Honda CBR600F-2: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which CBR600F-2 years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 82.1% average, from 825 DVSA tests.

2003

highest-passing year · 86.5%

1993

lowest-passing year · 68.1%

18.4pp

spread across 4 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: 2003 (86.5% of 267 tests). Lowest: 1993 (68.1% of 72). Years more than two points below the model average: 1993, 1994.

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (82.1%)
1993	72	68.1%	-14.0 pp
1994	78	71.8%	-10.3 pp
2002	307	85.3%	+3.2 pp
2003	267	86.5%	+4.4 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 · 2006–2017

Questions

Which CBR600F-2 years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: 1993, 1994 registered examples pass first time less often than the Honda CBR600F-2 overall (82.1%); the 1993 cohort is lowest at 68.1% from 72 tests.
Which CBR600F-2 year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2003, at 86.5% of 267 first tests (2005–2025). Years more than two points above the model average: 2002, 2003.
How much does the CBR600F-2 pass rate vary by year?: 18.4 percentage points between the highest (2003, 86.5%) and lowest (1993, 68.1%) 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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