Honda CBF500: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which CBF500 years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 80.7% average, from 16,756 DVSA tests.

2008

highest-passing year · 82.3%

2006

lowest-passing year · 80.2%

2.1pp

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: 2008 (82.3% of 879 tests). Lowest: 2006 (80.2% of 2,920).

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (80.7%)
2004	5,235	80.3%	-0.4 pp
2005	5,169	80.6%	-0.1 pp
2006	2,920	80.2%	-0.5 pp
2007	2,480	81.9%	+1.2 pp
2008	879	82.3%	+1.6 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 CBF500 years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: none: no registration year of the Honda CBF500 falls more than two points under the model's 80.7% overall pass rate.
Which CBF500 year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2008, at 82.3% of 879 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the CBF500 pass rate vary by year?: 2.1 percentage points between the highest (2008, 82.3%) and lowest (2006, 80.2%) 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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