BIKERELIABILITY Reg check
Registration-year report · 2005–2025

Data as of: DVSA MOT results to 2025

Ducati 1199: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which 1199 years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 90.1% average, from 2,203 DVSA tests.

2015
highest-passing year · 92.3%
2013
lowest-passing year · 87.3%
5.0pp
spread across 4 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: 2015 (92.3% of 208 tests). Lowest: 2013 (87.3% of 417). Years more than two points below the model average: 2013.

86%90%93%2012: 91.2% pass (148 tests)2013: 87.3% pass (417 tests)2014: 90.5% pass (1,385 tests)2015: 92.3% pass (208 tests)201220142015
RegisteredTestsFirst-time passvs model (90.1%)
2012 148 91.2% +1.1 pp
2013 417 87.3% -2.8 pp
2014 1,385 90.5% +0.4 pp
2015 208 92.3% +2.2 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 · 2017–2025
87%90%93%2017: 88.3% pass (299 tests)2018: 88.9% pass (253 tests)2019: 90.1% pass (253 tests)2020: 90.0% pass (201 tests)2021: 92.1% pass (267 tests)2022: 88.4% pass (268 tests)2023: 91.5% pass (258 tests)2024: 92.1% pass (191 tests)2025: 91.3% pass (195 tests)20172025

Questions

Which 1199 years have the lowest MOT pass rate?
2013 registered examples pass first time less often than the Ducati 1199 overall (90.1%); the 2013 cohort is lowest at 87.3% from 417 tests.
Which 1199 year has the highest MOT pass rate?
2015, at 92.3% of 208 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the 1199 pass rate vary by year?
5.0 percentage points between the highest (2015, 92.3%) and lowest (2013, 87.3%) 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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