, 95.3%) and lowest (2000, 85.4%) 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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