Honda CBR250: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which CBR250 years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 85.5% average, from 919 DVSA tests.

2012

highest-passing year · 88.6%

1988

lowest-passing year · 76.9%

11.7pp

spread across 6 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 (88.6% of 79 tests). Lowest: 1988 (76.9% of 91). Years more than two points below the model average: 1988, 1989.

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (85.5%)
1988	91	76.9%	-8.6 pp
1989	69	79.7%	-5.8 pp
1990	130	86.2%	+0.7 pp
1992	55	85.5%	+0.0 pp
2011	344	86.6%	+1.1 pp
2012	79	88.6%	+3.1 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 · 2006–2025

Questions

Which CBR250 years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: 1988, 1989 registered examples pass first time less often than the Honda CBR250 overall (85.5%); the 1988 cohort is lowest at 76.9% from 91 tests.
Which CBR250 year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2012, at 88.6% of 79 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the CBR250 pass rate vary by year?: 11.7 percentage points between the highest (2012, 88.6%) and lowest (1988, 76.9%) 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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