BIKERELIABILITY Reg check
Registration-year report · 2005–2025

Data as of: DVSA MOT results to 2025

SYM Voyager: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which Voyager years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 79.4% average, from 1,064 DVSA tests.

2009
highest-passing year · 84.2%
2006
lowest-passing year · 74.4%
9.8pp
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: 2009 (84.2% of 222 tests). Lowest: 2006 (74.4% of 277). Years more than two points below the model average: 2006.

72%79%86%2006: 74.4% pass (277 tests)2007: 80.4% pass (158 tests)2008: 81.0% pass (321 tests)2009: 84.2% pass (222 tests)2010: 80.8% pass (52 tests)200620082010
RegisteredTestsFirst-time passvs model (79.4%)
2006 277 74.4% -5.0 pp
2007 158 80.4% +1.0 pp
2008 321 81.0% +1.6 pp
2009 222 84.2% +4.8 pp
2010 52 80.8% +1.4 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 · 2009–2021
67%81%95%2009: 71.8% pass (39 tests)2010: 83.3% pass (54 tests)2011: 76.5% pass (98 tests)2012: 78.0% pass (123 tests)2013: 74.6% pass (122 tests)2014: 82.9% pass (111 tests)2015: 85.7% pass (112 tests)2016: 72.8% pass (92 tests)2017: 75.3% pass (77 tests)2018: 74.4% pass (43 tests)2019: 90.7% pass (43 tests)2020: 80.6% pass (31 tests)2021: 77.5% pass (40 tests)20092021

Questions

Which Voyager years have the lowest MOT pass rate?
2006 registered examples pass first time less often than the SYM Voyager overall (79.4%); the 2006 cohort is lowest at 74.4% from 277 tests.
Which Voyager year has the highest MOT pass rate?
2009, at 84.2% of 222 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the Voyager pass rate vary by year?
9.8 percentage points between the highest (2009, 84.2%) and lowest (2006, 74.4%) 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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