BIKERELIABILITY Reg check
Registration-year report · 2005–2025

Data as of: DVSA MOT results to 2025

Honda ST1100T: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which ST1100T years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 84.2% average, from 819 DVSA tests.

1995
highest-passing year · 89.9%
1996
lowest-passing year · 81.8%
8.1pp
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: 1995 (89.9% of 109 tests). Lowest: 1996 (81.8% of 548). Years more than two points below the model average: 1996.

80%86%92%1995: 89.9% pass (109 tests)1996: 81.8% pass (548 tests)1997: 85.6% pass (90 tests)199519961997
RegisteredTestsFirst-time passvs model (84.2%)
1995 109 89.9% +5.7 pp
1996 548 81.8% -2.4 pp
1997 90 85.6% +1.4 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 · 2006–2019
74%86%98%2006: 89.2% pass (74 tests)2007: 80.6% pass (72 tests)2008: 82.2% pass (73 tests)2009: 88.1% pass (67 tests)2010: 84.6% pass (65 tests)2011: 79.7% pass (64 tests)2012: 81.7% pass (60 tests)2013: 78.4% pass (51 tests)2014: 94.2% pass (52 tests)2015: 84.6% pass (52 tests)2016: 78.3% pass (46 tests)2017: 79.5% pass (39 tests)2018: 89.2% pass (37 tests)2019: 90.9% pass (33 tests)20062019

Questions

Which ST1100T years have the lowest MOT pass rate?
1996 registered examples pass first time less often than the Honda ST1100T overall (84.2%); the 1996 cohort is lowest at 81.8% from 548 tests.
Which ST1100T year has the highest MOT pass rate?
1995, at 89.9% of 109 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the ST1100T pass rate vary by year?
8.1 percentage points between the highest (1995, 89.9%) and lowest (1996, 81.8%) 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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