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

Which CBF 1000 Fa-A years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 90.9% average, from 780 DVSA tests.

2011

highest-passing year · 93.1%

2010

lowest-passing year · 89.6%

3.5pp

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 (93.1% of 331 tests). Lowest: 2010 (89.6% of 384).

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (90.9%)
2010	384	89.6%	-1.3 pp
2011	331	93.1%	+2.2 pp
2012	56	91.1%	+0.2 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 Fa-A years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: none: no registration year of the Honda CBF 1000 Fa-A falls more than two points under the model's 90.9% overall pass rate.
Which CBF 1000 Fa-A year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2011, at 93.1% of 331 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the CBF 1000 Fa-A pass rate vary by year?: 3.5 percentage points between the highest (2011, 93.1%) and lowest (2010, 89.6%) 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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