BIKERELIABILITY Reg check
Registration-year report · 2005–2025

Data as of: DVSA MOT results to 2025

Royal Enfield Bullt: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which Bullt years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 89.8% average, from 5,661 DVSA tests.

2012
highest-passing year · 91.4%
2013
lowest-passing year · 85.1%
6.3pp
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: 2012 (91.4% of 58 tests). Lowest: 2013 (85.1% of 161). Years more than two points below the model average: 2013.

84%88%93%2012: 91.4% pass (58 tests)2013: 85.1% pass (161 tests)2014: 89.3% pass (1,126 tests)2015: 90.6% pass (1,945 tests)2016: 89.6% pass (1,816 tests)2017: 90.7% pass (364 tests)201220152017
RegisteredTestsFirst-time passvs model (89.8%)
2012 58 91.4% +1.6 pp
2013 161 85.1% -4.7 pp
2014 1,126 89.3% -0.5 pp
2015 1,945 90.6% +0.8 pp
2016 1,816 89.6% -0.2 pp
2017 364 90.7% +0.9 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 · 2017–2025
86%89%93%2017: 87.1% pass (217 tests)2018: 90.7% pass (431 tests)2019: 89.8% pass (726 tests)2020: 91.0% pass (731 tests)2021: 91.5% pass (849 tests)2022: 88.9% pass (796 tests)2023: 89.0% pass (763 tests)2024: 89.3% pass (551 tests)2025: 89.2% pass (572 tests)20172025

Questions

Which Bullt years have the lowest MOT pass rate?
2013 registered examples pass first time less often than the Royal Enfield Bullt overall (89.8%); the 2013 cohort is lowest at 85.1% from 161 tests.
Which Bullt year has the highest MOT pass rate?
2012, at 91.4% of 58 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the Bullt pass rate vary by year?
6.3 percentage points between the highest (2012, 91.4%) and lowest (2013, 85.1%) 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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