Honda NC700: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which NC700 years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 87.0% average, from 15,593 DVSA tests.

2014

highest-passing year · 88.2%

2013

lowest-passing year · 86.8%

1.4pp

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: 2014 (88.2% of 1,089 tests). Lowest: 2013 (86.8% of 6,696).

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (87.0%)
2012	7,712	87.0%	+0.0 pp
2013	6,696	86.8%	-0.2 pp
2014	1,089	88.2%	+1.2 pp
2015	58	87.9%	+0.9 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 · 2015–2025

Questions

Which NC700 years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: none: no registration year of the Honda NC700 falls more than two points under the model's 87.0% overall pass rate.
Which NC700 year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2014, at 88.2% of 1,089 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the NC700 pass rate vary by year?: 1.4 percentage points between the highest (2014, 88.2%) and lowest (2013, 86.8%) 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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