Harley-Davidson Fxdc Super Glide Custom: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which Fxdc Super Glide Custom years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 88.2% average, from 858 DVSA tests.

2006

highest-passing year · 89.5%

2008

lowest-passing year · 88.0%

1.5pp

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 (89.5% of 133 tests). Lowest: 2008 (88.0% of 233).

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (88.2%)
2006	133	89.5%	+1.3 pp
2007	478	88.1%	-0.1 pp
2008	233	88.0%	-0.2 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 Fxdc Super Glide Custom years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: none: no registration year of the Harley-Davidson Fxdc Super Glide Custom falls more than two points under the model's 88.2% overall pass rate.
Which Fxdc Super Glide Custom year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2006, at 89.5% of 133 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the Fxdc Super Glide Custom pass rate vary by year?: 1.5 percentage points between the highest (2006, 89.5%) and lowest (2008, 88.0%) 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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