BIKERELIABILITY Reg check
Registration-year report · 2005–2025

Data as of: DVSA MOT results to 2025

Triumph Tiger 110: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which Tiger 110 years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 93.1% average, from 525 DVSA tests.

1959
highest-passing year · 96.1%
1961
lowest-passing year · 89.0%
7.1pp
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: 1959 (96.1% of 77 tests). Lowest: 1961 (89.0% of 100). Years more than two points below the model average: 1961.

88%93%98%1955: 92.2% pass (64 tests)1958: 96.0% pass (75 tests)1959: 96.1% pass (77 tests)1960: 93.5% pass (62 tests)1961: 89.0% pass (100 tests)195519591961
RegisteredTestsFirst-time passvs model (93.1%)
1955 64 92.2% -0.9 pp
1958 75 96.0% +2.9 pp
1959 77 96.1% +3.0 pp
1960 62 93.5% +0.4 pp
1961 100 89.0% -4.1 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 · 2006–2012
86%93%100%2006: 98.5% pass (66 tests)2007: 94.3% pass (53 tests)2008: 98.2% pass (57 tests)2009: 88.1% pass (59 tests)2010: 90.0% pass (60 tests)2011: 92.7% pass (55 tests)2012: 98.2% pass (55 tests)20062012

Questions

Which Tiger 110 years have the lowest MOT pass rate?
1961 registered examples pass first time less often than the Triumph Tiger 110 overall (93.1%); the 1961 cohort is lowest at 89.0% from 100 tests.
Which Tiger 110 year has the highest MOT pass rate?
1959, at 96.1% of 77 first tests (2005–2025). Years more than two points above the model average: 1958, 1959.
How much does the Tiger 110 pass rate vary by year?
7.1 percentage points between the highest (1959, 96.1%) and lowest (1961, 89.0%) 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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