Yamaha Fazer 8 Abs: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which Fazer 8 Abs years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 89.3% average, from 4,552 DVSA tests.

2011

highest-passing year · 92.0%

2010

lowest-passing year · 87.4%

4.6pp

spread across 4 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: 2011 (92.0% of 805 tests). Lowest: 2010 (87.4% of 398).

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (89.3%)
2010	398	87.4%	-1.9 pp
2011	805	92.0%	+2.7 pp
2012	1,767	89.2%	-0.1 pp
2013	1,555	88.7%	-0.6 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 · 2013–2025

Questions

Which Fazer 8 Abs years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: none: no registration year of the Yamaha Fazer 8 Abs falls more than two points under the model's 89.3% overall pass rate.
Which Fazer 8 Abs year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2011, at 92.0% of 805 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the Fazer 8 Abs pass rate vary by year?: 4.6 percentage points between the highest (2011, 92.0%) and lowest (2010, 87.4%) 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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