Kymco Like 125: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which Like 125 years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 82.3% average, from 1,065 DVSA tests.

2013

highest-passing year · 89.4%

2011

lowest-passing year · 76.7%

12.7pp

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: 2013 (89.4% of 123 tests). Lowest: 2011 (76.7% of 279). Years more than two points below the model average: 2010, 2011.

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (82.3%)
2009	91	83.5%	+1.2 pp
2010	246	78.0%	-4.3 pp
2011	279	76.7%	-5.6 pp
2012	239	88.7%	+6.4 pp
2013	123	89.4%	+7.1 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 · 2013–2025

Questions

Which Like 125 years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: 2010, 2011 registered examples pass first time less often than the Kymco Like 125 overall (82.3%); the 2011 cohort is lowest at 76.7% from 279 tests.
Which Like 125 year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2013, at 89.4% of 123 first tests (2005–2025). Years more than two points above the model average: 2012, 2013.
How much does the Like 125 pass rate vary by year?: 12.7 percentage points between the highest (2013, 89.4%) and lowest (2011, 76.7%) 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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