BIKERELIABILITY Reg check
Registration-year report · 2005–2025

Data as of: DVSA MOT results to 2025

KSR Moto GRS: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which GRS years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 61.5% average, from 1,625 DVSA tests.

2018
highest-passing year · 69.1%
2015
lowest-passing year · 57.9%
11.2pp
spread across 4 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: 2018 (69.1% of 110 tests). Lowest: 2015 (57.9% of 546). Years more than two points below the model average: 2015.

56%64%71%2015: 57.9% pass (546 tests)2016: 61.0% pass (702 tests)2017: 67.0% pass (209 tests)2018: 69.1% pass (110 tests)201520172018
RegisteredTestsFirst-time passvs model (61.5%)
2015 546 57.9% -3.6 pp
2016 702 61.0% -0.5 pp
2017 209 67.0% +5.5 pp
2018 110 69.1% +7.6 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 · 2018–2025
52%62%71%2018: 60.0% pass (105 tests)2019: 55.5% pass (218 tests)2020: 67.6% pass (250 tests)2021: 62.8% pass (301 tests)2022: 59.8% pass (261 tests)2023: 60.2% pass (221 tests)2024: 61.5% pass (148 tests)2025: 63.2% pass (117 tests)20182025

Questions

Which GRS years have the lowest MOT pass rate?
2015 registered examples pass first time less often than the KSR Moto GRS overall (61.5%); the 2015 cohort is lowest at 57.9% from 546 tests.
Which GRS year has the highest MOT pass rate?
2018, at 69.1% of 110 first tests (2005–2025). Years more than two points above the model average: 2017, 2018.
How much does the GRS pass rate vary by year?
11.2 percentage points between the highest (2018, 69.1%) and lowest (2015, 57.9%) 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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