Honda ST 1300 A-6: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which ST 1300 A-6 years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 90.3% average, from 4,233 DVSA tests.

2007

highest-passing year · 90.7%

2006

lowest-passing year · 89.9%

0.8pp

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 (90.7% of 1,523 tests). Lowest: 2006 (89.9% of 1,656).

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (90.3%)
2006	1,656	89.9%	-0.4 pp
2007	1,523	90.7%	+0.4 pp
2008	1,007	90.3%	+0.0 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 ST 1300 A-6 years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: none: no registration year of the Honda ST 1300 A-6 falls more than two points under the model's 90.3% overall pass rate.
Which ST 1300 A-6 year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2007, at 90.7% of 1,523 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the ST 1300 A-6 pass rate vary by year?: 0.8 percentage points between the highest (2007, 90.7%) and lowest (2006, 89.9%) 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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