BIKERELIABILITY Reg check
Registration-year report · 2005–2025

Data as of: DVSA MOT results to 2025

Hyosung GV 650: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which GV 650 years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 79.2% average, from 1,927 DVSA tests.

2010
highest-passing year · 90.7%
2009
lowest-passing year · 71.5%
19.2pp
spread across 6 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: 2010 (90.7% of 97 tests). Lowest: 2009 (71.5% of 151). Years more than two points below the model average: 2009.

68%81%95%2006: 80.0% pass (250 tests)2007: 78.6% pass (735 tests)2008: 79.0% pass (547 tests)2009: 71.5% pass (151 tests)2010: 90.7% pass (97 tests)2011: 85.2% pass (61 tests)200620092011
RegisteredTestsFirst-time passvs model (79.2%)
2006 250 80.0% +0.8 pp
2007 735 78.6% -0.6 pp
2008 547 79.0% -0.2 pp
2009 151 71.5% -7.7 pp
2010 97 90.7% +11.5 pp
2011 61 85.2% +6.0 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 · 2010–2025
67%79%92%2010: 87.5% pass (104 tests)2011: 81.3% pass (144 tests)2012: 80.8% pass (167 tests)2013: 79.3% pass (179 tests)2014: 78.8% pass (170 tests)2015: 75.0% pass (176 tests)2016: 86.0% pass (178 tests)2017: 82.6% pass (155 tests)2018: 71.0% pass (93 tests)2019: 76.0% pass (96 tests)2020: 76.3% pass (80 tests)2021: 76.5% pass (98 tests)2022: 76.2% pass (84 tests)2023: 73.4% pass (79 tests)2024: 72.2% pass (54 tests)2025: 79.6% pass (49 tests)20102025

Questions

Which GV 650 years have the lowest MOT pass rate?
2009 registered examples pass first time less often than the Hyosung GV 650 overall (79.2%); the 2009 cohort is lowest at 71.5% from 151 tests.
Which GV 650 year has the highest MOT pass rate?
2010, at 90.7% of 97 first tests (2005–2025). Years more than two points above the model average: 2010, 2011.
How much does the GV 650 pass rate vary by year?
19.2 percentage points between the highest (2010, 90.7%) and lowest (2009, 71.5%) 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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