BIKERELIABILITY Reg check
Registration-year report · 2005–2025

Data as of: DVSA MOT results to 2025

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

Which CBR 1000 RR-B years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 89.1% average, from 2,232 DVSA tests.

2012
highest-passing year · 90.7%
2010
lowest-passing year · 83.6%
7.1pp
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: 2012 (90.7% of 504 tests). Lowest: 2010 (83.6% of 61). Years more than two points below the model average: 2010.

82%87%92%2010: 83.6% pass (61 tests)2011: 88.7% pass (1,644 tests)2012: 90.7% pass (504 tests)201020112012
RegisteredTestsFirst-time passvs model (89.1%)
2010 61 83.6% -5.5 pp
2011 1,644 88.7% -0.4 pp
2012 504 90.7% +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 · 2014–2025
82%88%93%2014: 88.7% pass (195 tests)2015: 91.2% pass (250 tests)2016: 90.0% pass (260 tests)2017: 90.5% pass (241 tests)2018: 87.0% pass (177 tests)2019: 90.3% pass (176 tests)2020: 87.1% pass (147 tests)2021: 87.3% pass (181 tests)2022: 88.1% pass (177 tests)2023: 90.4% pass (166 tests)2024: 83.9% pass (124 tests)2025: 91.1% pass (135 tests)20142025

Questions

Which CBR 1000 RR-B years have the lowest MOT pass rate?
2010 registered examples pass first time less often than the Honda CBR 1000 RR-B overall (89.1%); the 2010 cohort is lowest at 83.6% from 61 tests.
Which CBR 1000 RR-B year has the highest MOT pass rate?
2012, at 90.7% of 504 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the CBR 1000 RR-B pass rate vary by year?
7.1 percentage points between the highest (2012, 90.7%) and lowest (2010, 83.6%) 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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