BIKERELIABILITY Reg check
Registration-year report · 2005–2025

Data as of: DVSA MOT results to 2025

Honda CBF 600 Sa-A: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which CBF 600 Sa-A years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 89.0% average, from 994 DVSA tests.

2010
highest-passing year · 89.4%
2012
lowest-passing year · 81.0%
8.4pp
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: 2010 (89.4% of 530 tests). Lowest: 2012 (81.0% of 58). Years more than two points below the model average: 2012.

79%85%91%2010: 89.4% pass (530 tests)2011: 89.4% pass (395 tests)2012: 81.0% pass (58 tests)201020112012
RegisteredTestsFirst-time passvs model (89.0%)
2010 530 89.4% +0.4 pp
2011 395 89.4% +0.4 pp
2012 58 81.0% -8.0 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
80%89%98%2013: 93.2% pass (59 tests)2014: 93.2% pass (103 tests)2015: 93.7% pass (95 tests)2016: 87.4% pass (103 tests)2017: 83.2% pass (101 tests)2018: 84.4% pass (64 tests)2019: 92.1% pass (63 tests)2020: 84.1% pass (63 tests)2021: 87.0% pass (69 tests)2022: 85.5% pass (76 tests)2023: 88.3% pass (77 tests)2024: 94.7% pass (57 tests)2025: 91.7% pass (60 tests)20132025

Questions

Which CBF 600 Sa-A years have the lowest MOT pass rate?
2012 registered examples pass first time less often than the Honda CBF 600 Sa-A overall (89.0%); the 2012 cohort is lowest at 81.0% from 58 tests.
Which CBF 600 Sa-A year has the highest MOT pass rate?
2010, at 89.4% of 530 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the CBF 600 Sa-A pass rate vary by year?
8.4 percentage points between the highest (2010, 89.4%) and lowest (2012, 81.0%) 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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