BIKERELIABILITY Reg check
Registration-year report · 2005–2025

Data as of: DVSA MOT results to 2025

Honda ST1100V: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which ST1100V years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 82.2% average, from 652 DVSA tests.

1998
highest-passing year · 92.3%
1997
lowest-passing year · 80.1%
12.2pp
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: 1998 (92.3% of 65 tests). Lowest: 1997 (80.1% of 427). Years more than two points below the model average: 1997.

78%86%95%1996: 81.2% pass (117 tests)1997: 80.1% pass (427 tests)1998: 92.3% pass (65 tests)199619971998
RegisteredTestsFirst-time passvs model (82.2%)
1996 117 81.2% -1.0 pp
1997 427 80.1% -2.1 pp
1998 65 92.3% +10.1 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 · 2006–2017
70%85%100%2006: 83.6% pass (61 tests)2007: 78.2% pass (55 tests)2008: 75.0% pass (60 tests)2009: 78.9% pass (57 tests)2010: 77.1% pass (48 tests)2011: 80.4% pass (46 tests)2012: 79.5% pass (44 tests)2013: 78.9% pass (38 tests)2014: 91.4% pass (35 tests)2015: 94.9% pass (39 tests)2016: 90.2% pass (41 tests)2017: 83.7% pass (43 tests)20062017

Questions

Which ST1100V years have the lowest MOT pass rate?
1997 registered examples pass first time less often than the Honda ST1100V overall (82.2%); the 1997 cohort is lowest at 80.1% from 427 tests.
Which ST1100V year has the highest MOT pass rate?
1998, at 92.3% of 65 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the ST1100V pass rate vary by year?
12.2 percentage points between the highest (1998, 92.3%) and lowest (1997, 80.1%) 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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