Yamaha Tenere 700: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which Tenere 700 years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 91.5% average, from 2,982 DVSA tests.

2019

highest-passing year · 91.9%

2021

lowest-passing year · 91.2%

0.7pp

spread across 3 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: 2019 (91.9% of 1,074 tests). Lowest: 2021 (91.2% of 373).

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (91.5%)
2019	1,074	91.9%	+0.4 pp
2020	1,533	91.3%	-0.2 pp
2021	373	91.2%	-0.3 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 · 2022–2025

Questions

Which Tenere 700 years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: none: no registration year of the Yamaha Tenere 700 falls more than two points under the model's 91.5% overall pass rate.
Which Tenere 700 year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2019, at 91.9% of 1,074 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the Tenere 700 pass rate vary by year?: 0.7 percentage points between the highest (2019, 91.9%) and lowest (2021, 91.2%) 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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