Honda CB 600 F-2: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which CB 600 F-2 years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 80.5% average, from 6,115 DVSA tests.

2004

highest-passing year · 85.6%

2003

lowest-passing year · 79.9%

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: 2004 (85.6% of 104 tests). Lowest: 2003 (79.9% of 2,538).

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (80.5%)
2002	3,393	80.8%	+0.3 pp
2003	2,538	79.9%	-0.6 pp
2004	104	85.6%	+5.1 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 · 2005–2025

Questions

Which CB 600 F-2 years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: none: no registration year of the Honda CB 600 F-2 falls more than two points under the model's 80.5% overall pass rate.
Which CB 600 F-2 year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2004, at 85.6% of 104 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the CB 600 F-2 pass rate vary by year?: 5.7 percentage points between the highest (2004, 85.6%) and lowest (2003, 79.9%) 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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