2016 Ducati Multistrada 1.2L Petrol · GK16 AAU

The 2016 Ducati Multistrada presents a stable roadworthiness trend with no active defects. The most recent test on 6 February 2023 at 12,193 miles returned a pass with no advisories recorded, and the preceding tests show the same clean outcome. The maintenance record shows no worsening mechanical faults across the examined period. The mileage pattern reflects very light use for a ten-year-old machine. From the 10 July 2020 test at 6,476 miles, the bike reached 9,620 miles by 12 June 2021, then 11,372 miles on 17 June 2022, and 12,193 miles by February 2023. That equates to roughly 1,200 miles per year. The DVSA data is sparse but entirely clean, with only a single anomalous failure on 12 June 2021 at 9,620 miles that carried no recorded defects and was immediately re-tested and passed the same day, suggesting an administrative or presentation error rather than a mechanical fault. A buyer should still inspect the machine in person given the low annual mileage and likely prolonged standing periods. Ducati suspension components, including front fork seals and rear shock linkage bearings, degrade through inactivity as much as use. Brake calipers and discs on the Multistrada can seize or corrode when the bike sits, so check for binding calipers and disc pitting. Tyres and coolant hoses will have aged beyond their service life irrespective of tread depth, and the fuel system may show stale-fuel effects from storage. The absence of advisories in the MOT record does not exempt the buyer from a physical inspection of structural corrosion at frame welds and exhaust mounting points, where standing moisture does its quiet work.