Honda CB 1300 Sa-5: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which CB 1300 Sa-5 years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 90.6% average, from 4,088 DVSA tests.

2008

highest-passing year · 92.0%

2005

lowest-passing year · 89.6%

2.4pp

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: 2008 (92.0% of 238 tests). Lowest: 2005 (89.6% of 1,275).

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (90.6%)
2005	1,275	89.6%	-1.0 pp
2006	1,438	91.0%	+0.4 pp
2007	1,137	90.9%	+0.3 pp
2008	238	92.0%	+1.4 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 · 2008–2025

Questions

Which CB 1300 Sa-5 years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: none: no registration year of the Honda CB 1300 Sa-5 falls more than two points under the model's 90.6% overall pass rate.
Which CB 1300 Sa-5 year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2008, at 92.0% of 238 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the CB 1300 Sa-5 pass rate vary by year?: 2.4 percentage points between the highest (2008, 92.0%) and lowest (2005, 89.6%) 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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