BIKERELIABILITY Reg check
Registration-year report · 2005–2025

Data as of: DVSA MOT results to 2025

MV Agusta F3: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which F3 years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 86.7% average, from 1,324 DVSA tests.

2012
highest-passing year · 89.9%
2014
lowest-passing year · 82.1%
7.8pp
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: 2012 (89.9% of 69 tests). Lowest: 2014 (82.1% of 207). Years more than two points below the model average: 2014.

81%86%91%2012: 89.9% pass (69 tests)2013: 89.2% pass (74 tests)2014: 82.1% pass (207 tests)2015: 86.8% pass (356 tests)2016: 87.1% pass (380 tests)2017: 88.2% pass (211 tests)201220152017
RegisteredTestsFirst-time passvs model (86.7%)
2012 69 89.9% +3.2 pp
2013 74 89.2% +2.5 pp
2014 207 82.1% -4.6 pp
2015 356 86.8% +0.1 pp
2016 380 87.1% +0.4 pp
2017 211 88.2% +1.5 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 · 2017–2025
77%86%95%2017: 79.6% pass (49 tests)2018: 85.1% pass (74 tests)2019: 91.9% pass (135 tests)2020: 89.5% pass (172 tests)2021: 86.4% pass (214 tests)2022: 80.8% pass (198 tests)2023: 89.4% pass (179 tests)2024: 84.9% pass (152 tests)2025: 88.3% pass (137 tests)20172025

Questions

Which F3 years have the lowest MOT pass rate?
2014 registered examples pass first time less often than the MV Agusta F3 overall (86.7%); the 2014 cohort is lowest at 82.1% from 207 tests.
Which F3 year has the highest MOT pass rate?
2012, at 89.9% of 69 first tests (2005–2025). Years more than two points above the model average: 2012, 2013.
How much does the F3 pass rate vary by year?
7.8 percentage points between the highest (2012, 89.9%) and lowest (2014, 82.1%) 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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