Ducati 899: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which 899 years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 88.9% average, from 5,141 DVSA tests.

2015

highest-passing year · 89.3%

2013

lowest-passing year · 88.4%

0.9pp

spread across 3 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 (89.3% of 1,519 tests). Lowest: 2013 (88.4% of 777).

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (88.9%)
2013	777	88.4%	-0.5 pp
2014	2,803	88.8%	-0.1 pp
2015	1,519	89.3%	+0.4 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 · 2016–2025

Questions

Which 899 years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: none: no registration year of the Ducati 899 falls more than two points under the model's 88.9% overall pass rate.
Which 899 year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2015, at 89.3% of 1,519 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the 899 pass rate vary by year?: 0.9 percentage points between the highest (2015, 89.3%) and lowest (2013, 88.4%) 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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