Honda CBR900R: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which CBR900R years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 79.2% average, from 727 DVSA tests.

1999

highest-passing year · 83.8%

1997

lowest-passing year · 74.4%

9.4pp

spread across 5 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: 1999 (83.8% of 68 tests). Lowest: 1997 (74.4% of 82). Years more than two points below the model average: 1996, 1997, 2001.

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (79.2%)
1996	135	75.6%	-3.6 pp
1997	82	74.4%	-4.8 pp
1998	143	81.8%	+2.6 pp
1999	68	83.8%	+4.6 pp
2001	67	76.1%	-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 · 2006–2016

Questions

Which CBR900R years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: 1996, 1997, 2001 registered examples pass first time less often than the Honda CBR900R overall (79.2%); the 1997 cohort is lowest at 74.4% from 82 tests.
Which CBR900R year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 1999, at 83.8% of 68 first tests (2005–2025). Years more than two points above the model average: 1998, 1999.
How much does the CBR900R pass rate vary by year?: 9.4 percentage points between the highest (1999, 83.8%) and lowest (1997, 74.4%) 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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