Ducati 748B: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which 748B years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 84.8% average, from 1,351 DVSA tests.

2003

highest-passing year · 89.8%

2001

lowest-passing year · 83.0%

6.8pp

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: 2003 (89.8% of 293 tests). Lowest: 2001 (83.0% of 383).

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (84.8%)
2000	131	86.3%	+1.5 pp
2001	383	83.0%	-1.8 pp
2002	528	83.1%	-1.7 pp
2003	293	89.8%	+5.0 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 · 2006–2025

Questions

Which 748B years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: none: no registration year of the Ducati 748B falls more than two points under the model's 84.8% overall pass rate.
Which 748B year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2003, at 89.8% of 293 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the 748B pass rate vary by year?: 6.8 percentage points between the highest (2003, 89.8%) and lowest (2001, 83.0%) 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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