Honda CBF 600 N-6: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which CBF 600 N-6 years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 84.7% average, from 1,057 DVSA tests.

2006

highest-passing year · 87.2%

2007

lowest-passing year · 83.4%

3.8pp

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: 2006 (87.2% of 321 tests). Lowest: 2007 (83.4% of 680).

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (84.7%)
2006	321	87.2%	+2.5 pp
2007	680	83.4%	-1.3 pp
2008	56	85.7%	+1.0 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 · 2010–2025

Questions

Which CBF 600 N-6 years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: none: no registration year of the Honda CBF 600 N-6 falls more than two points under the model's 84.7% overall pass rate.
Which CBF 600 N-6 year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2006, at 87.2% of 321 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the CBF 600 N-6 pass rate vary by year?: 3.8 percentage points between the highest (2006, 87.2%) and lowest (2007, 83.4%) 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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