Honda CBR 600 Fa-B: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which CBR 600 Fa-B years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 87.8% average, from 5,904 DVSA tests.

2013

highest-passing year · 91.0%

2012

lowest-passing year · 86.7%

4.3pp

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: 2013 (91.0% of 133 tests). Lowest: 2012 (86.7% of 2,585).

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (87.8%)
2011	3,178	88.6%	+0.8 pp
2012	2,585	86.7%	-1.1 pp
2013	133	91.0%	+3.2 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

Questions

Which CBR 600 Fa-B years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: none: no registration year of the Honda CBR 600 Fa-B falls more than two points under the model's 87.8% overall pass rate.
Which CBR 600 Fa-B year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2013, at 91.0% of 133 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the CBR 600 Fa-B pass rate vary by year?: 4.3 percentage points between the highest (2013, 91.0%) and lowest (2012, 86.7%) 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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