BIKERELIABILITY Reg check
Registration-year report · 2005–2025

Data as of: DVSA MOT results to 2025

Royal Enfield Bullet Efi E4: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which Bullet Efi E4 years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 89.6% average, from 897 DVSA tests.

2018
highest-passing year · 91.4%
2020
lowest-passing year · 87.5%
3.9pp
spread across 4 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: 2018 (91.4% of 292 tests). Lowest: 2020 (87.5% of 80). Years more than two points below the model average: 2020.

87%89%92%2017: 88.9% pass (343 tests)2018: 91.4% pass (292 tests)2019: 89.3% pass (178 tests)2020: 87.5% pass (80 tests)201720192020
RegisteredTestsFirst-time passvs model (89.6%)
2017 343 88.9% -0.7 pp
2018 292 91.4% +1.8 pp
2019 178 89.3% -0.3 pp
2020 80 87.5% -2.1 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 · 2020–2025
82%90%99%2020: 96.3% pass (82 tests)2021: 84.6% pass (123 tests)2022: 89.5% pass (181 tests)2023: 90.2% pass (193 tests)2024: 85.7% pass (154 tests)2025: 93.3% pass (163 tests)20202025

Questions

Which Bullet Efi E4 years have the lowest MOT pass rate?
2020 registered examples pass first time less often than the Royal Enfield Bullet Efi E4 overall (89.6%); the 2020 cohort is lowest at 87.5% from 80 tests.
Which Bullet Efi E4 year has the highest MOT pass rate?
2018, at 91.4% of 292 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the Bullet Efi E4 pass rate vary by year?
3.9 percentage points between the highest (2018, 91.4%) and lowest (2020, 87.5%) 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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