Honda CBR 1000 RR-A: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which CBR 1000 RR-A years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 88.4% average, from 4,434 DVSA tests.

2009

highest-passing year · 92.9%

2011

lowest-passing year · 88.1%

4.8pp

spread across 4 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: 2009 (92.9% of 140 tests). Lowest: 2011 (88.1% of 1,357).

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (88.4%)
2009	140	92.9%	+4.5 pp
2010	2,722	88.2%	-0.2 pp
2011	1,357	88.1%	-0.3 pp
2012	186	90.3%	+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 · 2013–2025

Questions

Which CBR 1000 RR-A years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: none: no registration year of the Honda CBR 1000 RR-A falls more than two points under the model's 88.4% overall pass rate.
Which CBR 1000 RR-A year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2009, at 92.9% of 140 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the CBR 1000 RR-A pass rate vary by year?: 4.8 percentage points between the highest (2009, 92.9%) and lowest (2011, 88.1%) 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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