BIKERELIABILITY Reg check
Registration-year report · 2005–2025

Data as of: DVSA MOT results to 2025

Yamaha XC 125 E Vity: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which XC 125 E Vity years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 75.0% average, from 17,031 DVSA tests.

2014
highest-passing year · 77.6%
2009
lowest-passing year · 74.0%
3.6pp
spread across 7 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: 2014 (77.6% of 58 tests). Lowest: 2009 (74.0% of 4,085).

73%76%78%2008: 75.0% pass (1,458 tests)2009: 74.0% pass (4,085 tests)2010: 74.5% pass (3,648 tests)2011: 76.1% pass (2,946 tests)2012: 75.9% pass (2,711 tests)2013: 75.2% pass (2,116 tests)2014: 77.6% pass (58 tests)200820112014
RegisteredTestsFirst-time passvs model (75.0%)
2008 1,458 75.0% +0.0 pp
2009 4,085 74.0% -1.0 pp
2010 3,648 74.5% -0.5 pp
2011 2,946 76.1% +1.1 pp
2012 2,711 75.9% +0.9 pp
2013 2,116 75.2% +0.2 pp
2014 58 77.6% +2.6 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 · 2011–2025
72%75%78%2011: 73.8% pass (195 tests)2012: 76.6% pass (817 tests)2013: 76.8% pass (1,343 tests)2014: 75.4% pass (1,755 tests)2015: 74.6% pass (2,066 tests)2016: 75.4% pass (2,292 tests)2017: 75.2% pass (1,900 tests)2018: 74.3% pass (1,246 tests)2019: 73.4% pass (1,077 tests)2020: 73.7% pass (936 tests)2021: 74.0% pass (1,012 tests)2022: 75.1% pass (854 tests)2023: 73.4% pass (673 tests)2024: 76.2% pass (467 tests)2025: 76.5% pass (391 tests)20112025

Questions

Which XC 125 E Vity years have the lowest MOT pass rate?
none: no registration year of the Yamaha XC 125 E Vity falls more than two points under the model's 75.0% overall pass rate.
Which XC 125 E Vity year has the highest MOT pass rate?
2014, at 77.6% of 58 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the XC 125 E Vity pass rate vary by year?
3.6 percentage points between the highest (2014, 77.6%) and lowest (2009, 74.0%) 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 XC 125 E Vity reliability, failures and mileage · ranked #4300 of 5428 models· other Yamaha models: YZF-R1, YZF-R6, FZS600, YBR 125, XJR1300, FZ6