Honda CB 600 Fa-9: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which CB 600 Fa-9 years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 86.6% average, from 1,168 DVSA tests.

2011

highest-passing year · 91.1%

2009

lowest-passing year · 86.0%

5.1pp

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: 2011 (91.1% of 79 tests). Lowest: 2009 (86.0% of 826).

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (86.6%)
2009	826	86.0%	-0.6 pp
2010	263	87.1%	+0.5 pp
2011	79	91.1%	+4.5 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 · 2012–2025

Questions

Which CB 600 Fa-9 years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: none: no registration year of the Honda CB 600 Fa-9 falls more than two points under the model's 86.6% overall pass rate.
Which CB 600 Fa-9 year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2011, at 91.1% of 79 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the CB 600 Fa-9 pass rate vary by year?: 5.1 percentage points between the highest (2011, 91.1%) and lowest (2009, 86.0%) 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.

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