BIKERELIABILITY Reg check
Registration-year report · 2005–2025

Data as of: DVSA MOT results to 2025

Ducati GT 1000: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which GT 1000 years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 88.9% average, from 1,126 DVSA tests.

2006
highest-passing year · 91.6%
2007
lowest-passing year · 83.7%
7.9pp
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: 2006 (91.6% of 357 tests). Lowest: 2007 (83.7% of 295). Years more than two points below the model average: 2007.

82%88%93%2006: 91.6% pass (357 tests)2007: 83.7% pass (295 tests)2008: 89.1% pass (248 tests)2009: 91.0% pass (189 tests)200620082009
RegisteredTestsFirst-time passvs model (88.9%)
2006 357 91.6% +2.7 pp
2007 295 83.7% -5.2 pp
2008 248 89.1% +0.2 pp
2009 189 91.0% +2.1 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 · 2009–2025
80%90%100%2009: 87.5% pass (32 tests)2010: 86.0% pass (57 tests)2011: 83.8% pass (74 tests)2012: 84.6% pass (91 tests)2013: 85.6% pass (90 tests)2014: 86.6% pass (82 tests)2015: 95.0% pass (80 tests)2016: 90.7% pass (86 tests)2017: 92.6% pass (68 tests)2018: 90.5% pass (63 tests)2019: 86.4% pass (59 tests)2020: 84.8% pass (46 tests)2021: 88.2% pass (68 tests)2022: 87.9% pass (66 tests)2023: 95.3% pass (64 tests)2024: 98.0% pass (49 tests)2025: 90.2% pass (51 tests)20092025

Questions

Which GT 1000 years have the lowest MOT pass rate?
2007 registered examples pass first time less often than the Ducati GT 1000 overall (88.9%); the 2007 cohort is lowest at 83.7% from 295 tests.
Which GT 1000 year has the highest MOT pass rate?
2006, at 91.6% of 357 first tests (2005–2025). Years more than two points above the model average: 2006, 2009.
How much does the GT 1000 pass rate vary by year?
7.9 percentage points between the highest (2006, 91.6%) and lowest (2007, 83.7%) 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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