BIKERELIABILITY Reg check
Registration-year report · 2005–2025

Data as of: DVSA MOT results to 2025

Triumph Sprint ST 1050 (abs): MOT pass rate by registration year

Which Sprint ST 1050 (abs) years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 88.8% average, from 1,425 DVSA tests.

2009
highest-passing year · 90.3%
2007
lowest-passing year · 86.0%
4.3pp
spread across 6 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 (90.3% of 462 tests). Lowest: 2007 (86.0% of 300). Years more than two points below the model average: 2007.

85%88%91%2005: 89.7% pass (156 tests)2006: 88.3% pass (120 tests)2007: 86.0% pass (300 tests)2008: 88.1% pass (193 tests)2009: 90.3% pass (462 tests)2010: 89.7% pass (194 tests)200520082010
RegisteredTestsFirst-time passvs model (88.8%)
2005 156 89.7% +0.9 pp
2006 120 88.3% -0.5 pp
2007 300 86.0% -2.8 pp
2008 193 88.1% -0.7 pp
2009 462 90.3% +1.5 pp
2010 194 89.7% +0.9 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 · 2010–2025
78%88%97%2010: 93.9% pass (49 tests)2011: 87.1% pass (70 tests)2012: 91.8% pass (98 tests)2013: 88.3% pass (120 tests)2014: 90.0% pass (120 tests)2015: 81.5% pass (119 tests)2016: 87.5% pass (112 tests)2017: 94.0% pass (100 tests)2018: 89.2% pass (83 tests)2019: 89.0% pass (82 tests)2020: 89.9% pass (69 tests)2021: 91.8% pass (85 tests)2022: 84.3% pass (89 tests)2023: 88.2% pass (68 tests)2024: 88.5% pass (61 tests)2025: 84.6% pass (65 tests)20102025

Questions

Which Sprint ST 1050 (abs) years have the lowest MOT pass rate?
2007 registered examples pass first time less often than the Triumph Sprint ST 1050 (abs) overall (88.8%); the 2007 cohort is lowest at 86.0% from 300 tests.
Which Sprint ST 1050 (abs) year has the highest MOT pass rate?
2009, at 90.3% of 462 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the Sprint ST 1050 (abs) pass rate vary by year?
4.3 percentage points between the highest (2009, 90.3%) and lowest (2007, 86.0%) 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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