Honda CB 1000 Ra-9: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which CB 1000 Ra-9 years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 85.4% average, from 3,843 DVSA tests.

2010

highest-passing year · 88.0%

2009

lowest-passing year · 83.7%

4.3pp

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: 2010 (88.0% of 351 tests). Lowest: 2009 (83.7% of 1,741).

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (85.4%)
2008	1,659	86.7%	+1.3 pp
2009	1,741	83.7%	-1.7 pp
2010	351	88.0%	+2.6 pp
2011	81	86.4%	+1.0 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 · 2011–2025

Questions

Which CB 1000 Ra-9 years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: none: no registration year of the Honda CB 1000 Ra-9 falls more than two points under the model's 85.4% overall pass rate.
Which CB 1000 Ra-9 year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2010, at 88.0% of 351 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the CB 1000 Ra-9 pass rate vary by year?: 4.3 percentage points between the highest (2010, 88.0%) and lowest (2009, 83.7%) 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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