Yamaha XV1900: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which XV1900 years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 90.1% average, from 893 DVSA tests.

2006

highest-passing year · 97.6%

2007

lowest-passing year · 88.4%

9.2pp

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: 2006 (97.6% of 124 tests). Lowest: 2007 (88.4% of 164).

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (90.1%)
2006	124	97.6%	+7.5 pp
2007	164	88.4%	-1.7 pp
2008	294	89.5%	-0.6 pp
2009	127	89.0%	-1.1 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

Questions

Which XV1900 years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: none: no registration year of the Yamaha XV1900 falls more than two points under the model's 90.1% overall pass rate.
Which XV1900 year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2006, at 97.6% of 124 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the XV1900 pass rate vary by year?: 9.2 percentage points between the highest (2006, 97.6%) and lowest (2007, 88.4%) 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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