BIKERELIABILITY Reg check
Registration-year report · 2005–2025

Data as of: DVSA MOT results to 2025

Malaguti Jetline: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which Jetline years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 67.8% average, from 801 DVSA tests.

2000
highest-passing year · 72.1%
2004
lowest-passing year · 63.6%
8.5pp
spread across 6 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: 2000 (72.1% of 154 tests). Lowest: 2004 (63.6% of 66). Years more than two points below the model average: 2002, 2004.

62%68%74%2000: 72.1% pass (154 tests)2001: 68.6% pass (239 tests)2002: 65.6% pass (64 tests)2003: 65.8% pass (76 tests)2004: 63.6% pass (66 tests)2005: 71.1% pass (97 tests)200020032005
RegisteredTestsFirst-time passvs model (67.8%)
2000 154 72.1% +4.3 pp
2001 239 68.6% +0.8 pp
2002 64 65.6% -2.2 pp
2003 76 65.8% -2.0 pp
2004 66 63.6% -4.2 pp
2005 97 71.1% +3.3 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 · 2006–2014
40%60%81%2006: 73.9% pass (92 tests)2007: 69.6% pass (92 tests)2008: 70.8% pass (96 tests)2009: 46.8% pass (79 tests)2010: 56.4% pass (78 tests)2011: 68.1% pass (69 tests)2012: 70.4% pass (54 tests)2013: 68.2% pass (44 tests)2014: 66.7% pass (48 tests)20062014

Questions

Which Jetline years have the lowest MOT pass rate?
2002, 2004 registered examples pass first time less often than the Malaguti Jetline overall (67.8%); the 2004 cohort is lowest at 63.6% from 66 tests.
Which Jetline year has the highest MOT pass rate?
2000, at 72.1% of 154 first tests (2005–2025). Years more than two points above the model average: 2000, 2005.
How much does the Jetline pass rate vary by year?
8.5 percentage points between the highest (2000, 72.1%) and lowest (2004, 63.6%) 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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