BIKERELIABILITY Reg check
Registration-year report · 2005–2025

Data as of: DVSA MOT results to 2025

Sachs XTC Supersport: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which XTC Supersport years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 58.4% average, from 1,734 DVSA tests.

2003
highest-passing year · 60.8%
2004
lowest-passing year · 55.6%
5.2pp
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 (60.8% of 594 tests). Lowest: 2004 (55.6% of 315). Years more than two points below the model average: 2004.

55%58%62%2002: 59.9% pass (207 tests)2003: 60.8% pass (594 tests)2004: 55.6% pass (315 tests)2005: 57.6% pass (269 tests)2006: 59.0% pass (105 tests)2007: 60.8% pass (143 tests)200220052007
RegisteredTestsFirst-time passvs model (58.4%)
2002 207 59.9% +1.5 pp
2003 594 60.8% +2.4 pp
2004 315 55.6% -2.8 pp
2005 269 57.6% -0.8 pp
2006 105 59.0% +0.6 pp
2007 143 60.8% +2.4 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 · 2006–2018
47%58%69%2006: 60.6% pass (99 tests)2007: 65.3% pass (147 tests)2008: 58.3% pass (163 tests)2009: 59.9% pass (177 tests)2010: 56.8% pass (176 tests)2011: 50.5% pass (192 tests)2012: 52.6% pass (152 tests)2013: 56.7% pass (127 tests)2014: 61.9% pass (105 tests)2015: 60.0% pass (90 tests)2016: 58.0% pass (69 tests)2017: 54.4% pass (57 tests)2018: 59.4% pass (32 tests)20062018

Questions

Which XTC Supersport years have the lowest MOT pass rate?
2004 registered examples pass first time less often than the Sachs XTC Supersport overall (58.4%); the 2004 cohort is lowest at 55.6% from 315 tests.
Which XTC Supersport year has the highest MOT pass rate?
2003, at 60.8% of 594 first tests (2005–2025). Years more than two points above the model average: 2003, 2007.
How much does the XTC Supersport pass rate vary by year?
5.2 percentage points between the highest (2003, 60.8%) and lowest (2004, 55.6%) 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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