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Registration-year report · 2005–2025

Data as of: DVSA MOT results to 2025

Royal Enfield Bullet 350: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which Bullet 350 years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 89.6% average, from 7,044 DVSA tests.

1999
highest-passing year · 93.2%
1991
lowest-passing year · 79.7%
13.5pp
spread across 19 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: 1999 (93.2% of 132 tests). Lowest: 1991 (79.7% of 74). Years more than two points below the model average: 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2001.

77%86%96%1989: 83.3% pass (54 tests)1990: 83.1% pass (65 tests)1991: 79.7% pass (74 tests)1993: 85.9% pass (64 tests)1994: 87.7% pass (65 tests)1995: 86.4% pass (118 tests)1996: 85.1% pass (101 tests)1997: 84.8% pass (92 tests)1999: 93.2% pass (132 tests)2000: 87.1% pass (448 tests)2001: 87.0% pass (667 tests)2002: 89.3% pass (560 tests)2003: 91.6% pass (443 tests)2004: 90.6% pass (551 tests)2005: 90.5% pass (608 tests)2006: 92.9% pass (549 tests)2007: 92.0% pass (858 tests)2008: 91.4% pass (1,002 tests)2009: 90.6% pass (181 tests)198920002009
RegisteredTestsFirst-time passvs model (89.6%)
1989 54 83.3% -6.3 pp
1990 65 83.1% -6.5 pp
1991 74 79.7% -9.9 pp
1993 64 85.9% -3.7 pp
1994 65 87.7% -1.9 pp
1995 118 86.4% -3.2 pp
1996 101 85.1% -4.5 pp
1997 92 84.8% -4.8 pp
1999 132 93.2% +3.6 pp
2000 448 87.1% -2.5 pp
2001 667 87.0% -2.6 pp
2002 560 89.3% -0.3 pp
2003 443 91.6% +2.0 pp
2004 551 90.6% +1.0 pp
2005 608 90.5% +0.9 pp
2006 549 92.9% +3.3 pp
2007 858 92.0% +2.4 pp
2008 1,002 91.4% +1.8 pp
2009 181 90.6% +1.0 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 · 2005–2025
84%90%95%2005: 91.3% pass (46 tests)2006: 88.3% pass (256 tests)2007: 93.2% pass (266 tests)2008: 90.4% pass (333 tests)2009: 88.1% pass (396 tests)2010: 89.8% pass (440 tests)2011: 89.9% pass (546 tests)2012: 88.8% pass (552 tests)2013: 88.8% pass (516 tests)2014: 86.7% pass (488 tests)2015: 89.3% pass (439 tests)2016: 91.6% pass (403 tests)2017: 89.7% pass (379 tests)2018: 93.5% pass (279 tests)2019: 89.9% pass (277 tests)2020: 89.8% pass (225 tests)2021: 88.5% pass (305 tests)2022: 89.2% pass (277 tests)2023: 91.3% pass (263 tests)2024: 92.1% pass (178 tests)2025: 86.1% pass (180 tests)20052025

Questions

Which Bullet 350 years have the lowest MOT pass rate?
1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2001 registered examples pass first time less often than the Royal Enfield Bullet 350 overall (89.6%); the 1991 cohort is lowest at 79.7% from 74 tests.
Which Bullet 350 year has the highest MOT pass rate?
1999, at 93.2% of 132 first tests (2005–2025). Years more than two points above the model average: 1999, 2006, 2007.
How much does the Bullet 350 pass rate vary by year?
13.5 percentage points between the highest (1999, 93.2%) and lowest (1991, 79.7%) 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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