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Registration-year report · 2005–2025

Data as of: DVSA MOT results to 2025

Indian Motorcycle FTR 1200: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which FTR 1200 years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 91.5% average, from 752 DVSA tests.

2019
highest-passing year · 92.7%
2021
lowest-passing year · 87.0%
5.7pp
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: 2019 (92.7% of 409 tests). Lowest: 2021 (87.0% of 69). Years more than two points below the model average: 2021.

86%90%94%2019: 92.7% pass (409 tests)2020: 90.9% pass (274 tests)2021: 87.0% pass (69 tests)201920202021
RegisteredTestsFirst-time passvs model (91.5%)
2019 409 92.7% +1.2 pp
2020 274 90.9% -0.6 pp
2021 69 87.0% -4.5 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 · 2022–2025
89%92%94%2022: 91.1% pass (124 tests)2023: 92.1% pass (214 tests)2024: 89.7% pass (203 tests)2025: 93.3% pass (210 tests)20222025

Questions

Which FTR 1200 years have the lowest MOT pass rate?
2021 registered examples pass first time less often than the Indian Motorcycle FTR 1200 overall (91.5%); the 2021 cohort is lowest at 87.0% from 69 tests.
Which FTR 1200 year has the highest MOT pass rate?
2019, at 92.7% of 409 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the FTR 1200 pass rate vary by year?
5.7 percentage points between the highest (2019, 92.7%) and lowest (2021, 87.0%) 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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