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Registration-year report · 2005–2025

Data as of: DVSA MOT results to 2025

Yamaha FZ6 Fazer S2 Abs: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which FZ6 Fazer S2 Abs years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 87.7% average, from 843 DVSA tests.

2010
highest-passing year · 90.5%
2009
lowest-passing year · 84.5%
6.0pp
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: 2010 (90.5% of 74 tests). Lowest: 2009 (84.5% of 187). Years more than two points below the model average: 2009.

83%88%92%2007: 89.7% pass (214 tests)2008: 88.1% pass (335 tests)2009: 84.5% pass (187 tests)2010: 90.5% pass (74 tests)200720092010
RegisteredTestsFirst-time passvs model (87.7%)
2007 214 89.7% +2.0 pp
2008 335 88.1% +0.4 pp
2009 187 84.5% -3.2 pp
2010 74 90.5% +2.8 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 · 2011–2025
79%89%100%2011: 96.5% pass (57 tests)2012: 85.3% pass (75 tests)2013: 89.5% pass (76 tests)2014: 87.7% pass (73 tests)2015: 89.7% pass (68 tests)2016: 84.5% pass (71 tests)2017: 87.9% pass (58 tests)2018: 85.0% pass (40 tests)2019: 82.9% pass (41 tests)2020: 85.4% pass (41 tests)2021: 82.4% pass (51 tests)2022: 84.8% pass (46 tests)2023: 88.9% pass (45 tests)2024: 91.2% pass (34 tests)2025: 90.2% pass (41 tests)20112025

Questions

Which FZ6 Fazer S2 Abs years have the lowest MOT pass rate?
2009 registered examples pass first time less often than the Yamaha FZ6 Fazer S2 Abs overall (87.7%); the 2009 cohort is lowest at 84.5% from 187 tests.
Which FZ6 Fazer S2 Abs year has the highest MOT pass rate?
2010, at 90.5% of 74 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the FZ6 Fazer S2 Abs pass rate vary by year?
6.0 percentage points between the highest (2010, 90.5%) and lowest (2009, 84.5%) 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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