BIKERELIABILITY Reg check
Registration-year report · 2005–2025

Data as of: DVSA MOT results to 2025

MV Agusta F4 SPR: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which F4 SPR years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 85.7% average, from 539 DVSA tests.

2000
highest-passing year · 86.3%
2004
lowest-passing year · 82.3%
4.0pp
spread across 3 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 (86.3% of 160 tests). Lowest: 2004 (82.3% of 62). Years more than two points below the model average: 2004.

82%84%87%2000: 86.3% pass (160 tests)2002: 85.2% pass (250 tests)2004: 82.3% pass (62 tests)200020022004
RegisteredTestsFirst-time passvs model (85.7%)
2000 160 86.3% +0.6 pp
2002 250 85.2% -0.5 pp
2004 62 82.3% -3.4 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 · 2006–2016
75%84%93%2006: 83.7% pass (43 tests)2007: 87.8% pass (41 tests)2008: 79.5% pass (39 tests)2009: 80.4% pass (46 tests)2010: 89.7% pass (39 tests)2011: 81.3% pass (32 tests)2013: 83.9% pass (31 tests)2015: 81.3% pass (32 tests)2016: 78.1% pass (32 tests)20062016

Questions

Which F4 SPR years have the lowest MOT pass rate?
2004 registered examples pass first time less often than the MV Agusta F4 SPR overall (85.7%); the 2004 cohort is lowest at 82.3% from 62 tests.
Which F4 SPR year has the highest MOT pass rate?
2000, at 86.3% of 160 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the F4 SPR pass rate vary by year?
4.0 percentage points between the highest (2000, 86.3%) and lowest (2004, 82.3%) 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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