Yamaha XP: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which XP years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 92.2% average, from 1,048 DVSA tests.

2016

highest-passing year · 93.9%

2015

lowest-passing year · 90.2%

3.7pp

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: 2016 (93.9% of 277 tests). Lowest: 2015 (90.2% of 348).

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (92.2%)
2014	376	93.1%	+0.9 pp
2015	348	90.2%	-2.0 pp
2016	277	93.9%	+1.7 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 · 2017–2025

Questions

Which XP years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: none: no registration year of the Yamaha XP falls more than two points under the model's 92.2% overall pass rate.
Which XP year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2016, at 93.9% of 277 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the XP pass rate vary by year?: 3.7 percentage points between the highest (2016, 93.9%) and lowest (2015, 90.2%) 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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