Honda CB 1300 Sa-8: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which CB 1300 Sa-8 years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 92.6% average, from 1,171 DVSA tests.

2010

highest-passing year · 100.0%

2009

lowest-passing year · 92.2%

7.8pp

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: 2010 (100.0% of 50 tests). Lowest: 2009 (92.2% of 473).

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (92.6%)
2008	646	92.4%	-0.2 pp
2009	473	92.2%	-0.4 pp
2010	50	100.0%	+7.4 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 · 2011–2025

Questions

Which CB 1300 Sa-8 years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: none: no registration year of the Honda CB 1300 Sa-8 falls more than two points under the model's 92.6% overall pass rate.
Which CB 1300 Sa-8 year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2010, at 100.0% of 50 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the CB 1300 Sa-8 pass rate vary by year?: 7.8 percentage points between the highest (2010, 100.0%) and lowest (2009, 92.2%) 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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