BIKERELIABILITY Reg check
Registration-year report · 2005–2025

Data as of: DVSA MOT results to 2025

Keeway Hurricane: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which Hurricane years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 59.2% average, from 1,320 DVSA tests.

2010
highest-passing year · 68.1%
2007
lowest-passing year · 55.6%
12.5pp
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: 2010 (68.1% of 72 tests). Lowest: 2007 (55.6% of 665). Years more than two points below the model average: 2007.

53%62%71%2007: 55.6% pass (665 tests)2008: 59.4% pass (283 tests)2009: 59.3% pass (113 tests)2010: 68.1% pass (72 tests)2011: 63.8% pass (58 tests)200720092011
RegisteredTestsFirst-time passvs model (59.2%)
2007 665 55.6% -3.6 pp
2008 283 59.4% +0.2 pp
2009 113 59.3% +0.1 pp
2010 72 68.1% +8.9 pp
2011 58 63.8% +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 · 2010–2019
46%65%83%2010: 52.5% pass (162 tests)2011: 57.6% pass (229 tests)2012: 60.6% pass (198 tests)2013: 58.4% pass (166 tests)2014: 54.9% pass (153 tests)2015: 61.8% pass (110 tests)2016: 57.3% pass (82 tests)2017: 76.7% pass (60 tests)2018: 58.1% pass (31 tests)2019: 75.0% pass (32 tests)20102019

Questions

Which Hurricane years have the lowest MOT pass rate?
2007 registered examples pass first time less often than the Keeway Hurricane overall (59.2%); the 2007 cohort is lowest at 55.6% from 665 tests.
Which Hurricane year has the highest MOT pass rate?
2010, at 68.1% of 72 first tests (2005–2025). Years more than two points above the model average: 2010, 2011.
How much does the Hurricane pass rate vary by year?
12.5 percentage points between the highest (2010, 68.1%) and lowest (2007, 55.6%) 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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