BIKERELIABILITY Reg check
Registration-year report · 2005–2025

Data as of: DVSA MOT results to 2025

SYM Symply 125: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which Symply 125 years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 75.9% average, from 2,172 DVSA tests.

2007
highest-passing year · 81.4%
2011
lowest-passing year · 73.4%
8.0pp
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: 2007 (81.4% of 70 tests). Lowest: 2011 (73.4% of 335). Years more than two points below the model average: 2011.

72%77%83%2007: 81.4% pass (70 tests)2008: 75.8% pass (794 tests)2009: 76.4% pass (537 tests)2010: 76.9% pass (386 tests)2011: 73.4% pass (335 tests)200720092011
RegisteredTestsFirst-time passvs model (75.9%)
2007 70 81.4% +5.5 pp
2008 794 75.8% -0.1 pp
2009 537 76.4% +0.5 pp
2010 386 76.9% +1.0 pp
2011 335 73.4% -2.5 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 · 2011–2023
62%74%86%2011: 81.7% pass (131 tests)2012: 77.1% pass (236 tests)2013: 81.8% pass (269 tests)2014: 77.8% pass (325 tests)2015: 76.8% pass (276 tests)2016: 66.4% pass (229 tests)2017: 78.5% pass (186 tests)2018: 69.2% pass (104 tests)2019: 66.3% pass (83 tests)2020: 78.4% pass (88 tests)2021: 72.6% pass (84 tests)2022: 75.0% pass (52 tests)2023: 69.4% pass (49 tests)20112023

Questions

Which Symply 125 years have the lowest MOT pass rate?
2011 registered examples pass first time less often than the SYM Symply 125 overall (75.9%); the 2011 cohort is lowest at 73.4% from 335 tests.
Which Symply 125 year has the highest MOT pass rate?
2007, at 81.4% of 70 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the Symply 125 pass rate vary by year?
8.0 percentage points between the highest (2007, 81.4%) and lowest (2011, 73.4%) 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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