Honda CB 600 F-7: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which CB 600 F-7 years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 86.3% average, from 817 DVSA tests.

2007

highest-passing year · 88.4%

2008

lowest-passing year · 84.3%

4.1pp

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: 2007 (88.4% of 361 tests). Lowest: 2008 (84.3% of 388).

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (86.3%)
2007	361	88.4%	+2.1 pp
2008	388	84.3%	-2.0 pp
2009	68	86.8%	+0.5 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 600 F-7 years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: none: no registration year of the Honda CB 600 F-7 falls more than two points under the model's 86.3% overall pass rate.
Which CB 600 F-7 year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2007, at 88.4% of 361 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the CB 600 F-7 pass rate vary by year?: 4.1 percentage points between the highest (2007, 88.4%) and lowest (2008, 84.3%) 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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