BIKERELIABILITY Reg check
Registration-year report · 2005–2025

Data as of: DVSA MOT results to 2025

Ducati Hypermotard: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which Hypermotard years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 85.8% average, from 3,683 DVSA tests.

2007
highest-passing year · 91.5%
2016
lowest-passing year · 82.2%
9.3pp
spread across 12 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: 2007 (91.5% of 317 tests). Lowest: 2016 (82.2% of 522). Years more than two points below the model average: 2014, 2015, 2016.

80%87%93%2007: 91.5% pass (317 tests)2008: 90.9% pass (198 tests)2009: 89.1% pass (192 tests)2010: 85.1% pass (248 tests)2011: 88.4% pass (86 tests)2012: 89.4% pass (66 tests)2013: 84.2% pass (482 tests)2014: 83.1% pass (537 tests)2015: 82.7% pass (359 tests)2016: 82.2% pass (522 tests)2017: 87.5% pass (415 tests)2018: 89.3% pass (243 tests)200720132018
RegisteredTestsFirst-time passvs model (85.8%)
2007 317 91.5% +5.7 pp
2008 198 90.9% +5.1 pp
2009 192 89.1% +3.3 pp
2010 248 85.1% -0.7 pp
2011 86 88.4% +2.6 pp
2012 66 89.4% +3.6 pp
2013 482 84.2% -1.6 pp
2014 537 83.1% -2.7 pp
2015 359 82.7% -3.1 pp
2016 522 82.2% -3.6 pp
2017 415 87.5% +1.7 pp
2018 243 89.3% +3.5 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 · 2011–2025
76%88%100%2011: 97.9% pass (47 tests)2012: 96.6% pass (59 tests)2013: 88.6% pass (88 tests)2014: 90.1% pass (101 tests)2015: 87.8% pass (98 tests)2016: 83.8% pass (142 tests)2017: 85.0% pass (226 tests)2018: 85.6% pass (236 tests)2019: 80.6% pass (294 tests)2020: 87.4% pass (334 tests)2021: 84.8% pass (473 tests)2022: 83.4% pass (488 tests)2023: 84.8% pass (428 tests)2024: 88.1% pass (318 tests)2025: 87.9% pass (331 tests)20112025

Questions

Which Hypermotard years have the lowest MOT pass rate?
2014, 2015, 2016 registered examples pass first time less often than the Ducati Hypermotard overall (85.8%); the 2016 cohort is lowest at 82.2% from 522 tests.
Which Hypermotard year has the highest MOT pass rate?
2007, at 91.5% of 317 first tests (2005–2025). Years more than two points above the model average: 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2018.
How much does the Hypermotard pass rate vary by year?
9.3 percentage points between the highest (2007, 91.5%) and lowest (2016, 82.2%) 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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