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Registration-year report · 2005–2025

Data as of: DVSA MOT results to 2025

Yamaha MWS125-A Tricity 125: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which MWS125-A Tricity 125 years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 83.1% average, from 1,458 DVSA tests.

2018
highest-passing year · 86.2%
2017
lowest-passing year · 78.3%
7.9pp
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: 2018 (86.2% of 463 tests). Lowest: 2017 (78.3% of 323). Years more than two points below the model average: 2017.

77%82%88%2017: 78.3% pass (323 tests)2018: 86.2% pass (463 tests)2019: 83.7% pass (412 tests)2020: 82.9% pass (258 tests)201720192020
RegisteredTestsFirst-time passvs model (83.1%)
2017 323 78.3% -4.8 pp
2018 463 86.2% +3.1 pp
2019 412 83.7% +0.6 pp
2020 258 82.9% -0.2 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 · 2020–2025
79%83%88%2020: 83.8% pass (68 tests)2021: 82.4% pass (188 tests)2022: 86.3% pass (299 tests)2023: 83.6% pass (377 tests)2024: 80.2% pass (253 tests)2025: 82.1% pass (273 tests)20202025

Questions

Which MWS125-A Tricity 125 years have the lowest MOT pass rate?
2017 registered examples pass first time less often than the Yamaha MWS125-A Tricity 125 overall (83.1%); the 2017 cohort is lowest at 78.3% from 323 tests.
Which MWS125-A Tricity 125 year has the highest MOT pass rate?
2018, at 86.2% of 463 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the MWS125-A Tricity 125 pass rate vary by year?
7.9 percentage points between the highest (2018, 86.2%) and lowest (2017, 78.3%) 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: Yamaha MWS125-A Tricity 125 reliability, failures and mileage · ranked #2941 of 5428 models· other Yamaha models: YZF-R1, YZF-R6, FZS600, YBR 125, XJR1300, FZ6