Honda CH250: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which CH250 years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 86.0% average, from 572 DVSA tests.

1987

highest-passing year · 86.5%

1985

lowest-passing year · 85.2%

1.3pp

spread across 3 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: 1987 (86.5% of 208 tests). Lowest: 1985 (85.2% of 122).

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (86.0%)
1985	122	85.2%	-0.8 pp
1986	186	86.0%	+0.0 pp
1987	208	86.5%	+0.5 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 · 2006–2013

Questions

Which CH250 years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: none: no registration year of the Honda CH250 falls more than two points under the model's 86.0% overall pass rate.
Which CH250 year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 1987, at 86.5% of 208 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the CH250 pass rate vary by year?: 1.3 percentage points between the highest (1987, 86.5%) and lowest (1985, 85.2%) 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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