BIKERELIABILITY Reg check
Registration-year report · 2005–2025

Data as of: DVSA MOT results to 2025

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

Which CB 600 Fa-B years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 82.2% average, from 1,011 DVSA tests.

2012
highest-passing year · 84.6%
2013
lowest-passing year · 77.3%
7.3pp
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: 2012 (84.6% of 266 tests). Lowest: 2013 (77.3% of 75). Years more than two points below the model average: 2013.

76%81%86%2011: 81.5% pass (659 tests)2012: 84.6% pass (266 tests)2013: 77.3% pass (75 tests)201120122013
RegisteredTestsFirst-time passvs model (82.2%)
2011 659 81.5% -0.7 pp
2012 266 84.6% +2.4 pp
2013 75 77.3% -4.9 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
74%85%96%2014: 84.9% pass (73 tests)2015: 82.2% pass (118 tests)2016: 79.3% pass (116 tests)2017: 77.6% pass (116 tests)2018: 79.5% pass (78 tests)2019: 82.2% pass (73 tests)2020: 81.9% pass (72 tests)2021: 80.2% pass (81 tests)2022: 83.5% pass (85 tests)2023: 92.3% pass (78 tests)2024: 82.8% pass (58 tests)2025: 83.3% pass (60 tests)20142025

Questions

Which CB 600 Fa-B years have the lowest MOT pass rate?
2013 registered examples pass first time less often than the Honda CB 600 Fa-B overall (82.2%); the 2013 cohort is lowest at 77.3% from 75 tests.
Which CB 600 Fa-B year has the highest MOT pass rate?
2012, at 84.6% of 266 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the CB 600 Fa-B pass rate vary by year?
7.3 percentage points between the highest (2012, 84.6%) and lowest (2013, 77.3%) 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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