Honda XL 125 V-4: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which XL 125 V-4 years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 70.5% average, from 2,664 DVSA tests.

2004

highest-passing year · 70.7%

2003

lowest-passing year · 68.6%

2.1pp

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: 2004 (70.7% of 2,278 tests). Lowest: 2003 (68.6% of 283).

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (70.5%)
2003	283	68.6%	-1.9 pp
2004	2,278	70.7%	+0.2 pp
2005	94	70.2%	-0.3 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 XL 125 V-4 years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: none: no registration year of the Honda XL 125 V-4 falls more than two points under the model's 70.5% overall pass rate.
Which XL 125 V-4 year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2004, at 70.7% of 2,278 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the XL 125 V-4 pass rate vary by year?: 2.1 percentage points between the highest (2004, 70.7%) and lowest (2003, 68.6%) 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.

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