BIKERELIABILITY Reg check
Registration-year report · 2005–2025

Data as of: DVSA MOT results to 2025

Honda CB 600 F5: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which CB 600 F5 years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 83.0% average, from 1,374 DVSA tests.

2006
highest-passing year · 89.6%
2007
lowest-passing year · 80.0%
9.6pp
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: 2006 (89.6% of 192 tests). Lowest: 2007 (80.0% of 70). Years more than two points below the model average: 2007.

78%85%92%2005: 82.0% pass (1,108 tests)2006: 89.6% pass (192 tests)2007: 80.0% pass (70 tests)200520062007
RegisteredTestsFirst-time passvs model (83.0%)
2005 1,108 82.0% -1.0 pp
2006 192 89.6% +6.6 pp
2007 70 80.0% -3.0 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
69%83%96%2008: 85.9% pass (85 tests)2009: 83.3% pass (96 tests)2010: 76.0% pass (100 tests)2011: 82.7% pass (98 tests)2012: 88.8% pass (98 tests)2013: 86.9% pass (99 tests)2014: 81.1% pass (90 tests)2015: 83.7% pass (92 tests)2016: 82.8% pass (93 tests)2017: 84.3% pass (83 tests)2018: 80.7% pass (57 tests)2019: 85.5% pass (55 tests)2020: 79.0% pass (62 tests)2021: 76.3% pass (59 tests)2022: 91.5% pass (59 tests)2023: 73.8% pass (61 tests)2024: 84.8% pass (46 tests)2025: 87.2% pass (39 tests)20082025

Questions

Which CB 600 F5 years have the lowest MOT pass rate?
2007 registered examples pass first time less often than the Honda CB 600 F5 overall (83.0%); the 2007 cohort is lowest at 80.0% from 70 tests.
Which CB 600 F5 year has the highest MOT pass rate?
2006, at 89.6% of 192 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the CB 600 F5 pass rate vary by year?
9.6 percentage points between the highest (2006, 89.6%) and lowest (2007, 80.0%) 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.

Full report: Honda CB 600 F5 reliability, failures and mileage · ranked #2962 of 5428 models· other Honda models: CBR600F, CBR900RR, CBR1100XX, CB500, C90, VFR800 Fi