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Registration-year report · 2005–2025

Data as of: DVSA MOT results to 2025

Royal Enfield Bullet Efi: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which Bullet Efi years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 90.7% average, from 644 DVSA tests.

2012
highest-passing year · 93.9%
2011
lowest-passing year · 85.7%
8.2pp
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: 2012 (93.9% of 280 tests). Lowest: 2011 (85.7% of 182). Years more than two points below the model average: 2011.

84%90%96%2011: 85.7% pass (182 tests)2012: 93.9% pass (280 tests)2013: 90.1% pass (161 tests)201120122013
RegisteredTestsFirst-time passvs model (90.7%)
2011 182 85.7% -5.0 pp
2012 280 93.9% +3.2 pp
2013 161 90.1% -0.6 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 · 2015–2025
82%91%100%2015: 88.1% pass (59 tests)2016: 92.1% pass (76 tests)2017: 93.0% pass (71 tests)2018: 86.2% pass (58 tests)2019: 92.6% pass (54 tests)2020: 92.6% pass (54 tests)2021: 93.1% pass (58 tests)2022: 84.7% pass (59 tests)2023: 88.9% pass (54 tests)2024: 97.4% pass (38 tests)2025: 94.9% pass (39 tests)20152025

Questions

Which Bullet Efi years have the lowest MOT pass rate?
2011 registered examples pass first time less often than the Royal Enfield Bullet Efi overall (90.7%); the 2011 cohort is lowest at 85.7% from 182 tests.
Which Bullet Efi year has the highest MOT pass rate?
2012, at 93.9% of 280 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the Bullet Efi pass rate vary by year?
8.2 percentage points between the highest (2012, 93.9%) and lowest (2011, 85.7%) 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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