Honda SH 125-6: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which SH 125-6 years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 78.8% average, from 3,116 DVSA tests.

2007

highest-passing year · 79.4%

2005

lowest-passing year · 77.7%

1.7pp

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: 2007 (79.4% of 403 tests). Lowest: 2005 (77.7% of 318).

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (78.8%)
2005	318	77.7%	-1.1 pp
2006	2,358	78.7%	-0.1 pp
2007	403	79.4%	+0.6 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 SH 125-6 years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: none: no registration year of the Honda SH 125-6 falls more than two points under the model's 78.8% overall pass rate.
Which SH 125-6 year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2007, at 79.4% of 403 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the SH 125-6 pass rate vary by year?: 1.7 percentage points between the highest (2007, 79.4%) and lowest (2005, 77.7%) 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.

Full report: Honda SH 125-6 reliability, failures and mileage · ranked #3805 of 5428 models· other Honda models: CBR600F, CBR900RR, CBR1100XX, CB500, C90, VFR800 Fi