KTM 990 Supermoto T: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which 990 Supermoto T years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 87.8% average, from 4,076 DVSA tests.

2010

highest-passing year · 89.5%

2009

lowest-passing year · 86.8%

2.7pp

spread across 5 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 (89.5% of 914 tests). Lowest: 2009 (86.8% of 918).

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (87.8%)
2009	918	86.8%	-1.0 pp
2010	914	89.5%	+1.7 pp
2011	1,004	87.1%	-0.7 pp
2012	974	87.4%	-0.4 pp
2013	255	88.6%	+0.8 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 · 2012–2025

Questions

Which 990 Supermoto T years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: none: no registration year of the KTM 990 Supermoto T falls more than two points under the model's 87.8% overall pass rate.
Which 990 Supermoto T year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2010, at 89.5% of 914 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the 990 Supermoto T pass rate vary by year?: 2.7 percentage points between the highest (2010, 89.5%) and lowest (2009, 86.8%) 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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