KTM 990 Adventure S: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which 990 Adventure S years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 88.4% average, from 606 DVSA tests.

2006

highest-passing year · 90.0%

2007

lowest-passing year · 87.1%

2.9pp

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: 2006 (90.0% of 280 tests). Lowest: 2007 (87.1% of 186).

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (88.4%)
2006	280	90.0%	+1.6 pp
2007	186	87.1%	-1.3 pp
2008	103	89.3%	+0.9 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 · 2010–2019

Questions

Which 990 Adventure S years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: none: no registration year of the KTM 990 Adventure S falls more than two points under the model's 88.4% overall pass rate.
Which 990 Adventure S year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2006, at 90.0% of 280 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the 990 Adventure S pass rate vary by year?: 2.9 percentage points between the highest (2006, 90.0%) and lowest (2007, 87.1%) 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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