Honda CBF 1000 A-A: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which CBF 1000 A-A years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 89.3% average, from 2,483 DVSA tests.

2012

highest-passing year · 91.7%

2010

lowest-passing year · 87.7%

4.0pp

spread across 4 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 (91.7% of 628 tests). Lowest: 2010 (87.7% of 816).

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (89.3%)
2010	816	87.7%	-1.6 pp
2011	634	89.0%	-0.3 pp
2012	628	91.7%	+2.4 pp
2013	404	89.4%	+0.1 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 · 2013–2025

Questions

Which CBF 1000 A-A years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: none: no registration year of the Honda CBF 1000 A-A falls more than two points under the model's 89.3% overall pass rate.
Which CBF 1000 A-A year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2012, at 91.7% of 628 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the CBF 1000 A-A pass rate vary by year?: 4.0 percentage points between the highest (2012, 91.7%) and lowest (2010, 87.7%) 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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