BIKERELIABILITY Reg check
Registration-year report · 2005–2025

Data as of: DVSA MOT results to 2025

Piaggio FLY 50: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which FLY 50 years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 69.8% average, from 1,736 DVSA tests.

2010
highest-passing year · 78.9%
2005
lowest-passing year · 65.6%
13.3pp
spread across 7 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: 2010 (78.9% of 152 tests). Lowest: 2005 (65.6% of 276). Years more than two points below the model average: 2005, 2009.

63%72%82%2005: 65.6% pass (276 tests)2006: 70.1% pass (341 tests)2007: 70.1% pass (348 tests)2008: 68.7% pass (227 tests)2009: 66.7% pass (261 tests)2010: 78.9% pass (152 tests)2011: 71.7% pass (92 tests)200520082011
RegisteredTestsFirst-time passvs model (69.8%)
2005 276 65.6% -4.2 pp
2006 341 70.1% +0.3 pp
2007 348 70.1% +0.3 pp
2008 227 68.7% -1.1 pp
2009 261 66.7% -3.1 pp
2010 152 78.9% +9.1 pp
2011 92 71.7% +1.9 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 · 2008–2023
60%70%81%2008: 73.5% pass (34 tests)2009: 67.1% pass (82 tests)2010: 73.2% pass (138 tests)2011: 66.9% pass (172 tests)2012: 66.1% pass (192 tests)2013: 68.6% pass (185 tests)2014: 70.7% pass (164 tests)2015: 67.8% pass (146 tests)2016: 74.0% pass (127 tests)2017: 72.4% pass (105 tests)2018: 73.0% pass (74 tests)2019: 63.2% pass (68 tests)2020: 70.4% pass (54 tests)2021: 72.0% pass (50 tests)2022: 72.9% pass (48 tests)2023: 77.3% pass (44 tests)20082023

Questions

Which FLY 50 years have the lowest MOT pass rate?
2005, 2009 registered examples pass first time less often than the Piaggio FLY 50 overall (69.8%); the 2005 cohort is lowest at 65.6% from 276 tests.
Which FLY 50 year has the highest MOT pass rate?
2010, at 78.9% of 152 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the FLY 50 pass rate vary by year?
13.3 percentage points between the highest (2010, 78.9%) and lowest (2005, 65.6%) 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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