BIKERELIABILITY Reg check
Registration-year report · 2005–2025

Data as of: DVSA MOT results to 2025

MBK YN50 Ovetto: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which YN50 Ovetto years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 65.4% average, from 587 DVSA tests.

1999
highest-passing year · 67.5%
1998
lowest-passing year · 58.0%
9.5pp
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: 1999 (67.5% of 83 tests). Lowest: 1998 (58.0% of 69). Years more than two points below the model average: 1998.

56%63%69%1998: 58.0% pass (69 tests)1999: 67.5% pass (83 tests)2001: 67.4% pass (181 tests)2002: 64.4% pass (101 tests)2003: 66.4% pass (107 tests)199820012003
RegisteredTestsFirst-time passvs model (65.4%)
1998 69 58.0% -7.4 pp
1999 83 67.5% +2.1 pp
2001 181 67.4% +2.0 pp
2002 101 64.4% -1.0 pp
2003 107 66.4% +1.0 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 · 2005–2009
49%66%84%2005: 77.8% pass (45 tests)2006: 69.9% pass (156 tests)2007: 63.4% pass (123 tests)2008: 54.4% pass (79 tests)2009: 64.4% pass (45 tests)20052009

Questions

Which YN50 Ovetto years have the lowest MOT pass rate?
1998 registered examples pass first time less often than the MBK YN50 Ovetto overall (65.4%); the 1998 cohort is lowest at 58.0% from 69 tests.
Which YN50 Ovetto year has the highest MOT pass rate?
1999, at 67.5% of 83 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the YN50 Ovetto pass rate vary by year?
9.5 percentage points between the highest (1999, 67.5%) and lowest (1998, 58.0%) 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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