BIKERELIABILITY Reg check
Registration-year report · 2005–2025

Data as of: DVSA MOT results to 2025

Moto Guzzi V10: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which V10 years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 85.4% average, from 780 DVSA tests.

1998
highest-passing year · 88.7%
1999
lowest-passing year · 78.1%
10.6pp
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: 1998 (88.7% of 194 tests). Lowest: 1999 (78.1% of 192). Years more than two points below the model average: 1999.

76%83%91%1997: 86.7% pass (249 tests)1998: 88.7% pass (194 tests)1999: 78.1% pass (192 tests)2000: 86.6% pass (119 tests)199719992000
RegisteredTestsFirst-time passvs model (85.4%)
1997 249 86.7% +1.3 pp
1998 194 88.7% +3.3 pp
1999 192 78.1% -7.3 pp
2000 119 86.6% +1.2 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 · 2006–2022
70%85%100%2006: 86.1% pass (72 tests)2007: 83.1% pass (65 tests)2008: 95.9% pass (49 tests)2009: 75.0% pass (60 tests)2010: 88.0% pass (50 tests)2011: 82.7% pass (52 tests)2012: 76.9% pass (39 tests)2013: 84.1% pass (44 tests)2014: 82.9% pass (35 tests)2015: 77.1% pass (35 tests)2016: 85.3% pass (34 tests)2017: 90.6% pass (32 tests)2021: 91.4% pass (35 tests)2022: 88.9% pass (36 tests)20062022

Questions

Which V10 years have the lowest MOT pass rate?
1999 registered examples pass first time less often than the Moto Guzzi V10 overall (85.4%); the 1999 cohort is lowest at 78.1% from 192 tests.
Which V10 year has the highest MOT pass rate?
1998, at 88.7% of 194 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the V10 pass rate vary by year?
10.6 percentage points between the highest (1998, 88.7%) and lowest (1999, 78.1%) 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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