Ducati 999R: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which 999R years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 86.3% average, from 1,339 DVSA tests.

2003

highest-passing year · 88.4%

2006

lowest-passing year · 85.2%

3.2pp

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 (88.4% of 387 tests). Lowest: 2006 (85.2% of 149).

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (86.3%)
2003	387	88.4%	+2.1 pp
2004	484	86.4%	+0.1 pp
2005	260	85.4%	-0.9 pp
2006	149	85.2%	-1.1 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 · 2006–2025

Questions

Which 999R years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: none: no registration year of the Ducati 999R falls more than two points under the model's 86.3% overall pass rate.
Which 999R year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2003, at 88.4% of 387 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the 999R pass rate vary by year?: 3.2 percentage points between the highest (2003, 88.4%) and lowest (2006, 85.2%) 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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