BIKERELIABILITY Reg check
Registration-year report · 2005–2025

Data as of: DVSA MOT results to 2025

Triumph Bonneville T 100 (865): MOT pass rate by registration year

Which Bonneville T 100 (865) years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 89.6% average, from 16,221 DVSA tests.

2013
highest-passing year · 92.9%
2004
lowest-passing year · 85.4%
7.5pp
spread across 10 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: 2013 (92.9% of 774 tests). Lowest: 2004 (85.4% of 205). Years more than two points below the model average: 2004.

84%89%94%2004: 85.4% pass (205 tests)2005: 87.7% pass (2,721 tests)2006: 88.9% pass (2,551 tests)2007: 90.5% pass (1,965 tests)2008: 91.0% pass (1,927 tests)2009: 89.5% pass (1,544 tests)2010: 89.2% pass (1,432 tests)2011: 89.2% pass (1,540 tests)2012: 90.6% pass (1,454 tests)2013: 92.9% pass (774 tests)200420092013
RegisteredTestsFirst-time passvs model (89.6%)
2004 205 85.4% -4.2 pp
2005 2,721 87.7% -1.9 pp
2006 2,551 88.9% -0.7 pp
2007 1,965 90.5% +0.9 pp
2008 1,927 91.0% +1.4 pp
2009 1,544 89.5% -0.1 pp
2010 1,432 89.2% -0.4 pp
2011 1,540 89.2% -0.4 pp
2012 1,454 90.6% +1.0 pp
2013 774 92.9% +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 · 2008–2025
84%89%94%2008: 85.9% pass (213 tests)2009: 89.2% pass (427 tests)2010: 87.5% pass (575 tests)2011: 88.9% pass (737 tests)2012: 90.3% pass (833 tests)2013: 89.0% pass (968 tests)2014: 89.7% pass (1,092 tests)2015: 88.6% pass (1,238 tests)2016: 88.1% pass (1,289 tests)2017: 89.0% pass (1,240 tests)2018: 88.9% pass (967 tests)2019: 90.3% pass (952 tests)2020: 92.6% pass (822 tests)2021: 90.1% pass (1,079 tests)2022: 90.6% pass (1,073 tests)2023: 89.9% pass (1,045 tests)2024: 90.8% pass (793 tests)2025: 90.4% pass (840 tests)20082025

Questions

Which Bonneville T 100 (865) years have the lowest MOT pass rate?
2004 registered examples pass first time less often than the Triumph Bonneville T 100 (865) overall (89.6%); the 2004 cohort is lowest at 85.4% from 205 tests.
Which Bonneville T 100 (865) year has the highest MOT pass rate?
2013, at 92.9% of 774 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the Bonneville T 100 (865) pass rate vary by year?
7.5 percentage points between the highest (2013, 92.9%) and lowest (2004, 85.4%) 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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