BIKERELIABILITY Reg check
Registration-year report · 2005–2025

Data as of: DVSA MOT results to 2025

Ducati M1200 S: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which M1200 S years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 89.8% average, from 1,230 DVSA tests.

2017
highest-passing year · 91.7%
2018
lowest-passing year · 87.2%
4.5pp
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: 2017 (91.7% of 556 tests). Lowest: 2018 (87.2% of 321). Years more than two points below the model average: 2018.

86%89%93%2017: 91.7% pass (556 tests)2018: 87.2% pass (321 tests)2019: 88.6% pass (202 tests)2020: 90.5% pass (105 tests)201720192020
RegisteredTestsFirst-time passvs model (89.8%)
2017 556 91.7% +1.9 pp
2018 321 87.2% -2.6 pp
2019 202 88.6% -1.2 pp
2020 105 90.5% +0.7 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 · 2020–2025
83%91%98%2020: 95.7% pass (117 tests)2021: 85.7% pass (182 tests)2022: 86.5% pass (208 tests)2023: 90.8% pass (262 tests)2024: 91.5% pass (212 tests)2025: 90.0% pass (231 tests)20202025

Questions

Which M1200 S years have the lowest MOT pass rate?
2018 registered examples pass first time less often than the Ducati M1200 S overall (89.8%); the 2018 cohort is lowest at 87.2% from 321 tests.
Which M1200 S year has the highest MOT pass rate?
2017, at 91.7% of 556 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the M1200 S pass rate vary by year?
4.5 percentage points between the highest (2017, 91.7%) and lowest (2018, 87.2%) 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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