Honda CB 600 Fa-8: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which CB 600 Fa-8 years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 85.7% average, from 4,083 DVSA tests.

2008

highest-passing year · 85.9%

2010

lowest-passing year · 84.6%

1.3pp

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: 2008 (85.9% of 2,771 tests). Lowest: 2010 (84.6% of 273).

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (85.7%)
2008	2,771	85.9%	+0.2 pp
2009	986	85.8%	+0.1 pp
2010	273	84.6%	-1.1 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 · 2011–2025

Questions

Which CB 600 Fa-8 years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: none: no registration year of the Honda CB 600 Fa-8 falls more than two points under the model's 85.7% overall pass rate.
Which CB 600 Fa-8 year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2008, at 85.9% of 2,771 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the CB 600 Fa-8 pass rate vary by year?: 1.3 percentage points between the highest (2008, 85.9%) and lowest (2010, 84.6%) 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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