KTM 990 Supermoto: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which 990 Supermoto years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 87.7% average, from 1,655 DVSA tests.

2010

highest-passing year · 90.7%

2008

lowest-passing year · 87.2%

3.5pp

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 (90.7% of 129 tests). Lowest: 2008 (87.2% of 982).

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (87.7%)
2008	982	87.2%	-0.5 pp
2009	467	87.6%	-0.1 pp
2010	129	90.7%	+3.0 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 · 2011–2025

Questions

Which 990 Supermoto years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: none: no registration year of the KTM 990 Supermoto falls more than two points under the model's 87.7% overall pass rate.
Which 990 Supermoto year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2010, at 90.7% of 129 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the 990 Supermoto pass rate vary by year?: 3.5 percentage points between the highest (2010, 90.7%) and lowest (2008, 87.2%) 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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