BIKERELIABILITY Reg check
Registration-year report · 2005–2025

Data as of: DVSA MOT results to 2025

Yamaha XJ 6 S Diversion: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which XJ 6 S Diversion years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 87.7% average, from 8,519 DVSA tests.

2013
highest-passing year · 89.2%
2010
lowest-passing year · 87.2%
2.0pp
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: 2013 (89.2% of 1,059 tests). Lowest: 2010 (87.2% of 3,726).

86%88%90%2009: 87.7% pass (1,658 tests)2010: 87.2% pass (3,726 tests)2011: 87.9% pass (1,262 tests)2012: 87.7% pass (811 tests)2013: 89.2% pass (1,059 tests)200920112013
RegisteredTestsFirst-time passvs model (87.7%)
2009 1,658 87.7% +0.0 pp
2010 3,726 87.2% -0.5 pp
2011 1,262 87.9% +0.2 pp
2012 811 87.7% +0.0 pp
2013 1,059 89.2% +1.5 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 · 2012–2025
82%87%92%2012: 86.6% pass (149 tests)2013: 90.3% pass (517 tests)2014: 89.2% pass (676 tests)2015: 88.6% pass (779 tests)2016: 87.7% pass (920 tests)2017: 88.5% pass (855 tests)2018: 89.2% pass (639 tests)2019: 87.0% pass (600 tests)2020: 85.5% pass (545 tests)2021: 87.5% pass (641 tests)2022: 86.9% pass (633 tests)2023: 87.3% pass (621 tests)2024: 83.7% pass (449 tests)2025: 87.0% pass (493 tests)20122025

Questions

Which XJ 6 S Diversion years have the lowest MOT pass rate?
none: no registration year of the Yamaha XJ 6 S Diversion falls more than two points under the model's 87.7% overall pass rate.
Which XJ 6 S Diversion year has the highest MOT pass rate?
2013, at 89.2% of 1,059 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the XJ 6 S Diversion pass rate vary by year?
2.0 percentage points between the highest (2013, 89.2%) and lowest (2010, 87.2%) 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.

Full report: Yamaha XJ 6 S Diversion reliability, failures and mileage · ranked #1695 of 5428 models· other Yamaha models: YZF-R1, YZF-R6, FZS600, YBR 125, XJR1300, FZ6