BIKERELIABILITY Reg check
Registration-year report · 2005–2025

Data as of: DVSA MOT results to 2025

Hyosung GV125: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which GV125 years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 63.9% average, from 2,280 DVSA tests.

2012
highest-passing year · 75.7%
2005
lowest-passing year · 55.1%
20.6pp
spread across 13 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: 2012 (75.7% of 74 tests). Lowest: 2005 (55.1% of 78). Years more than two points below the model average: 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2010.

51%65%80%2001: 63.4% pass (131 tests)2002: 61.9% pass (97 tests)2003: 61.6% pass (211 tests)2004: 60.5% pass (167 tests)2005: 55.1% pass (78 tests)2006: 69.6% pass (148 tests)2007: 57.8% pass (398 tests)2008: 68.4% pass (364 tests)2009: 66.4% pass (220 tests)2010: 59.5% pass (111 tests)2011: 64.9% pass (131 tests)2012: 75.7% pass (74 tests)2013: 70.3% pass (91 tests)200120072013
RegisteredTestsFirst-time passvs model (63.9%)
2001 131 63.4% -0.5 pp
2002 97 61.9% -2.0 pp
2003 211 61.6% -2.3 pp
2004 167 60.5% -3.4 pp
2005 78 55.1% -8.8 pp
2006 148 69.6% +5.7 pp
2007 398 57.8% -6.1 pp
2008 364 68.4% +4.5 pp
2009 220 66.4% +2.5 pp
2010 111 59.5% -4.4 pp
2011 131 64.9% +1.0 pp
2012 74 75.7% +11.8 pp
2013 91 70.3% +6.4 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 · 2006–2025
53%67%82%2006: 70.8% pass (48 tests)2007: 72.1% pass (68 tests)2008: 60.3% pass (68 tests)2009: 57.8% pass (83 tests)2010: 67.7% pass (133 tests)2011: 58.8% pass (165 tests)2012: 62.9% pass (202 tests)2013: 61.4% pass (207 tests)2014: 62.5% pass (216 tests)2015: 59.7% pass (191 tests)2016: 66.3% pass (166 tests)2017: 70.7% pass (140 tests)2018: 61.9% pass (105 tests)2019: 58.4% pass (89 tests)2020: 64.5% pass (76 tests)2021: 62.5% pass (96 tests)2022: 75.9% pass (79 tests)2023: 67.2% pass (61 tests)2024: 77.1% pass (35 tests)2025: 61.9% pass (42 tests)20062025

Questions

Which GV125 years have the lowest MOT pass rate?
2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2010 registered examples pass first time less often than the Hyosung GV125 overall (63.9%); the 2005 cohort is lowest at 55.1% from 78 tests.
Which GV125 year has the highest MOT pass rate?
2012, at 75.7% of 74 first tests (2005–2025). Years more than two points above the model average: 2006, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2013.
How much does the GV125 pass rate vary by year?
20.6 percentage points between the highest (2012, 75.7%) and lowest (2005, 55.1%) 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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