Honda CBF250: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which CBF250 years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 84.9% average, from 7,536 DVSA tests.

2007

highest-passing year · 88.0%

2005

lowest-passing year · 84.0%

4.0pp

spread across 5 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: 2007 (88.0% of 860 tests). Lowest: 2005 (84.0% of 1,889).

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (84.9%)
2004	1,934	84.7%	-0.2 pp
2005	1,889	84.0%	-0.9 pp
2006	1,946	84.6%	-0.3 pp
2007	860	88.0%	+3.1 pp
2008	824	85.8%	+0.9 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 · 2007–2025

Questions

Which CBF250 years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: none: no registration year of the Honda CBF250 falls more than two points under the model's 84.9% overall pass rate.
Which CBF250 year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2007, at 88.0% of 860 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the CBF250 pass rate vary by year?: 4.0 percentage points between the highest (2007, 88.0%) and lowest (2005, 84.0%) 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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