BIKERELIABILITY Reg check
Registration-year report · 2005–2025

Data as of: DVSA MOT results to 2025

Husqvarna WR125: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which WR125 years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 63.8% average, from 767 DVSA tests.

2007
highest-passing year · 75.4%
2009
lowest-passing year · 54.2%
21.2pp
spread across 7 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 (75.4% of 118 tests). Lowest: 2009 (54.2% of 120). Years more than two points below the model average: 2005, 2006, 2009.

50%65%80%2004: 69.6% pass (69 tests)2005: 54.9% pass (82 tests)2006: 57.7% pass (52 tests)2007: 75.4% pass (118 tests)2008: 67.2% pass (64 tests)2009: 54.2% pass (120 tests)2010: 70.0% pass (50 tests)200420072010
RegisteredTestsFirst-time passvs model (63.8%)
2004 69 69.6% +5.8 pp
2005 82 54.9% -8.9 pp
2006 52 57.7% -6.1 pp
2007 118 75.4% +11.6 pp
2008 64 67.2% +3.4 pp
2009 120 54.2% -9.6 pp
2010 50 70.0% +6.2 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 · 2010–2023
38%62%85%2010: 66.7% pass (33 tests)2011: 45.7% pass (46 tests)2012: 65.4% pass (52 tests)2013: 62.7% pass (67 tests)2014: 61.8% pass (68 tests)2015: 63.2% pass (57 tests)2016: 65.7% pass (70 tests)2017: 57.4% pass (54 tests)2018: 74.2% pass (31 tests)2019: 62.5% pass (32 tests)2020: 77.4% pass (31 tests)2021: 64.7% pass (34 tests)2022: 70.3% pass (37 tests)2023: 69.7% pass (33 tests)20102023

Questions

Which WR125 years have the lowest MOT pass rate?
2005, 2006, 2009 registered examples pass first time less often than the Husqvarna WR125 overall (63.8%); the 2009 cohort is lowest at 54.2% from 120 tests.
Which WR125 year has the highest MOT pass rate?
2007, at 75.4% of 118 first tests (2005–2025). Years more than two points above the model average: 2004, 2007, 2008, 2010.
How much does the WR125 pass rate vary by year?
21.2 percentage points between the highest (2007, 75.4%) and lowest (2009, 54.2%) 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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