BIKERELIABILITY Reg check
Registration-year report · 2005–2025

Data as of: DVSA MOT results to 2025

Lexmoto Milano: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which Milano years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 72.4% average, from 4,419 DVSA tests.

2017
highest-passing year · 77.1%
2015
lowest-passing year · 68.4%
8.7pp
spread across 7 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: 2017 (77.1% of 923 tests). Lowest: 2015 (68.4% of 326). Years more than two points below the model average: 2015, 2019.

67%73%79%2015: 68.4% pass (326 tests)2016: 70.5% pass (1,633 tests)2017: 77.1% pass (923 tests)2018: 73.2% pass (649 tests)2019: 69.7% pass (287 tests)2020: 72.6% pass (497 tests)2021: 76.0% pass (104 tests)201520182021
RegisteredTestsFirst-time passvs model (72.4%)
2015 326 68.4% -4.0 pp
2016 1,633 70.5% -1.9 pp
2017 923 77.1% +4.7 pp
2018 649 73.2% +0.8 pp
2019 287 69.7% -2.7 pp
2020 497 72.6% +0.2 pp
2021 104 76.0% +3.6 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
53%67%80%2018: 57.7% pass (52 tests)2019: 66.6% pass (311 tests)2020: 75.9% pass (594 tests)2021: 72.8% pass (699 tests)2022: 71.3% pass (728 tests)2023: 72.6% pass (788 tests)2024: 72.4% pass (646 tests)2025: 74.2% pass (598 tests)20182025

Questions

Which Milano years have the lowest MOT pass rate?
2015, 2019 registered examples pass first time less often than the Lexmoto Milano overall (72.4%); the 2015 cohort is lowest at 68.4% from 326 tests.
Which Milano year has the highest MOT pass rate?
2017, at 77.1% of 923 first tests (2005–2025). Years more than two points above the model average: 2017, 2021.
How much does the Milano pass rate vary by year?
8.7 percentage points between the highest (2017, 77.1%) and lowest (2015, 68.4%) 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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