Honda CB250RS: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which CB250RS years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 79.6% average, from 1,464 DVSA tests.

1980

highest-passing year · 80.7%

1981

lowest-passing year · 79.1%

1.6pp

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: 1980 (80.7% of 595 tests). Lowest: 1981 (79.1% of 564).

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (79.6%)
1980	595	80.7%	+1.1 pp
1981	564	79.1%	-0.5 pp
1982	257	80.2%	+0.6 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 · 2006–2021

Questions

Which CB250RS years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: none: no registration year of the Honda CB250RS falls more than two points under the model's 79.6% overall pass rate.
Which CB250RS year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 1980, at 80.7% of 595 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the CB250RS pass rate vary by year?: 1.6 percentage points between the highest (1980, 80.7%) and lowest (1981, 79.1%) 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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