BIKERELIABILITY Reg check
Registration-year report · 2005–2025

Data as of: DVSA MOT results to 2025

SYM AV05W Symply 50: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which AV05W Symply 50 years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 80.5% average, from 879 DVSA tests.

2012
highest-passing year · 83.1%
2011
lowest-passing year · 77.3%
5.8pp
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 (83.1% of 350 tests). Lowest: 2011 (77.3% of 299). Years more than two points below the model average: 2011.

76%80%84%2011: 77.3% pass (299 tests)2012: 83.1% pass (350 tests)2013: 82.3% pass (192 tests)201120122013
RegisteredTestsFirst-time passvs model (80.5%)
2011 299 77.3% -3.2 pp
2012 350 83.1% +2.6 pp
2013 192 82.3% +1.8 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 · 2014–2023
66%78%90%2014: 83.6% pass (67 tests)2015: 84.7% pass (144 tests)2016: 85.6% pass (174 tests)2017: 81.6% pass (136 tests)2018: 77.9% pass (86 tests)2019: 72.2% pass (72 tests)2020: 82.2% pass (45 tests)2021: 76.6% pass (47 tests)2022: 71.8% pass (39 tests)2023: 70.0% pass (30 tests)20142023

Questions

Which AV05W Symply 50 years have the lowest MOT pass rate?
2011 registered examples pass first time less often than the SYM AV05W Symply 50 overall (80.5%); the 2011 cohort is lowest at 77.3% from 299 tests.
Which AV05W Symply 50 year has the highest MOT pass rate?
2012, at 83.1% of 350 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the AV05W Symply 50 pass rate vary by year?
5.8 percentage points between the highest (2012, 83.1%) and lowest (2011, 77.3%) 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.

Full report: SYM AV05W Symply 50 reliability, failures and mileage · ranked #3478 of 5428 models· other SYM models: Jet, DD50, City Hopper, Jet 50 - Euro X, Fiddle, Shark