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Registration-year report · 2005–2025

Data as of: DVSA MOT results to 2025

Triumph Speed Triple 1050: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which Speed Triple 1050 years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 85.5% average, from 5,740 DVSA tests.

2006
highest-passing year · 87.6%
2008
lowest-passing year · 82.7%
4.9pp
spread across 8 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 (87.6% of 372 tests). Lowest: 2008 (82.7% of 504). Years more than two points below the model average: 2008.

82%85%89%2005: 83.7% pass (449 tests)2006: 87.6% pass (372 tests)2007: 85.3% pass (571 tests)2008: 82.7% pass (504 tests)2009: 84.4% pass (739 tests)2010: 86.7% pass (1,420 tests)2011: 86.4% pass (1,168 tests)2012: 84.1% pass (496 tests)200520092012
RegisteredTestsFirst-time passvs model (85.5%)
2005 449 83.7% -1.8 pp
2006 372 87.6% +2.1 pp
2007 571 85.3% -0.2 pp
2008 504 82.7% -2.8 pp
2009 739 84.4% -1.1 pp
2010 1,420 86.7% +1.2 pp
2011 1,168 86.4% +0.9 pp
2012 496 84.1% -1.4 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 · 2008–2025
78%84%89%2008: 86.7% pass (45 tests)2009: 82.4% pass (74 tests)2010: 80.3% pass (117 tests)2011: 82.5% pass (154 tests)2012: 83.9% pass (224 tests)2013: 83.7% pass (338 tests)2014: 87.6% pass (483 tests)2015: 87.3% pass (503 tests)2016: 85.1% pass (504 tests)2017: 86.0% pass (472 tests)2018: 86.4% pass (360 tests)2019: 82.4% pass (364 tests)2020: 86.4% pass (316 tests)2021: 85.1% pass (404 tests)2022: 83.8% pass (390 tests)2023: 87.1% pass (387 tests)2024: 86.9% pass (306 tests)2025: 86.6% pass (299 tests)20082025

Questions

Which Speed Triple 1050 years have the lowest MOT pass rate?
2008 registered examples pass first time less often than the Triumph Speed Triple 1050 overall (85.5%); the 2008 cohort is lowest at 82.7% from 504 tests.
Which Speed Triple 1050 year has the highest MOT pass rate?
2006, at 87.6% of 372 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the Speed Triple 1050 pass rate vary by year?
4.9 percentage points between the highest (2006, 87.6%) and lowest (2008, 82.7%) 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.

Full report: Triumph Speed Triple 1050 reliability, failures and mileage · ranked #2363 of 5428 models· other Triumph models: Bonneville, Tiger, Sprint, Daytona, Speed Triple, Thunderbird