Yamaha XVS 900 Cud-A - XV 950 R Abs: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which XVS 900 Cud-A - XV 950 R Abs years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 93.8% average, from 519 DVSA tests.

2020

highest-passing year · 96.9%

2018

lowest-passing year · 93.0%

3.9pp

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: 2020 (96.9% of 65 tests). Lowest: 2018 (93.0% of 171).

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (93.8%)
2017	158	94.3%	+0.5 pp
2018	171	93.0%	-0.8 pp
2019	109	93.6%	-0.2 pp
2020	65	96.9%	+3.1 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 · 2020–2025

Questions

Which XVS 900 Cud-A - XV 950 R Abs years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: none: no registration year of the Yamaha XVS 900 Cud-A - XV 950 R Abs falls more than two points under the model's 93.8% overall pass rate.
Which XVS 900 Cud-A - XV 950 R Abs year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2020, at 96.9% of 65 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the XVS 900 Cud-A - XV 950 R Abs pass rate vary by year?: 3.9 percentage points between the highest (2020, 96.9%) and lowest (2018, 93.0%) 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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