Honda NT700V: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which NT700V years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 86.0% average, from 11,642 DVSA tests.

2012

highest-passing year · 90.2%

2006

lowest-passing year · 84.9%

5.3pp

spread across 7 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: 2012 (90.2% of 193 tests). Lowest: 2006 (84.9% of 2,902).

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (86.0%)
2006	2,902	84.9%	-1.1 pp
2007	2,146	86.0%	+0.0 pp
2008	3,020	86.2%	+0.2 pp
2009	1,795	85.2%	-0.8 pp
2010	914	87.9%	+1.9 pp
2011	646	87.9%	+1.9 pp
2012	193	90.2%	+4.2 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 · 2009–2025

Questions

Which NT700V years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: none: no registration year of the Honda NT700V falls more than two points under the model's 86.0% overall pass rate.
Which NT700V year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2012, at 90.2% of 193 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the NT700V pass rate vary by year?: 5.3 percentage points between the highest (2012, 90.2%) and lowest (2006, 84.9%) 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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