BIKERELIABILITY Reg check
Registration-year report · 2005–2025

Data as of: DVSA MOT results to 2025

Italjet D180LC: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which D180LC years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 83.2% average, from 1,676 DVSA tests.

2003
highest-passing year · 87.8%
2000
lowest-passing year · 79.8%
8.0pp
spread across 5 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 (87.8% of 189 tests). Lowest: 2000 (79.8% of 461). Years more than two points below the model average: 2000.

78%84%89%1999: 82.7% pass (295 tests)2000: 79.8% pass (461 tests)2001: 84.6% pass (397 tests)2002: 84.2% pass (329 tests)2003: 87.8% pass (189 tests)199920012003
RegisteredTestsFirst-time passvs model (83.2%)
1999 295 82.7% -0.5 pp
2000 461 79.8% -3.4 pp
2001 397 84.6% +1.4 pp
2002 329 84.2% +1.0 pp
2003 189 87.8% +4.6 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 · 2005–2025
70%85%100%2005: 75.0% pass (32 tests)2006: 81.9% pass (160 tests)2007: 84.2% pass (158 tests)2008: 78.5% pass (135 tests)2009: 80.0% pass (135 tests)2010: 81.3% pass (128 tests)2011: 83.6% pass (116 tests)2012: 84.1% pass (113 tests)2013: 81.8% pass (99 tests)2014: 87.0% pass (92 tests)2015: 80.8% pass (73 tests)2016: 76.8% pass (69 tests)2017: 78.1% pass (64 tests)2018: 87.5% pass (40 tests)2019: 92.5% pass (40 tests)2020: 85.7% pass (35 tests)2021: 95.6% pass (45 tests)2022: 86.7% pass (45 tests)2023: 92.1% pass (38 tests)2025: 96.8% pass (31 tests)20052025

Questions

Which D180LC years have the lowest MOT pass rate?
2000 registered examples pass first time less often than the Italjet D180LC overall (83.2%); the 2000 cohort is lowest at 79.8% from 461 tests.
Which D180LC year has the highest MOT pass rate?
2003, at 87.8% of 189 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the D180LC pass rate vary by year?
8.0 percentage points between the highest (2003, 87.8%) and lowest (2000, 79.8%) 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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