Honda Cub 90: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which Cub 90 years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 80.3% average, from 853 DVSA tests.

1996

highest-passing year · 83.3%

1995

lowest-passing year · 78.5%

4.8pp

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: 1996 (83.3% of 299 tests). Lowest: 1995 (78.5% of 209).

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (80.3%)
1994	108	78.7%	-1.6 pp
1995	209	78.5%	-1.8 pp
1996	299	83.3%	+3.0 pp
1997	104	80.8%	+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 · 2006–2017

Questions

Which Cub 90 years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: none: no registration year of the Honda Cub 90 falls more than two points under the model's 80.3% overall pass rate.
Which Cub 90 year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 1996, at 83.3% of 299 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the Cub 90 pass rate vary by year?: 4.8 percentage points between the highest (1996, 83.3%) and lowest (1995, 78.5%) 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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