BIKERELIABILITY Reg check
Registration-year report · 2005–2025

Data as of: DVSA MOT results to 2025

Ducati Diavel: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which Diavel years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 90.3% average, from 8,740 DVSA tests.

2016
highest-passing year · 92.9%
2011
lowest-passing year · 87.6%
5.3pp
spread across 8 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: 2016 (92.9% of 718 tests). Lowest: 2011 (87.6% of 1,769). Years more than two points below the model average: 2011, 2012.

87%90%94%2011: 87.6% pass (1,769 tests)2012: 87.7% pass (1,158 tests)2013: 89.6% pass (824 tests)2014: 91.4% pass (2,194 tests)2015: 92.1% pass (1,550 tests)2016: 92.9% pass (718 tests)2017: 92.7% pass (329 tests)2018: 92.5% pass (160 tests)201120152018
RegisteredTestsFirst-time passvs model (90.3%)
2011 1,769 87.6% -2.7 pp
2012 1,158 87.7% -2.6 pp
2013 824 89.6% -0.7 pp
2014 2,194 91.4% +1.1 pp
2015 1,550 92.1% +1.8 pp
2016 718 92.9% +2.6 pp
2017 329 92.7% +2.4 pp
2018 160 92.5% +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 · 2014–2025
83%89%95%2014: 90.1% pass (181 tests)2015: 88.1% pass (320 tests)2016: 85.0% pass (393 tests)2017: 86.7% pass (700 tests)2018: 89.7% pass (758 tests)2019: 89.3% pass (861 tests)2020: 92.0% pass (805 tests)2021: 91.8% pass (1,055 tests)2022: 91.7% pass (1,037 tests)2023: 90.2% pass (1,020 tests)2024: 90.7% pass (786 tests)2025: 92.6% pass (823 tests)20142025

Questions

Which Diavel years have the lowest MOT pass rate?
2011, 2012 registered examples pass first time less often than the Ducati Diavel overall (90.3%); the 2011 cohort is lowest at 87.6% from 1,769 tests.
Which Diavel year has the highest MOT pass rate?
2016, at 92.9% of 718 first tests (2005–2025). Years more than two points above the model average: 2016, 2017, 2018.
How much does the Diavel pass rate vary by year?
5.3 percentage points between the highest (2016, 92.9%) and lowest (2011, 87.6%) 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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