BIKERELIABILITY Reg check
League table/ SYM/ HUSKY/By year
Registration-year report · 2005–2025

Data as of: DVSA MOT results to 2025

SYM Husky: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which Husky years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 68.7% average, from 1,512 DVSA tests.

2004
highest-passing year · 75.0%
2000
lowest-passing year · 65.3%
9.7pp
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: 2004 (75.0% of 212 tests). Lowest: 2000 (65.3% of 427). Years more than two points below the model average: 2000.

63%70%77%1999: 67.2% pass (344 tests)2000: 65.3% pass (427 tests)2001: 70.4% pass (287 tests)2004: 75.0% pass (212 tests)2005: 69.3% pass (127 tests)199920012005
RegisteredTestsFirst-time passvs model (68.7%)
1999 344 67.2% -1.5 pp
2000 427 65.3% -3.4 pp
2001 287 70.4% +1.7 pp
2004 212 75.0% +6.3 pp
2005 127 69.3% +0.6 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 · 2005–2017
54%69%84%2005: 72.5% pass (40 tests)2006: 79.1% pass (158 tests)2007: 75.6% pass (164 tests)2008: 64.9% pass (168 tests)2009: 59.7% pass (134 tests)2010: 69.4% pass (134 tests)2011: 59.0% pass (117 tests)2012: 65.1% pass (109 tests)2013: 64.2% pass (95 tests)2014: 62.6% pass (91 tests)2015: 73.3% pass (60 tests)2016: 72.9% pass (48 tests)2017: 76.3% pass (38 tests)20052017

Questions

Which Husky years have the lowest MOT pass rate?
2000 registered examples pass first time less often than the SYM Husky overall (68.7%); the 2000 cohort is lowest at 65.3% from 427 tests.
Which Husky year has the highest MOT pass rate?
2004, at 75.0% of 212 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the Husky pass rate vary by year?
9.7 percentage points between the highest (2004, 75.0%) and lowest (2000, 65.3%) 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 Husky reliability, failures and mileage · ranked #4812 of 5428 models· other SYM models: Jet, DD50, City Hopper, Jet 50 - Euro X, Fiddle, Shark