Honda CB 600 Fa-3-A: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which CB 600 Fa-3-A years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 88.5% average, from 574 DVSA tests.

2012

highest-passing year · 96.8%

2011

lowest-passing year · 84.9%

11.9pp

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: 2012 (96.8% of 63 tests). Lowest: 2011 (84.9% of 212). Years more than two points below the model average: 2011.

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (88.5%)
2010	284	89.8%	+1.3 pp
2011	212	84.9%	-3.6 pp
2012	63	96.8%	+8.3 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 · 2014–2025

Questions

Which CB 600 Fa-3-A years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: 2011 registered examples pass first time less often than the Honda CB 600 Fa-3-A overall (88.5%); the 2011 cohort is lowest at 84.9% from 212 tests.
Which CB 600 Fa-3-A year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2012, at 96.8% of 63 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the CB 600 Fa-3-A pass rate vary by year?: 11.9 percentage points between the highest (2012, 96.8%) and lowest (2011, 84.9%) 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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