Harley-Davidson Vrscb: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which Vrscb years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 87.9% average, from 2,187 DVSA tests.

2007

highest-passing year · 96.7%

2004

lowest-passing year · 87.2%

9.5pp

spread across 5 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: 2007 (96.7% of 61 tests). Lowest: 2004 (87.2% of 973).

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (87.9%)
2003	69	89.9%	+2.0 pp
2004	973	87.2%	-0.7 pp
2005	803	87.2%	-0.7 pp
2006	209	88.5%	+0.6 pp
2007	61	96.7%	+8.8 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 · 2007–2025

Questions

Which Vrscb years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: none: no registration year of the Harley-Davidson Vrscb falls more than two points under the model's 87.9% overall pass rate.
Which Vrscb year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2007, at 96.7% of 61 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the Vrscb pass rate vary by year?: 9.5 percentage points between the highest (2007, 96.7%) and lowest (2004, 87.2%) 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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