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Registration-year report · 2005–2025

Data as of: DVSA MOT results to 2025

Honda CBR1000F: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which CBR1000F years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 80.2% average, from 26,871 DVSA tests.

2000
highest-passing year · 94.8%
1987
lowest-passing year · 74.0%
20.8pp
spread across 19 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: 2000 (94.8% of 58 tests). Lowest: 1987 (74.0% of 1,938). Years more than two points below the model average: 1987, 1988.

70%84%99%1987: 74.0% pass (1,938 tests)1988: 75.2% pass (2,176 tests)1989: 79.7% pass (3,980 tests)1990: 79.6% pass (3,941 tests)1991: 79.2% pass (3,130 tests)1992: 79.9% pass (2,148 tests)1993: 80.0% pass (1,713 tests)1994: 83.8% pass (1,209 tests)1995: 84.3% pass (1,791 tests)1996: 84.2% pass (1,215 tests)1997: 82.1% pass (1,083 tests)1998: 84.7% pass (790 tests)1999: 84.4% pass (1,010 tests)2000: 94.8% pass (58 tests)2006: 89.0% pass (100 tests)2007: 87.3% pass (110 tests)2008: 82.7% pass (81 tests)2009: 91.8% pass (184 tests)2010: 81.1% pass (74 tests)198719962010
RegisteredTestsFirst-time passvs model (80.2%)
1987 1,938 74.0% -6.2 pp
1988 2,176 75.2% -5.0 pp
1989 3,980 79.7% -0.5 pp
1990 3,941 79.6% -0.6 pp
1991 3,130 79.2% -1.0 pp
1992 2,148 79.9% -0.3 pp
1993 1,713 80.0% -0.2 pp
1994 1,209 83.8% +3.6 pp
1995 1,791 84.3% +4.1 pp
1996 1,215 84.2% +4.0 pp
1997 1,083 82.1% +1.9 pp
1998 790 84.7% +4.5 pp
1999 1,010 84.4% +4.2 pp
2000 58 94.8% +14.6 pp
2006 100 89.0% +8.8 pp
2007 110 87.3% +7.1 pp
2008 81 82.7% +2.5 pp
2009 184 91.8% +11.6 pp
2010 74 81.1% +0.9 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 · 2005–2025
74%83%91%2005: 80.3% pass (461 tests)2006: 79.8% pass (2,397 tests)2007: 79.9% pass (2,211 tests)2008: 77.4% pass (2,081 tests)2009: 78.0% pass (2,025 tests)2010: 77.4% pass (1,897 tests)2011: 78.2% pass (1,822 tests)2012: 77.1% pass (1,648 tests)2013: 78.1% pass (1,574 tests)2014: 81.4% pass (1,476 tests)2015: 80.1% pass (1,364 tests)2016: 83.3% pass (1,264 tests)2017: 80.8% pass (1,142 tests)2018: 82.1% pass (828 tests)2019: 82.7% pass (793 tests)2020: 83.5% pass (635 tests)2021: 84.2% pass (802 tests)2022: 82.5% pass (741 tests)2023: 87.7% pass (681 tests)2024: 86.0% pass (527 tests)2025: 88.2% pass (502 tests)20052025

Questions

Which CBR1000F years have the lowest MOT pass rate?
1987, 1988 registered examples pass first time less often than the Honda CBR1000F overall (80.2%); the 1987 cohort is lowest at 74.0% from 1,938 tests.
Which CBR1000F year has the highest MOT pass rate?
2000, at 94.8% of 58 first tests (2005–2025). Years more than two points above the model average: 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009.
How much does the CBR1000F pass rate vary by year?
20.8 percentage points between the highest (2000, 94.8%) and lowest (1987, 74.0%) 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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