BIKERELIABILITY Reg check
Registration-year report · 2005–2025

Data as of: DVSA MOT results to 2025

Honda CD200TB: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which CD200TB years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 83.1% average, from 1,157 DVSA tests.

1984
highest-passing year · 87.9%
1982
lowest-passing year · 77.6%
10.3pp
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: 1984 (87.9% of 314 tests). Lowest: 1982 (77.6% of 134). Years more than two points below the model average: 1982, 1985.

76%83%90%1982: 77.6% pass (134 tests)1983: 83.9% pass (279 tests)1984: 87.9% pass (314 tests)1985: 80.1% pass (337 tests)1986: 83.7% pass (86 tests)198219841986
RegisteredTestsFirst-time passvs model (83.1%)
1982 134 77.6% -5.5 pp
1983 279 83.9% +0.8 pp
1984 314 87.9% +4.8 pp
1985 337 80.1% -3.0 pp
1986 86 83.7% +0.6 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 · 2006–2023
71%85%100%2006: 86.8% pass (91 tests)2007: 85.7% pass (77 tests)2008: 79.5% pass (78 tests)2009: 75.6% pass (78 tests)2010: 78.9% pass (71 tests)2011: 85.4% pass (82 tests)2012: 78.9% pass (76 tests)2013: 90.5% pass (63 tests)2014: 82.4% pass (68 tests)2015: 82.1% pass (67 tests)2016: 82.3% pass (62 tests)2017: 77.8% pass (63 tests)2018: 81.6% pass (38 tests)2019: 95.2% pass (42 tests)2020: 80.5% pass (41 tests)2021: 92.1% pass (38 tests)2022: 91.7% pass (36 tests)2023: 90.0% pass (30 tests)20062023

Questions

Which CD200TB years have the lowest MOT pass rate?
1982, 1985 registered examples pass first time less often than the Honda CD200TB overall (83.1%); the 1982 cohort is lowest at 77.6% from 134 tests.
Which CD200TB year has the highest MOT pass rate?
1984, at 87.9% of 314 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the CD200TB pass rate vary by year?
10.3 percentage points between the highest (1984, 87.9%) and lowest (1982, 77.6%) 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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