BIKERELIABILITY Reg check
Registration-year report · 2005–2025

Data as of: DVSA MOT results to 2025

SYM Symply 2 125: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which Symply 2 125 years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 74.3% average, from 657 DVSA tests.

2012
highest-passing year · 76.1%
2013
lowest-passing year · 71.0%
5.1pp
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 (76.1% of 327 tests). Lowest: 2013 (71.0% of 100). Years more than two points below the model average: 2013.

70%74%77%2011: 72.7% pass (227 tests)2012: 76.1% pass (327 tests)2013: 71.0% pass (100 tests)201120122013
RegisteredTestsFirst-time passvs model (74.3%)
2011 227 72.7% -1.6 pp
2012 327 76.1% +1.8 pp
2013 100 71.0% -3.3 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 · 2014–2021
67%75%82%2014: 73.3% pass (60 tests)2015: 76.9% pass (121 tests)2016: 71.4% pass (126 tests)2017: 79.6% pass (93 tests)2018: 72.7% pass (55 tests)2019: 78.0% pass (50 tests)2020: 69.8% pass (43 tests)2021: 69.8% pass (43 tests)20142021

Questions

Which Symply 2 125 years have the lowest MOT pass rate?
2013 registered examples pass first time less often than the SYM Symply 2 125 overall (74.3%); the 2013 cohort is lowest at 71.0% from 100 tests.
Which Symply 2 125 year has the highest MOT pass rate?
2012, at 76.1% of 327 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the Symply 2 125 pass rate vary by year?
5.1 percentage points between the highest (2012, 76.1%) and lowest (2013, 71.0%) 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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