Honda NT 700 Va-8: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which NT 700 Va-8 years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 85.8% average, from 3,875 DVSA tests.

2009

highest-passing year · 86.0%

2008

lowest-passing year · 85.5%

0.5pp

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: 2009 (86.0% of 1,511 tests). Lowest: 2008 (85.5% of 2,024).

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (85.8%)
2008	2,024	85.5%	-0.3 pp
2009	1,511	86.0%	+0.2 pp
2010	300	85.7%	-0.1 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 · 2011–2025

Questions

Which NT 700 Va-8 years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: none: no registration year of the Honda NT 700 Va-8 falls more than two points under the model's 85.8% overall pass rate.
Which NT 700 Va-8 year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2009, at 86.0% of 1,511 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the NT 700 Va-8 pass rate vary by year?: 0.5 percentage points between the highest (2009, 86.0%) and lowest (2008, 85.5%) 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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