Triumph Rocket Classic: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which Rocket Classic years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 89.2% average, from 2,157 DVSA tests.

2010

highest-passing year · 94.3%

2007

lowest-passing year · 87.9%

6.4pp

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: 2010 (94.3% of 87 tests). Lowest: 2007 (87.9% of 430).

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (89.2%)
2006	588	89.3%	+0.1 pp
2007	430	87.9%	-1.3 pp
2008	721	89.6%	+0.4 pp
2009	323	88.9%	-0.3 pp
2010	87	94.3%	+5.1 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 · 2009–2025

Questions

Which Rocket Classic years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: none: no registration year of the Triumph Rocket Classic falls more than two points under the model's 89.2% overall pass rate.
Which Rocket Classic year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2010, at 94.3% of 87 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the Rocket Classic pass rate vary by year?: 6.4 percentage points between the highest (2010, 94.3%) and lowest (2007, 87.9%) 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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