BIKERELIABILITY Reg check
Registration-year report · 2005–2025

Data as of: DVSA MOT results to 2025

Piaggio X9 125: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which X9 125 years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 71.7% average, from 729 DVSA tests.

2003
highest-passing year · 77.2%
2005
lowest-passing year · 63.8%
13.4pp
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: 2003 (77.2% of 158 tests). Lowest: 2005 (63.8% of 94). Years more than two points below the model average: 2004, 2005.

61%71%80%2001: 70.6% pass (136 tests)2002: 73.2% pass (168 tests)2003: 77.2% pass (158 tests)2004: 66.1% pass (62 tests)2005: 63.8% pass (94 tests)2006: 75.0% pass (64 tests)200120042006
RegisteredTestsFirst-time passvs model (71.7%)
2001 136 70.6% -1.1 pp
2002 168 73.2% +1.5 pp
2003 158 77.2% +5.5 pp
2004 62 66.1% -5.6 pp
2005 94 63.8% -7.9 pp
2006 64 75.0% +3.3 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 · 2005–2014
64%72%80%2005: 77.4% pass (31 tests)2006: 74.6% pass (114 tests)2007: 76.7% pass (120 tests)2008: 69.9% pass (103 tests)2009: 66.7% pass (78 tests)2010: 69.7% pass (33 tests)2011: 75.0% pass (36 tests)2013: 69.2% pass (39 tests)2014: 75.8% pass (33 tests)20052014

Questions

Which X9 125 years have the lowest MOT pass rate?
2004, 2005 registered examples pass first time less often than the Piaggio X9 125 overall (71.7%); the 2005 cohort is lowest at 63.8% from 94 tests.
Which X9 125 year has the highest MOT pass rate?
2003, at 77.2% of 158 first tests (2005–2025). Years more than two points above the model average: 2003, 2006.
How much does the X9 125 pass rate vary by year?
13.4 percentage points between the highest (2003, 77.2%) and lowest (2005, 63.8%) 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.

Full report: Piaggio X9 125 reliability, failures and mileage · ranked #4602 of 5428 models· other Piaggio models: Vespa, Zip, NRG, PX 125 (vespa), PX 200 E, ET2