Honda SLR650: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which SLR650 years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 80.7% average, from 5,294 DVSA tests.

2000

highest-passing year · 89.2%

1997

lowest-passing year · 78.9%

10.3pp

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: 2000 (89.2% of 102 tests). Lowest: 1997 (78.9% of 2,216).

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (80.7%)
1997	2,216	78.9%	-1.8 pp
1998	1,667	81.3%	+0.6 pp
1999	1,217	82.3%	+1.6 pp
2000	102	89.2%	+8.5 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 · 2005–2025

Questions

Which SLR650 years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: none: no registration year of the Honda SLR650 falls more than two points under the model's 80.7% overall pass rate.
Which SLR650 year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2000, at 89.2% of 102 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the SLR650 pass rate vary by year?: 10.3 percentage points between the highest (2000, 89.2%) and lowest (1997, 78.9%) 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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