Moto Roma Virage 125: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which Virage 125 years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 64.8% average, from 823 DVSA tests.

2002

highest-passing year · 66.2%

2003

lowest-passing year · 63.6%

2.6pp

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: 2002 (66.2% of 278 tests). Lowest: 2003 (63.6% of 110).

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (64.8%)
2000	82	64.6%	-0.2 pp
2001	351	64.1%	-0.7 pp
2002	278	66.2%	+1.4 pp
2003	110	63.6%	-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 · 2005–2013

Questions

Which Virage 125 years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: none: no registration year of the Moto Roma Virage 125 falls more than two points under the model's 64.8% overall pass rate.
Which Virage 125 year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2002, at 66.2% of 278 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the Virage 125 pass rate vary by year?: 2.6 percentage points between the highest (2002, 66.2%) and lowest (2003, 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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