BIKERELIABILITY Reg check
Registration-year report · 2005–2025

Data as of: DVSA MOT results to 2025

Honda ST1100L: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which ST1100L years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 80.1% average, from 4,217 DVSA tests.

1991
highest-passing year · 81.8%
1992
lowest-passing year · 75.3%
6.5pp
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: 1991 (81.8% of 1,107 tests). Lowest: 1992 (75.3% of 174). Years more than two points below the model average: 1992.

74%79%83%1990: 79.8% pass (2,759 tests)1991: 81.8% pass (1,107 tests)1992: 75.3% pass (174 tests)199019911992
RegisteredTestsFirst-time passvs model (80.1%)
1990 2,759 79.8% -0.3 pp
1991 1,107 81.8% +1.7 pp
1992 174 75.3% -4.8 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 · 2005–2020
74%80%86%2005: 79.7% pass (74 tests)2006: 83.9% pass (403 tests)2007: 80.7% pass (384 tests)2008: 82.4% pass (370 tests)2009: 82.2% pass (348 tests)2010: 81.5% pass (319 tests)2011: 80.1% pass (316 tests)2012: 79.3% pass (295 tests)2013: 78.9% pass (298 tests)2014: 75.7% pass (272 tests)2015: 79.8% pass (248 tests)2016: 76.8% pass (237 tests)2017: 78.7% pass (207 tests)2018: 77.5% pass (151 tests)2019: 79.6% pass (147 tests)2020: 76.7% pass (120 tests)20052020

Questions

Which ST1100L years have the lowest MOT pass rate?
1992 registered examples pass first time less often than the Honda ST1100L overall (80.1%); the 1992 cohort is lowest at 75.3% from 174 tests.
Which ST1100L year has the highest MOT pass rate?
1991, at 81.8% of 1,107 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the ST1100L pass rate vary by year?
6.5 percentage points between the highest (1991, 81.8%) and lowest (1992, 75.3%) 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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