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Registration-year report · 2005–2025

Data as of: DVSA MOT results to 2025

Triumph Speed Triple: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which Speed Triple years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 85.6% average, from 74,618 DVSA tests.

2018
highest-passing year · 91.1%
1998
lowest-passing year · 77.1%
14.0pp
spread across 26 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: 2018 (91.1% of 683 tests). Lowest: 1998 (77.1% of 1,203). Years more than two points below the model average: 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2005, 2006, 2019.

74%84%94%1994: 84.1% pass (973 tests)1995: 83.3% pass (1,201 tests)1996: 85.3% pass (872 tests)1997: 80.6% pass (1,641 tests)1998: 77.1% pass (1,203 tests)1999: 80.8% pass (1,896 tests)2000: 83.9% pass (1,755 tests)2001: 86.3% pass (2,179 tests)2002: 83.9% pass (2,172 tests)2003: 85.0% pass (2,574 tests)2004: 85.7% pass (2,385 tests)2005: 83.3% pass (7,523 tests)2006: 83.2% pass (4,806 tests)2007: 84.3% pass (4,708 tests)2008: 86.6% pass (4,618 tests)2009: 87.0% pass (4,627 tests)2010: 87.8% pass (5,979 tests)2011: 86.5% pass (4,529 tests)2012: 86.7% pass (2,736 tests)2013: 87.6% pass (3,540 tests)2014: 87.2% pass (3,209 tests)2015: 87.2% pass (2,598 tests)2016: 90.0% pass (3,897 tests)2017: 90.2% pass (2,112 tests)2018: 91.1% pass (683 tests)2019: 82.8% pass (58 tests)199420072019
RegisteredTestsFirst-time passvs model (85.6%)
1994 973 84.1% -1.5 pp
1995 1,201 83.3% -2.3 pp
1996 872 85.3% -0.3 pp
1997 1,641 80.6% -5.0 pp
1998 1,203 77.1% -8.5 pp
1999 1,896 80.8% -4.8 pp
2000 1,755 83.9% -1.7 pp
2001 2,179 86.3% +0.7 pp
2002 2,172 83.9% -1.7 pp
2003 2,574 85.0% -0.6 pp
2004 2,385 85.7% +0.1 pp
2005 7,523 83.3% -2.3 pp
2006 4,806 83.2% -2.4 pp
2007 4,708 84.3% -1.3 pp
2008 4,618 86.6% +1.0 pp
2009 4,627 87.0% +1.4 pp
2010 5,979 87.8% +2.2 pp
2011 4,529 86.5% +0.9 pp
2012 2,736 86.7% +1.1 pp
2013 3,540 87.6% +2.0 pp
2014 3,209 87.2% +1.6 pp
2015 2,598 87.2% +1.6 pp
2016 3,897 90.0% +4.4 pp
2017 2,112 90.2% +4.6 pp
2018 683 91.1% +5.5 pp
2019 58 82.8% -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 · 2005–2025
78%84%90%2005: 86.4% pass (199 tests)2006: 84.7% pass (1,290 tests)2007: 84.2% pass (1,410 tests)2008: 82.0% pass (1,901 tests)2009: 80.3% pass (2,243 tests)2010: 82.0% pass (2,547 tests)2011: 82.4% pass (2,892 tests)2012: 83.1% pass (3,152 tests)2013: 85.1% pass (3,669 tests)2014: 84.3% pass (4,118 tests)2015: 85.4% pass (4,314 tests)2016: 86.7% pass (4,596 tests)2017: 86.2% pass (4,875 tests)2018: 85.9% pass (4,004 tests)2019: 85.7% pass (4,566 tests)2020: 88.2% pass (4,137 tests)2021: 86.6% pass (5,582 tests)2022: 87.2% pass (5,415 tests)2023: 87.3% pass (5,289 tests)2024: 87.3% pass (4,065 tests)2025: 87.7% pass (4,354 tests)20052025

Questions

Which Speed Triple years have the lowest MOT pass rate?
1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2005, 2006, 2019 registered examples pass first time less often than the Triumph Speed Triple overall (85.6%); the 1998 cohort is lowest at 77.1% from 1,203 tests.
Which Speed Triple year has the highest MOT pass rate?
2018, at 91.1% of 683 first tests (2005–2025). Years more than two points above the model average: 2010, 2016, 2017, 2018.
How much does the Speed Triple pass rate vary by year?
14.0 percentage points between the highest (2018, 91.1%) and lowest (1998, 77.1%) 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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