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

Which CBF 1000 T-A years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 90.7% average, from 1,787 DVSA tests.

2012

highest-passing year · 96.7%

2011

lowest-passing year · 90.1%

6.6pp

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: 2012 (96.7% of 91 tests). Lowest: 2011 (90.1% of 1,022).

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (90.7%)
2010	674	90.7%	+0.0 pp
2011	1,022	90.1%	-0.6 pp
2012	91	96.7%	+6.0 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 T-A years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: none: no registration year of the Honda CBF 1000 T-A falls more than two points under the model's 90.7% overall pass rate.
Which CBF 1000 T-A year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2012, at 96.7% of 91 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the CBF 1000 T-A pass rate vary by year?: 6.6 percentage points between the highest (2012, 96.7%) and lowest (2011, 90.1%) 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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