Yamaha XVS 1100 A: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which XVS 1100 A years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 86.5% average, from 534 DVSA tests.

2005

highest-passing year · 90.8%

2003

lowest-passing year · 78.5%

12.3pp

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: 2005 (90.8% of 152 tests). Lowest: 2003 (78.5% of 79). Years more than two points below the model average: 2003, 2006.

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (86.5%)
2002	51	88.2%	+1.7 pp
2003	79	78.5%	-8.0 pp
2005	152	90.8%	+4.3 pp
2006	60	83.3%	-3.2 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 · 2007–2018

Questions

Which XVS 1100 A years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: 2003, 2006 registered examples pass first time less often than the Yamaha XVS 1100 A overall (86.5%); the 2003 cohort is lowest at 78.5% from 79 tests.
Which XVS 1100 A year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2005, at 90.8% of 152 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the XVS 1100 A pass rate vary by year?: 12.3 percentage points between the highest (2005, 90.8%) and lowest (2003, 78.5%) 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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