BIKERELIABILITY Reg check
Registration-year report · 2005–2025

Data as of: DVSA MOT results to 2025

Sinnis ZS 125-86 Terrain: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which ZS 125-86 Terrain years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 70.8% average, from 2,152 DVSA tests.

2017
highest-passing year · 73.6%
2019
lowest-passing year · 67.6%
6.0pp
spread across 5 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: 2017 (73.6% of 522 tests). Lowest: 2019 (67.6% of 469). Years more than two points below the model average: 2019.

66%71%75%2017: 73.6% pass (522 tests)2018: 69.0% pass (620 tests)2019: 67.6% pass (469 tests)2020: 73.0% pass (489 tests)2021: 73.1% pass (52 tests)201720192021
RegisteredTestsFirst-time passvs model (70.8%)
2017 522 73.6% +2.8 pp
2018 620 69.0% -1.8 pp
2019 469 67.6% -3.2 pp
2020 489 73.0% +2.2 pp
2021 52 73.1% +2.3 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
65%77%88%2020: 84.3% pass (127 tests)2021: 74.2% pass (264 tests)2022: 69.2% pass (399 tests)2023: 70.0% pass (537 tests)2024: 69.2% pass (422 tests)2025: 68.9% pass (395 tests)20202025

Questions

Which ZS 125-86 Terrain years have the lowest MOT pass rate?
2019 registered examples pass first time less often than the Sinnis ZS 125-86 Terrain overall (70.8%); the 2019 cohort is lowest at 67.6% from 469 tests.
Which ZS 125-86 Terrain year has the highest MOT pass rate?
2017, at 73.6% of 522 first tests (2005–2025). Years more than two points above the model average: 2017, 2020, 2021.
How much does the ZS 125-86 Terrain pass rate vary by year?
6.0 percentage points between the highest (2017, 73.6%) and lowest (2019, 67.6%) 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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