BIKERELIABILITY Reg check
Registration-year report · 2005–2025

Data as of: DVSA MOT results to 2025

Victory Vegas: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which Vegas years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 90.5% average, from 2,675 DVSA tests.

2012
highest-passing year · 93.5%
2008
lowest-passing year · 85.7%
7.8pp
spread across 15 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: 2012 (93.5% of 123 tests). Lowest: 2008 (85.7% of 265). Years more than two points below the model average: 2003, 2008, 2013.

84%90%95%2003: 85.8% pass (127 tests)2004: 93.5% pass (108 tests)2005: 92.4% pass (236 tests)2006: 89.7% pass (185 tests)2007: 90.1% pass (81 tests)2008: 85.7% pass (265 tests)2009: 91.7% pass (252 tests)2010: 89.5% pass (304 tests)2011: 91.4% pass (256 tests)2012: 93.5% pass (123 tests)2013: 88.2% pass (161 tests)2014: 93.0% pass (129 tests)2015: 91.3% pass (184 tests)2016: 92.8% pass (180 tests)2017: 93.4% pass (76 tests)200320102017
RegisteredTestsFirst-time passvs model (90.5%)
2003 127 85.8% -4.7 pp
2004 108 93.5% +3.0 pp
2005 236 92.4% +1.9 pp
2006 185 89.7% -0.8 pp
2007 81 90.1% -0.4 pp
2008 265 85.7% -4.8 pp
2009 252 91.7% +1.2 pp
2010 304 89.5% -1.0 pp
2011 256 91.4% +0.9 pp
2012 123 93.5% +3.0 pp
2013 161 88.2% -2.3 pp
2014 129 93.0% +2.5 pp
2015 184 91.3% +0.8 pp
2016 180 92.8% +2.3 pp
2017 76 93.4% +2.9 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 · 2009–2025
81%89%97%2009: 83.7% pass (43 tests)2010: 92.6% pass (54 tests)2011: 85.9% pass (71 tests)2012: 86.5% pass (96 tests)2013: 92.7% pass (123 tests)2014: 91.3% pass (150 tests)2015: 92.2% pass (167 tests)2016: 90.8% pass (173 tests)2017: 91.5% pass (189 tests)2018: 91.6% pass (167 tests)2019: 86.9% pass (198 tests)2020: 89.4% pass (180 tests)2021: 88.3% pass (231 tests)2022: 91.2% pass (249 tests)2023: 94.0% pass (215 tests)2024: 92.4% pass (158 tests)2025: 89.0% pass (164 tests)20092025

Questions

Which Vegas years have the lowest MOT pass rate?
2003, 2008, 2013 registered examples pass first time less often than the Victory Vegas overall (90.5%); the 2008 cohort is lowest at 85.7% from 265 tests.
Which Vegas year has the highest MOT pass rate?
2012, at 93.5% of 123 first tests (2005–2025). Years more than two points above the model average: 2004, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2017.
How much does the Vegas pass rate vary by year?
7.8 percentage points between the highest (2012, 93.5%) and lowest (2008, 85.7%) 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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