Honda CBR 600 RR-7: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which CBR 600 RR-7 years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 85.2% average, from 5,229 DVSA tests.

2008

highest-passing year · 86.7%

2007

lowest-passing year · 84.4%

2.3pp

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: 2008 (86.7% of 1,758 tests). Lowest: 2007 (84.4% of 3,288).

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (85.2%)
2007	3,288	84.4%	-0.8 pp
2008	1,758	86.7%	+1.5 pp
2009	145	85.5%	+0.3 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 · 2010–2025

Questions

Which CBR 600 RR-7 years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: none: no registration year of the Honda CBR 600 RR-7 falls more than two points under the model's 85.2% overall pass rate.
Which CBR 600 RR-7 year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2008, at 86.7% of 1,758 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the CBR 600 RR-7 pass rate vary by year?: 2.3 percentage points between the highest (2008, 86.7%) and lowest (2007, 84.4%) 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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