Yamaha XV1600A: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which XV1600A years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 83.2% average, from 573 DVSA tests.

2003

highest-passing year · 88.2%

2001

lowest-passing year · 79.2%

9.0pp

spread across 4 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: 2003 (88.2% of 152 tests). Lowest: 2001 (79.2% of 72). Years more than two points below the model average: 2001, 2002.

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (83.2%)
2000	114	81.6%	-1.6 pp
2001	72	79.2%	-4.0 pp
2002	130	80.0%	-3.2 pp
2003	152	88.2%	+5.0 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 · 2006–2017

Questions

Which XV1600A years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: 2001, 2002 registered examples pass first time less often than the Yamaha XV1600A overall (83.2%); the 2001 cohort is lowest at 79.2% from 72 tests.
Which XV1600A year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2003, at 88.2% of 152 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the XV1600A pass rate vary by year?: 9.0 percentage points between the highest (2003, 88.2%) and lowest (2001, 79.2%) 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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