BIKERELIABILITY
MOT DATA · GREAT BRITAIN · 2005–2025
League table/ KTM/690 ENDURO
Model report · 2005–2025

KTM 690 ENDURO

654cc Petrol Class 2
#2331 of 5426 overall #81 of 230 KTMs #12 of 29 off-road bikes
85.6%
first-time pass rate
3.7%
failed outright
8,409
median miles at test
216
MOT tests, 2005–2025

What fails on a 690 ENDURO

failure defects by component group · advisories excluded
Component group Share of defects Defects % of defects
lighting and signalling
9 42.9
brakes
4 19
lamps and reflectors
3 14.3
reg plates and vin
3 14.3
Identification of the vehicle
1 4.8
suspension
1 4.8

Defects recorded against failed normal tests, 2005–2025, grouped by DVSA inspection section. One test can record multiple defects.

Pass rate by registration year

how each model-year cohort fares · registration year from first use date

Best year to buy used: 2009 (88.4% pass). Weakest: 2010 (81.6%).

80%85%90%2009: 88.4% pass (69 tests)2010: 81.6% pass (98 tests)20092010

First-time pass rate by the year each bike was first registered (cohorts with ≥ 50 tests). Older cohorts are survivors: the worst examples have already left the road, which tends to lift the earliest years.