Harley-Davidson XL 1200 CX Roadster 17: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which XL 1200 CX Roadster 17 years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 89.5% average, from 972 DVSA tests.

2016

highest-passing year · 91.2%

2019

lowest-passing year · 87.3%

3.9pp

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: 2016 (91.2% of 193 tests). Lowest: 2019 (87.3% of 55). Years more than two points below the model average: 2019.

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (89.5%)
2016	193	91.2%	+1.7 pp
2017	476	88.9%	-0.6 pp
2018	243	89.7%	+0.2 pp
2019	55	87.3%	-2.2 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 · 2020–2025

Questions

Which XL 1200 CX Roadster 17 years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: 2019 registered examples pass first time less often than the Harley-Davidson XL 1200 CX Roadster 17 overall (89.5%); the 2019 cohort is lowest at 87.3% from 55 tests.
Which XL 1200 CX Roadster 17 year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2016, at 91.2% of 193 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the XL 1200 CX Roadster 17 pass rate vary by year?: 3.9 percentage points between the highest (2016, 91.2%) and lowest (2019, 87.3%) 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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