Honda FMX650: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which FMX650 years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 84.3% average, from 2,344 DVSA tests.

2008

highest-passing year · 86.1%

2005

lowest-passing year · 83.4%

2.7pp

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: 2008 (86.1% of 173 tests). Lowest: 2005 (83.4% of 547).

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (84.3%)
2005	547	83.4%	-0.9 pp
2006	883	83.7%	-0.6 pp
2007	736	85.1%	+0.8 pp
2008	173	86.1%	+1.8 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 · 2008–2025

Questions

Which FMX650 years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: none: no registration year of the Honda FMX650 falls more than two points under the model's 84.3% overall pass rate.
Which FMX650 year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2008, at 86.1% of 173 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the FMX650 pass rate vary by year?: 2.7 percentage points between the highest (2008, 86.1%) and lowest (2005, 83.4%) 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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