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Registration-year report · 2005–2025

Data as of: DVSA MOT results to 2025

Harley-Davidson Vrscdx: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which Vrscdx years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 88.3% average, from 1,704 DVSA tests.

2007
highest-passing year · 90.8%
2012
lowest-passing year · 80.4%
10.4pp
spread across 8 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 (90.8% of 65 tests). Lowest: 2012 (80.4% of 51). Years more than two points below the model average: 2012, 2013.

78%86%93%2007: 90.8% pass (65 tests)2008: 87.5% pass (56 tests)2010: 89.7% pass (87 tests)2012: 80.4% pass (51 tests)2013: 82.5% pass (80 tests)2014: 88.2% pass (508 tests)2015: 90.1% pass (436 tests)2016: 87.7% pass (292 tests)200720132016
RegisteredTestsFirst-time passvs model (88.3%)
2007 65 90.8% +2.5 pp
2008 56 87.5% -0.8 pp
2010 87 89.7% +1.4 pp
2012 51 80.4% -7.9 pp
2013 80 82.5% -5.8 pp
2014 508 88.2% -0.1 pp
2015 436 90.1% +1.8 pp
2016 292 87.7% -0.6 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 · 2016–2025
86%90%95%2016: 93.5% pass (31 tests)2017: 87.9% pass (116 tests)2018: 88.9% pass (144 tests)2019: 87.2% pass (195 tests)2020: 87.7% pass (179 tests)2021: 90.0% pass (211 tests)2022: 87.8% pass (213 tests)2023: 87.9% pass (214 tests)2024: 89.4% pass (151 tests)2025: 90.1% pass (162 tests)20162025

Questions

Which Vrscdx years have the lowest MOT pass rate?
2012, 2013 registered examples pass first time less often than the Harley-Davidson Vrscdx overall (88.3%); the 2012 cohort is lowest at 80.4% from 51 tests.
Which Vrscdx year has the highest MOT pass rate?
2007, at 90.8% of 65 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the Vrscdx pass rate vary by year?
10.4 percentage points between the highest (2007, 90.8%) and lowest (2012, 80.4%) 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.

Full report: Harley-Davidson Vrscdx reliability, failures and mileage · ranked #1505 of 5428 models· other Harley-Davidson models: XLH 883, Flstf, Flstc, XL, XL1200C, XL883