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Registration-year report · 2005–2025

Data as of: DVSA MOT results to 2025

Triumph Rocket 111 Touring: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which Rocket 111 Touring years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 90.5% average, from 1,453 DVSA tests.

2013
highest-passing year · 93.3%
2009
lowest-passing year · 87.1%
6.2pp
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: 2013 (93.3% of 179 tests). Lowest: 2009 (87.1% of 240). Years more than two points below the model average: 2009.

86%90%95%2009: 87.1% pass (240 tests)2010: 90.0% pass (459 tests)2011: 91.7% pass (349 tests)2012: 90.5% pass (199 tests)2013: 93.3% pass (179 tests)200920112013
RegisteredTestsFirst-time passvs model (90.5%)
2009 240 87.1% -3.4 pp
2010 459 90.0% -0.5 pp
2011 349 91.7% +1.2 pp
2012 199 90.5% +0.0 pp
2013 179 93.3% +2.8 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 · 2013–2025
82%90%98%2013: 85.5% pass (69 tests)2014: 85.0% pass (107 tests)2015: 93.2% pass (132 tests)2016: 87.3% pass (157 tests)2017: 92.3% pass (142 tests)2018: 90.8% pass (109 tests)2019: 88.6% pass (114 tests)2020: 93.5% pass (92 tests)2021: 92.0% pass (113 tests)2022: 92.3% pass (117 tests)2023: 87.5% pass (104 tests)2024: 92.9% pass (85 tests)2025: 95.4% pass (87 tests)20132025

Questions

Which Rocket 111 Touring years have the lowest MOT pass rate?
2009 registered examples pass first time less often than the Triumph Rocket 111 Touring overall (90.5%); the 2009 cohort is lowest at 87.1% from 240 tests.
Which Rocket 111 Touring year has the highest MOT pass rate?
2013, at 93.3% of 179 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the Rocket 111 Touring pass rate vary by year?
6.2 percentage points between the highest (2013, 93.3%) and lowest (2009, 87.1%) 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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