BIKERELIABILITY Reg check
Registration-year report · 2005–2025

Data as of: DVSA MOT results to 2025

Hyosung RX125: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which RX125 years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 57.3% average, from 922 DVSA tests.

2003
highest-passing year · 65.0%
2002
lowest-passing year · 43.8%
21.2pp
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: 2003 (65.0% of 180 tests). Lowest: 2002 (43.8% of 64). Years more than two points below the model average: 2002, 2008, 2009.

40%54%69%2002: 43.8% pass (64 tests)2003: 65.0% pass (180 tests)2004: 59.5% pass (158 tests)2007: 60.0% pass (130 tests)2008: 52.8% pass (142 tests)2009: 54.3% pass (81 tests)200220072009
RegisteredTestsFirst-time passvs model (57.3%)
2002 64 43.8% -13.5 pp
2003 180 65.0% +7.7 pp
2004 158 59.5% +2.2 pp
2007 130 60.0% +2.7 pp
2008 142 52.8% -4.5 pp
2009 81 54.3% -3.0 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 · 2006–2017
46%60%74%2006: 66.0% pass (47 tests)2007: 69.2% pass (65 tests)2008: 52.6% pass (57 tests)2009: 62.1% pass (66 tests)2010: 54.5% pass (77 tests)2011: 56.6% pass (106 tests)2012: 50.5% pass (105 tests)2013: 55.4% pass (92 tests)2014: 57.5% pass (73 tests)2015: 54.4% pass (57 tests)2016: 60.5% pass (43 tests)2017: 55.9% pass (34 tests)20062017

Questions

Which RX125 years have the lowest MOT pass rate?
2002, 2008, 2009 registered examples pass first time less often than the Hyosung RX125 overall (57.3%); the 2002 cohort is lowest at 43.8% from 64 tests.
Which RX125 year has the highest MOT pass rate?
2003, at 65.0% of 180 first tests (2005–2025). Years more than two points above the model average: 2003, 2004, 2007.
How much does the RX125 pass rate vary by year?
21.2 percentage points between the highest (2003, 65.0%) and lowest (2002, 43.8%) 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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