Ducati Streetfighter V4S: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which Streetfighter V4S years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 89.9% average, from 1,050 DVSA tests.

2020

highest-passing year · 90.9%

2021

lowest-passing year · 88.2%

2.7pp

spread across 3 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: 2020 (90.9% of 595 tests). Lowest: 2021 (88.2% of 364).

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (89.9%)
2020	595	90.9%	+1.0 pp
2021	364	88.2%	-1.7 pp
2022	88	89.8%	-0.1 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 · 2023–2025

Questions

Which Streetfighter V4S years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: none: no registration year of the Ducati Streetfighter V4S falls more than two points under the model's 89.9% overall pass rate.
Which Streetfighter V4S year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2020, at 90.9% of 595 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the Streetfighter V4S pass rate vary by year?: 2.7 percentage points between the highest (2020, 90.9%) and lowest (2021, 88.2%) 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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