Triumph Tiger 1050 Abs: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which Tiger 1050 Abs years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 88.0% average, from 6,739 DVSA tests.

2009

highest-passing year · 89.2%

2008

lowest-passing year · 86.9%

2.3pp

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 (89.2% of 1,653 tests). Lowest: 2008 (86.9% of 812).

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (88.0%)
2007	903	88.4%	+0.4 pp
2008	812	86.9%	-1.1 pp
2009	1,653	89.2%	+1.2 pp
2010	1,506	87.3%	-0.7 pp
2011	832	87.3%	-0.7 pp
2012	1,033	87.9%	-0.1 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 · 2010–2025

Questions

Which Tiger 1050 Abs years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: none: no registration year of the Triumph Tiger 1050 Abs falls more than two points under the model's 88.0% overall pass rate.
Which Tiger 1050 Abs year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2009, at 89.2% of 1,653 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the Tiger 1050 Abs pass rate vary by year?: 2.3 percentage points between the highest (2009, 89.2%) and lowest (2008, 86.9%) 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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