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Registration-year report · 2005–2025

Data as of: DVSA MOT results to 2025

Harley-Davidson Fxdi: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which Fxdi years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 90.7% average, from 1,273 DVSA tests.

2005
highest-passing year · 93.1%
2006
lowest-passing year · 87.6%
5.5pp
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: 2005 (93.1% of 58 tests). Lowest: 2006 (87.6% of 89). Years more than two points below the model average: 2006.

87%90%94%2003: 91.2% pass (114 tests)2004: 90.8% pass (937 tests)2005: 93.1% pass (58 tests)2006: 87.6% pass (89 tests)200320052006
RegisteredTestsFirst-time passvs model (90.7%)
2003 114 91.2% +0.5 pp
2004 937 90.8% +0.1 pp
2005 58 93.1% +2.4 pp
2006 89 87.6% -3.1 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
83%91%98%2007: 85.5% pass (76 tests)2008: 94.7% pass (75 tests)2009: 89.8% pass (88 tests)2010: 94.5% pass (73 tests)2011: 89.2% pass (74 tests)2012: 91.4% pass (70 tests)2013: 90.5% pass (74 tests)2014: 86.1% pass (72 tests)2015: 91.5% pass (71 tests)2016: 94.3% pass (70 tests)2017: 91.8% pass (73 tests)2018: 88.9% pass (63 tests)2019: 89.1% pass (55 tests)2020: 95.5% pass (44 tests)2021: 86.6% pass (67 tests)2022: 89.4% pass (66 tests)2023: 93.4% pass (61 tests)2024: 93.3% pass (45 tests)2025: 89.4% pass (47 tests)20072025

Questions

Which Fxdi years have the lowest MOT pass rate?
2006 registered examples pass first time less often than the Harley-Davidson Fxdi overall (90.7%); the 2006 cohort is lowest at 87.6% from 89 tests.
Which Fxdi year has the highest MOT pass rate?
2005, at 93.1% of 58 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the Fxdi pass rate vary by year?
5.5 percentage points between the highest (2005, 93.1%) and lowest (2006, 87.6%) 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.

Full report: Harley-Davidson Fxdi reliability, failures and mileage · ranked #748 of 5428 models· other Harley-Davidson models: XLH 883, Flstf, Flstc, XL, XL1200C, XL883