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

Which CB 1000 Ra-A years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 88.0% average, from 1,378 DVSA tests.

2012

highest-passing year · 91.9%

2011

lowest-passing year · 86.2%

5.7pp

spread across 3 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: 2012 (91.9% of 124 tests). Lowest: 2011 (86.2% of 340).

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (88.0%)
2010	890	88.4%	+0.4 pp
2011	340	86.2%	-1.8 pp
2012	124	91.9%	+3.9 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 · 2013–2025

Questions

Which CB 1000 Ra-A years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: none: no registration year of the Honda CB 1000 Ra-A falls more than two points under the model's 88.0% overall pass rate.
Which CB 1000 Ra-A year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2012, at 91.9% of 124 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the CB 1000 Ra-A pass rate vary by year?: 5.7 percentage points between the highest (2012, 91.9%) and lowest (2011, 86.2%) 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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