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Registration-year report · 2005–2025

Data as of: DVSA MOT results to 2025

KTM 690 Enduro R: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which 690 Enduro R years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 80.5% average, from 621 DVSA tests.

2010
highest-passing year · 85.6%
2009
lowest-passing year · 77.0%
8.6pp
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: 2010 (85.6% of 188 tests). Lowest: 2009 (77.0% of 217). Years more than two points below the model average: 2009.

75%81%87%2009: 77.0% pass (217 tests)2010: 85.6% pass (188 tests)2011: 80.8% pass (172 tests)200920102011
RegisteredTestsFirst-time passvs model (80.5%)
2009 217 77.0% -3.5 pp
2010 188 85.6% +5.1 pp
2011 172 80.8% +0.3 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 · 2013–2023
70%79%87%2013: 79.2% pass (48 tests)2014: 80.6% pass (72 tests)2015: 80.0% pass (60 tests)2016: 81.5% pass (65 tests)2017: 73.0% pass (63 tests)2018: 81.4% pass (43 tests)2019: 84.4% pass (45 tests)2020: 81.1% pass (37 tests)2021: 79.5% pass (44 tests)2022: 80.6% pass (36 tests)2023: 79.5% pass (39 tests)20132023

Questions

Which 690 Enduro R years have the lowest MOT pass rate?
2009 registered examples pass first time less often than the KTM 690 Enduro R overall (80.5%); the 2009 cohort is lowest at 77.0% from 217 tests.
Which 690 Enduro R year has the highest MOT pass rate?
2010, at 85.6% of 188 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the 690 Enduro R pass rate vary by year?
8.6 percentage points between the highest (2010, 85.6%) and lowest (2009, 77.0%) 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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