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Registration-year report · 2005–2025

Data as of: DVSA MOT results to 2025

Yamaha XJR1300: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which XJR1300 years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 87.4% average, from 95,093 DVSA tests.

2015
highest-passing year · 96.1%
1998
lowest-passing year · 79.1%
17.0pp
spread across 19 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: 2015 (96.1% of 76 tests). Lowest: 1998 (79.1% of 321). Years more than two points below the model average: 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000.

76%88%100%1996: 82.5% pass (63 tests)1998: 79.1% pass (321 tests)1999: 85.0% pass (6,062 tests)2000: 85.3% pass (16,144 tests)2001: 86.1% pass (14,237 tests)2002: 87.2% pass (16,079 tests)2003: 88.4% pass (9,990 tests)2004: 88.3% pass (6,411 tests)2005: 87.8% pass (7,285 tests)2006: 88.2% pass (3,349 tests)2007: 89.5% pass (3,545 tests)2008: 90.3% pass (4,106 tests)2009: 92.5% pass (3,543 tests)2010: 90.8% pass (1,064 tests)2011: 90.0% pass (643 tests)2012: 91.6% pass (501 tests)2013: 91.8% pass (1,080 tests)2014: 94.0% pass (484 tests)2015: 96.1% pass (76 tests)199620062015
RegisteredTestsFirst-time passvs model (87.4%)
1996 63 82.5% -4.9 pp
1998 321 79.1% -8.3 pp
1999 6,062 85.0% -2.4 pp
2000 16,144 85.3% -2.1 pp
2001 14,237 86.1% -1.3 pp
2002 16,079 87.2% -0.2 pp
2003 9,990 88.4% +1.0 pp
2004 6,411 88.3% +0.9 pp
2005 7,285 87.8% +0.4 pp
2006 3,349 88.2% +0.8 pp
2007 3,545 89.5% +2.1 pp
2008 4,106 90.3% +2.9 pp
2009 3,543 92.5% +5.1 pp
2010 1,064 90.8% +3.4 pp
2011 643 90.0% +2.6 pp
2012 501 91.6% +4.2 pp
2013 1,080 91.8% +4.4 pp
2014 484 94.0% +6.6 pp
2015 76 96.1% +8.7 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 · 2005–2025
83%88%92%2005: 89.0% pass (590 tests)2006: 89.6% pass (4,337 tests)2007: 87.6% pass (4,629 tests)2008: 86.5% pass (5,013 tests)2009: 85.3% pass (5,204 tests)2010: 84.5% pass (5,174 tests)2011: 85.5% pass (5,488 tests)2012: 86.8% pass (5,608 tests)2013: 86.5% pass (5,670 tests)2014: 86.2% pass (5,617 tests)2015: 87.1% pass (5,524 tests)2016: 87.4% pass (5,476 tests)2017: 87.5% pass (5,338 tests)2018: 87.3% pass (4,045 tests)2019: 87.7% pass (4,057 tests)2020: 89.1% pass (3,459 tests)2021: 88.3% pass (4,529 tests)2022: 89.1% pass (4,376 tests)2023: 89.6% pass (4,273 tests)2024: 90.1% pass (3,185 tests)2025: 90.5% pass (3,501 tests)20052025

Questions

Which XJR1300 years have the lowest MOT pass rate?
1996, 1998, 1999, 2000 registered examples pass first time less often than the Yamaha XJR1300 overall (87.4%); the 1998 cohort is lowest at 79.1% from 321 tests.
Which XJR1300 year has the highest MOT pass rate?
2015, at 96.1% of 76 first tests (2005–2025). Years more than two points above the model average: 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015.
How much does the XJR1300 pass rate vary by year?
17.0 percentage points between the highest (2015, 96.1%) and lowest (1998, 79.1%) 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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