Honda CBF 500 A-6: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which CBF 500 A-6 years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 81.4% average, from 4,560 DVSA tests.

2008

highest-passing year · 83.3%

2006

lowest-passing year · 79.8%

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: 2008 (83.3% of 833 tests). Lowest: 2006 (79.8% of 1,440).

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (81.4%)
2006	1,440	79.8%	-1.6 pp
2007	2,287	81.8%	+0.4 pp
2008	833	83.3%	+1.9 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 · 2009–2025

Questions

Which CBF 500 A-6 years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: none: no registration year of the Honda CBF 500 A-6 falls more than two points under the model's 81.4% overall pass rate.
Which CBF 500 A-6 year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2008, at 83.3% of 833 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the CBF 500 A-6 pass rate vary by year?: 3.5 percentage points between the highest (2008, 83.3%) and lowest (2006, 79.8%) 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.

Full report: Honda CBF 500 A-6 reliability, failures and mileage · ranked #3291 of 5428 models· other Honda models: CBR600F, CBR900RR, CBR1100XX, CB500, C90, VFR800 Fi