BIKERELIABILITY Reg check
Registration-year report · 2005–2025

Data as of: DVSA MOT results to 2025

Superbyke RMR 125: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which RMR 125 years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 53.0% average, from 1,633 DVSA tests.

2007
highest-passing year · 61.7%
2010
lowest-passing year · 49.2%
12.5pp
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: 2007 (61.7% of 141 tests). Lowest: 2010 (49.2% of 183). Years more than two points below the model average: 2010, 2013.

47%55%64%2007: 61.7% pass (141 tests)2008: 52.7% pass (882 tests)2009: 53.0% pass (249 tests)2010: 49.2% pass (183 tests)2012: 60.3% pass (58 tests)2013: 50.9% pass (55 tests)200720102013
RegisteredTestsFirst-time passvs model (53.0%)
2007 141 61.7% +8.7 pp
2008 882 52.7% -0.3 pp
2009 249 53.0% +0.0 pp
2010 183 49.2% -3.8 pp
2012 58 60.3% +7.3 pp
2013 55 50.9% -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 · 2011–2022
43%54%65%2011: 56.9% pass (188 tests)2012: 54.9% pass (213 tests)2013: 51.5% pass (237 tests)2014: 48.6% pass (218 tests)2015: 50.3% pass (177 tests)2016: 51.1% pass (176 tests)2017: 47.4% pass (114 tests)2018: 52.0% pass (50 tests)2019: 56.6% pass (53 tests)2020: 46.7% pass (45 tests)2021: 61.5% pass (39 tests)2022: 53.1% pass (32 tests)20112022

Questions

Which RMR 125 years have the lowest MOT pass rate?
2010, 2013 registered examples pass first time less often than the Superbyke RMR 125 overall (53.0%); the 2010 cohort is lowest at 49.2% from 183 tests.
Which RMR 125 year has the highest MOT pass rate?
2007, at 61.7% of 141 first tests (2005–2025). Years more than two points above the model average: 2007, 2012.
How much does the RMR 125 pass rate vary by year?
12.5 percentage points between the highest (2007, 61.7%) and lowest (2010, 49.2%) 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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