Yamaha Tracer 900: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which Tracer 900 years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 95.5% average, from 9,812 DVSA tests.

2022

highest-passing year · 97.4%

2019

lowest-passing year · 94.7%

2.7pp

spread across 5 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: 2022 (97.4% of 612 tests). Lowest: 2019 (94.7% of 3,234).

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (95.5%)
2018	3,114	95.3%	-0.2 pp
2019	3,234	94.7%	-0.8 pp
2020	1,601	95.9%	+0.4 pp
2021	1,230	96.3%	+0.8 pp
2022	612	97.4%	+1.9 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 · 2021–2025

Questions

Which Tracer 900 years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: none: no registration year of the Yamaha Tracer 900 falls more than two points under the model's 95.5% overall pass rate.
Which Tracer 900 year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2022, at 97.4% of 612 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the Tracer 900 pass rate vary by year?: 2.7 percentage points between the highest (2022, 97.4%) and lowest (2019, 94.7%) 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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